This month’s cover story of The American Lawyer is The Justice Gap: How Big Law is Failing Legal Aid, and it focuses on the need for more support for civil legal aid for low-income people. From the article: “[I]n a…
On Wednesday, October 14, Dr. Rishi Manchanda will serve as the keynote speaker for Pisgah Legal Services’ Annual Poverty Forum. Manchanda is an ‘upstreamist’ physician and public health innovator. His work and expertise focuses on systems design to improve primary…
You can help people in need of health insurance! Learn how to become an Affordable Care Act Navigator Volunteer! Learn more at the Volunteer Open House/Information Session:June 24th (5:30-6:45pm) OR July 10th (3-4:45pm) at the Pisgah Legal Services Office, 62…
How is Pisgah Legal Services helping residents of the Alpine Woods Resort with their struggle for decent and affordable housing? Read all about it, and much more, in our most recent newsletter.
On Tuesday, May 19th, Pisgah Legal Services was awarded a $90,000 grant from the Women For Women Giving Circle of The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. These funds will be used to expand PLS’ work to stop domestic violence…
Attorneys Steve Carruthers and Kevin Radey each speak out about a proposed wage garnishment bill (Senate Bill 632) that would create devastating hardship for many low-income N.C. families, struggling to pay debts and make ends meet. Both attorneys specialize in…