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NC Disaster Legal Services Volunteer Sign-up

Please note that you may not receive a referral immediately after signing up to serve as a volunteer — please be patient. We expect that NC residents affected by this disaster will have need for legal assistance for a year or more post-event. 

DLS Volunteer training will be offered in the coming weeks — additional information about training opportunities will be sent to all volunteers who register below. Thank you! 

Disaster Legal Services Volunteer Sign-Up Form

Disaster Legal Services Volunteer Sign-Up Form

Thank you for your interest in volunteering to provide legal assistance to North Carolinians impacted by natural disaster. The North Carolina Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division coordinates the North Carolina Disaster Legal Services (DLS) effort in partnership with the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC), with support from the North Carolina Bar Foundation and the NC Pro Bono Resource Center and the NCBA Paralegal Division.

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In what area of the state do you practice?
Volunteer Type
On what types of matters types of matters are you willing to help advise clients (training will be offered at a later date)?
All attorneys are asked to assist clients with FEMA claims: no specialized legal knowledge is required to provide this type of assistance. Please select all additional practice areas in which you are willing to provide counseling. Training and informational materials are available to support volunteer attorney work at: https://ncbarfoundation.org/our-programs/disaster-legal-services/attorney-resources/
Are you willing to provide lawyer-to-lawyer guidance in one of the following areas?
Note: you do not need to be a state bar certified specialist, just willing to provide lawyer-to-lawyer guidance on questions that may come up during the course of assisting a pro bono DLS client. Subject matter experts also may be invited to do trainings or CLE programs with the NCBA and/or LANC to support volunteer attorney engagement with the DLS program.

 

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