Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Today, October 1, 2024, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved the North Carolina State Bar’s temporary rule amendment allowing lawyers not licensed in North Carolina to immediately begin providing pro bono legal services to indigent victims of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Helene.
The State Bar petitioned the Supreme Court for this emergency rule to streamline the process by which out-of-state lawyers can provide pro bono services in North Carolina. In its petition for the emergency rule, the State Bar noted that, “there is not sufficient time to follow the prescribed procedural steps to amend the State Bar’s administrative rules and still provide the indigent legal services now, when they are desperately needed.” The temporary rule, expiring in January 2025, permits lawyers licensed in other states but not in North Carolina to register with the North Carolina State Bar (using the form provided below) and begin immediately providing pro bono legal services through a legal services organization to indigent residents of North Carolina who are victims of Helene without first obtaining approval from the State Bar Council.
Documents
North Carolina State Bar Petition
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