Pisgah Legal Services Mountain Area Volunteer Lawyer Program
- To Volunteer, Contact:
- Organization Type: Nonprofit Legal Services Provider
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Location:
62 Charlotte StreetAsheville, NC 28801
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 828-253-0406
- Fax: 828-252-8927
- Website: http://www.pisgahlegal.org
Pisgah Legal Services seeks to pursue justice by providing legal assistance and advocacy to help low-income people in Western North Carolina meet their basic needs and improve their lives. Pisgah Legal Services provides free civil legal aid to people who live in poverty, helping the most vulnerable people in the community to meet urgent needs such as housing, safety from abuse, health care, and income.
The Mountain Area Volunteer Lawyer Program (MAVL) asks pro bono attorney to contribute at least 50 pro bono hours per year. MAVL select the types of cases to accept, and conducts initial interviews so that the attorney may review the proposed referral prior to determining if it will be accepted. All clients referred through MAVL are pre-screened for financial and case-priority eligibility.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Prisoners, Public Benefits, Veterans
- Populations Served: Low Income
- Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Weekends
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: No
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Client intake and screening, Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Hotline staffing, Legal Research, Litigation: Support (e.g., discovery), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Prepare legal education materials, Transactional work
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
