Are you committed to the idea that all people deserve access to justice in our legal system?  Do you want to use your talents to do deeply meaningful work, serve those experiencing poverty and work with a respected and impactful organization? If so, consider working with Legal Aid of North Carolina!

Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity.  Legal Aid is an innovative, creative, progressive, and efficient civil legal service provider to the poor, working towards an inclusive justice system of equal access. All voices are valued, heard, and respected. To learn more, visit www.legalaidnc.org.

We are looking for a student to work with our Charlotte Office which helps low-income families with a variety of issues including housing, domestic violence, consumer, etc. We also are very active in the Mecklenburg community, where we provide a lot of community education/outreach and work with partners from local corporations and major law firms to provide free representation to clients. We need YOU to help us in our mission-driven work.

We anticipate a Niner student worker to help with:

• community outreach tabling (and other) events
• general administrative tasks, including courthouse runs for the DV team
• assist with intake for walk-in clients who come to the office and at our courthouse clinics
• work with the office's social worker to help with creating a community resource directory

Although Legal Aid has 24 offices throughout the state, this position is housed in our Charlotte Office located at 5525 Albemarle Road, Ste. 100, Charlotte (28212)

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis