Pro Bono Program

Upcoming Events & Current Postings

• 2009 UNC Law Celebration of Pro Bono
  • Full Schedule of Events
  • Podcast: Martin Eakes, CEO of Self-Help and Center for Responsible Lending
• Spring Break Pro Bono Trips:  Eastern and Western North Carolina
  • ENC and WNC Trip Information
  • ENC and WNC Trip Application
  • Questions:  Louis Massard
• Questions Regarding Winter Break Pro Bono Projects
  • Email Joe Vossen and Emily Wallwork at uncprobono@gmail.com
• View our current pro bono opportunities at the Current Postings Tab
• Check out "Pro Bono 101" to learn about pro bono at UNC

Pro Bono Program - Fall 2009

• Everything You Need to Know about Pro Bono - Fall 2009
  • Events and opportunities to do pro bono
  • Special Trips:  Fall Break, Winter Break, and Spring Break
  • UNC Student Groups Pro Bono Project Opportunities
  • Deadlines
  • Trainings
• UNC Law Pro Bono Film Part II: Living with Pro Bono
  • Learn how to sign up for a project, log your hours, and more!
• Check it out: 2009 UNC Law Pro Bono Film - You loved it at orientation, now you can watch it again and again...

Pro Bono in the News

• UNC Law Students Volunteer with Home Foreclosure Prevention Project
• Agencies Helping Those Facing Foreclosures Seeing High Demand for Services
• 2009 Eastern NC Pro Bono Trip Featured in the National Jurist
• The Pro Bono Project of New Orleans honored by the by the ABA with the Francis Perkins' Public Service Award. UNC Law students have volunteered with The Pro Bono Project of New Orleans on Katrina recovery efforts since 2005.
• Five UNC Law Alumni Recieve NCBA's Citizen Lawyer Award.

Pro Bono Resources

• NCBA Video: Waiting for Justice (Video)
• Economic Crisis Brings Pro Bono to Crossroads
• Pro Bono Report: - Recession-Proof?
• Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System Panel Podcast

 

2009 Pro Bono Board Retreat

Mission

The mission of UNC School of Law Pro Bono Program is to assist attorneys who provide high quality, low-cost legal services to individuals in need and to create a life long commitment to pro bono work among UNC Law students. In furtherance of our mission, we have adopted the following goals:

• Increase provision of high quality, low-cost legal services to NC residents in need;
• Empower working attorneys to accept more pro bono cases; and
• Create a life-long commitment to pro bono work among law students.

ABA Model Rule of Professional Responsibility 6.1

Every lawyer has a professional responsibility to provide legal services to those unable to pay. A lawyer should aspire to render at least 50 hours of pro bono publico legal services per year.

Please Note

This website is intended to provide information and support to the law students of UNC and the attorneys and organizations associated with the UNC School of Law Pro Bono Program. We do not provide direct help to the general public. If you have a legal problem that you are seeking direct legal assistance for, please check the North Carolina Bar Association's Referral Service. If you need help to develop resources to assist people needing pro bono legal assistance, please see the NCBA Pro Bono Programs.