Litigation & Legal Assistance

The North Carolina Justice Center provides legal assistance to low-income North Carolinians in selected, “high-impact” cases that are designed to help alleviate poverty by protecting or expanding important rights for large numbers of vulnerable people. Targeted areas of law include: consumer rights, housing policy, immigrant rights, access to health care, public education, and worker rights. The Justice Center is not a traditional legal aid program and develops most of its cases internally or through referrals from other attorneys.

NOTE: Please be advised that, except for very specific services related to immigration law, the Justice Center cannot provide legal advice or representation to individuals calling about a particular case. We are not a direct service agency. The following websites may assist you in locating legal resources in your community:

• Legal Aid of North Carolina provides civil legal help in civil (not criminal) matters for low-income people.
• The North Carolina State Bar Association website provides useful links to the North Carolina Lawyer Referral Service.

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