North Carolina Equal Access To Justice Foundation Inc

The NC Pro Bono Resource Center is the statewide pro bono clearinghouse that assists lawyers in fulfilling their professional responsibility to provide pro bono legal services. PBRC focuses on projects to address unmet legal needs, creating clinics and other models of service delivery to provide needed legal services such as the Drivers License Restoration Project, housing stability, disaster relief, expunctions, and emergent needs. More than 221 legal professionals are registered on Pro Bono Go, which highlighted 71 pro bono opportunities benefitting North Carolinians. The Drivers License Restoration Project served 2,500 advice letter clients and an additional 38,600 people through mass relief.

The NC Equal Access to Justice Commission activities include policy work, needs assessment and data collection, program evaluations, stakeholder convenings, legislative support, etc.

The NC Equal Justice Alliance is a collaborative planning and coordination council of legal aid providers and supportive stakeholders in NC with a shared goal of providing effective civil legal service to people who need but cannot afford civil legal representation. In 2024, the Alliance hosted the bi-annual Legal Services Conference for partners across the state.