Partnership between Duke Law and Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC). Students directly represent clients in matters relating to housing, benefits, and protection from domestic violence, among others.
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Primary geographic focus: North Carolina
Organization type(s): Law School, Provider
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News StoryEviction ‘crisis’ in Durham: What will it take to fix it?
Dawn Baumgartner VaughanHerald-Sun (Durham, NC)
April 19, 2018
A pilot program, the Durham Eviction Diversion Program, has started to make a dent.
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‘It Does Something to Your Soul When Everyone Losing Their Homes Looks Like You’
Max BlauPolitico
May 24, 2018
In Durham, a young lawyer raised in public housing teaches elite law students to save poor people from eviction.
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Durham eviction crisis: What the city’s going to spend on it
Dawn Baumgartner VaughanHerald-Sun (Durham, NC)
May 31, 2018
The City Council voted to provide $200,000 for two lawyers and a paralegal. The money will help the program serve twice as many clients.
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