The Mecklenburg County Bar is seeking nominations for the 2018-2019 MCB Extraordinary Pro Bono Service Awards. Categories for awards include “outstanding individual attorney” and “outstanding collaborative project,” the MCB said in a release. The individual award is given to a ...

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Every lawyer has gotten the emails or Facebook messages, the ones from old friends or casual acquaintances with a legal question they need an answer to. Now a new website is harnessing the question-and-answer format to help North Carolina attorneys provide legal counsel to some of those in the state who need help the most.

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A Charlotte attorney was presented with the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award at the Mecklenburg County Bar’s annual Law Day luncheon on May 3. The award was given to George Hanna III for his career-long commitment to pro bono ...

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On paper, the losing side in a civil trial has the right to an appeal. But for those without the means to hire an attorney, this right can be difficult to exercise fully. North Carolina’s appellate rules are so complex ...

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  Ask any lawyer and they’ll probably tell you it’s not always easy to fit in pro bono work in addition to their normal case load while balancing life outside of work. While the North Carolina State Bar says that ...

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Over 500 lawyers from across North Carolina were planning to gather March 2 to give away free advice. It was part of the North Carolina Bar Association’s 11th annual 4All Statewide Service Day. During the service day, lawyers work three ...

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If you are one of the North Carolina attorneys who rendered at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services in the last year—something that the state’s Rules of Professional Conduct calls all attorneys to aspire to—the North Carolina Pro ...

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While I was writing last week’s story on the North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center and its efforts to make it easier for attorneys to get involved in pro bono opportunities, I read something that I found particularly interesting. In ...

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At the 2016 Pro Bono Awards held Oct. 25, at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, John “Buddy” Wester, a business litigator with Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte, was awarded the Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award by the Council for Children’s Rights, ...

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By CHERI BEASLEY Every day in courtrooms across North Carolina, from Murphy to Manteo, pro se litigants struggle to navigate the judicial system alone.  Many more indigent litigants never reach the courthouse doors as they cannot overcome procedural hurdles without ...

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