NC budget proposal cruelly slashes funding for lawyers who help people in need

By: Billy Corriher

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: July 8, 2026

Words: 600

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Twenty years ago, I spent a summer working at the Legal Aid office in Charlotte. I had just finished my first year of law school, and my bosses trusted me to represent a client at a Housing Authority hearing—a transformative experience for me. It was supposed to be an unpaid internship, so I waited tables on the weekends. At the end of the summer, they scraped together a modest stipend for me. It was the …

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