RALEIGH — Campbell Law School’s Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic has received a $10,000 grant to expand the clinic’s services to residents in Eastern North Carolina.
The grant is from the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation. The Foundation reports it has funded $444,087 in grants this year. As part of their missions, the College and the Foundation, through the Foundation’s Pro Bono Committee, award grants to organizations providing assistance to individuals and groups in need of bankruptcy-related legal representation, training and/or education. Since 2012, the College and Foundation have awarded more than $4 million in grants to these worthy programs.
“This grant will allow us to hold information sessions about the services the clinic can offer to some of the smaller communities with the greatest needs in the Eastern District,” explained Clinic Director Ciara L. Rogers.
Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard, who served as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for more than 20 years, led the effort to start the clinic in January 2014. The clinic is in the process of relocating back to the Century Station Federal Building on Fayetteville Street, where the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina holds court, Rogers said.
“As a bankruptcy judge, I saw first-hand the challenges and difficulties faced by people who need and deserve the protection of federal bankruptcy laws but are unable to afford quality legal representation,” Leonard said. “This grant will...
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