Talk to a lawyer for free today
2 p.m. Friday update: People have been having trouble with the toll-free number, so we called the N.C. Bar Association to find out what's going on. Apparently, many people have been calling, and the demand was more than expected. There are now three toll-free numbers people can use to get through. If you call and it says the number is no longer in service, try calling it again. Apparently, the numbers don't work consistently.
The numbers are:
1-800-289-0013
1-888-722-0407
1-877-404-4149
The call-in period ends at 7 p.m. Friday, April 4.
Friday's No. 2 editorial.
Free advice often seems worth what it costs. But not today.
Hundreds of lawyers across the state are manning a toll-free hot line and providing free legal advice from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. They are participating in the N.C. Bar Association's first statewide public service day.
Have general questions about child support, your legal recourse following a questionable medical procedure or how to draw up a will? The attorneys probably can't solve your problems in one phone call, but they should be able to provide pertinent information.
The event is due in large part to the efforts of Greensboro attorney Janet Ward Black, head of the state bar association. She has made such pro bono work a focus of her presidency.
Indeed, this public service day is just one part of the association's multipronged "Justice 4All"campaign to ensure that all North Carolinians, especially the impoverished, have access to legal services.
Such a campaign is needed: The number of North Carolinians who qualify for legal aid far outstrips the number of attorneys providing it. About 2.9 million people fall within Legal Aid of North Carolina's service guidelines, yet there are only about 150 legal aid lawyers to help them.
That leads to about 80 percent of those seeking help being denied assistance. The bar association hopes the public service day will lead more attorneys to commit in more substantial ways to pro bono work.
If you take advantage of the hot line today -- and anyone can, no matter their income -- here are some tips: Have pertinent legal documents and questions you want answered in front of you. Be able to summarize your concern. And have a way to write down information.
Want to know more?
Ask an attorney number: 1-877-404-4149.
N.C. Bar Association’s 4all Web site:
http://4allnc.ncbar.org/
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my boyfriend has to go to court for his fourth no insurance ticket. he helps me with the kids and to keep a roof over our heads will the still send him to jail eventhough his family will fall without him
Posted on April 11, 2008 6:41 PM
my boyfriend has to go to court for his fourth no insurance ticket. he helps me with the kids and to keep a roof over our heads will the still send him to jail eventhough his family will fall without him
Posted on April 11, 2008 6:41 PM
my boyfriend has to go to court for his fourth no insurance ticket. he helps me with the kids and to keep a roof over our heads will the still send him to jail eventhough his family will fall without him
Posted on April 11, 2008 6:41 PM
hi im doing a case in JROTC an i need some help with is .The case is " Should anyone who shoots a burgal to protect his private property be responsible for the injury's when there is no clear and present danger to the property's owner." and our side is that they should be responsible for there injury's.
Posted on May 12, 2008 10:44 PM
i purchased a car with 4000.00 cash it started smoking really bad 20mins later. Took it back the dealer wrote up a contract stating that they will get it fixed at jim skinner and if car is not fixed they would refund all of my money. He never took it to Jim Skinner. He has not given me my money its been 3 months. I still have all my paper work and my copy of the contract they wrote and signed. Do i have a case?
Posted on July 17, 2008 10:49 AM
my kids got tookin away from me about 5 years ago they are in dfs right now and i feel they did me wrong so is there any hope for suing and getting my rights back they made me sign papers that i didn,t know i was signin my right away and they also lie on my dad sayin he mess with my sister she was 15 at the time she is 23 now soi guess it has been longer then 5 years
Posted on July 28, 2008 11:30 PM
my kids got tookin away from me about 5 years ago they are in dfs right now and i feel they did me wrong so is there any hope for suing and getting my rights back they made me sign papers that i didn,t know i was signin my right away and they also lie on my dad sayin he mess with my sister she was 15 at the time she is 23 now soi guess it has been longer then 5 years
Posted on July 28, 2008 11:30 PM
my kids got tookin away from me about 5 years ago they are in dfs right now and i feel they did me wrong so is there any hope for suing and getting my rights back they made me sign papers that i didn,t know i was signin my right away and they also lie on my dad sayin he mess with my sister she was 15 at the time she is 23 now soi guess it has been longer then 5 years
Posted on July 28, 2008 11:30 PM
Hi!
i have a kid with a guy,were not a couple.I dont mine if he figures on my son birth certificate,but i don want him to have his fathers last name.Can he have mine instead?Is it legal?
Posted on August 14, 2008 9:40 AM
What is the procedure for executing a writ of
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Posted on August 21, 2008 6:08 PM
Hey there:
I know that to assist to any Law school you need a bachelor's degree. Im currently attentding a comunity college in my area and Im looking forward to study Paralegal studies/Legal Assistance, and then take 2 more years of criminal justice. I would like to know if i can do this to enroll a Law school, or if I can take 2 different Associate in Science degree programs as for example Nursing and Paralegal. I need help Im very confused.
thanks
Posted on August 29, 2008 6:44 PM
Is it legal for an employer to make an employee pay back drawer shortages?
Posted on September 2, 2008 12:14 AM
Is it legal for an employer to make an employee pay back drawer shortages?
Posted on September 2, 2008 12:14 AM
Is it legal for an employer to make an employee pay back drawer shortages?
Posted on September 2, 2008 12:15 AM