Robert Arvay writes at the American Thinker about disturbing developments in the area of criminal justice. [I]f we ignore the warning signs, if we do not address the inequities in…
Seventy percent of North Carolina households have civil legal needs, and according to a recent story in Carolina Journal by reporter Leonard Robinson III, 80 percent of the civil legal…
Leonard Robinson reports for Carolina Journal Online on Raleigh attorneys who offer legal services to the poor from a recreational vehicle. John Hood’s Daily Journal examines Gov. Roy Cooper’s poll…
Somehow, I forgot to mention that Jim Barrett, executive director of Pisgah Legal Services, an outfit that offers pro-bono lawyering up for the dispossessed in our community, told the Buncombe…
An article in the Hendersonville Times-News spotlights a lot of problems. The angle of the story is consideration of halving Pisgah Legal Services’ funding. While the agency spends money on…
Over $2 million in cuts from the state and federal government have forced the closure of the Boone, Henderson, and Smithfield branches of Legal Aid of NC. Legal Aid is…
Thirty-eight Forsyth County lawyers removed their names from Office of Indigent Services court-appointed attorneys list. With IDS facing a $12 million budget deficit, hourly compensation would be reduced from $75…
I had a minor car accident last week. Today’s mail includes offers from three different law firms. If I needed legal help — which I thankfully don’t — they would…
If you want to talk advocacy journalism, take a look at yet another N&R story on Legal Aid’s motion to end the practice of shackling kids in court without judicial…
But it must be asked. How does a Mecklenburg County court system that needs at least $3.1 million for prosecutors — and probably much more — wind up spending money…