Elon Law students win statewide pro bono award for Greensboro clinic
Elon Law students helped Greensboro families put powers of attorney in place before emergencies, and the clinic won statewide pro bono recognition.
The North Carolina Bar Association named Elon University's Pro Bono Board the winner of its 2026 Law School Pro Bono Project of the Year Award for a Greensboro clinic that helped families prepare powers of attorney.
The bar association’s 2026 pro bono awards recognize work completed in 2025, and the winners will be honored at the NCBA Annual Meeting Awards Dinner on Friday, June 26, in Charlotte.
In North Carolina, a durable financial power of attorney lets one person act on another’s finances, while a health care power of attorney names someone to handle medical decisions if the signer later becomes unable to do so. Those documents, along with living wills, should be completed before they are needed, while the person still has legal capacity to make decisions.
Elon Law’s Pro Bono & Public Interest program puts students to work on community legal needs under the supervision of licensed attorneys, and students cannot provide legal help to members of the public without that oversight.
In April 2023, Elon Law students worked with Legal Aid of North Carolina attorneys at a Lawyer on the Line clinic in Greensboro, where they gave free legal advice to low-income renters dealing with poor housing conditions.
Alamance County residents looking for similar help can start with Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Greensboro office at 122 North Elm Street, Suite 700, Greensboro, and the group’s helpline at 866-219-5262. The North Carolina Lawyer Referral Service, sponsored by the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, is another option for residents who need to find a private attorney. FaithAction International, which works with immigrant and refugee families from its Greensboro office at 2211 West Meadowview Road, Suite 10, also lists legal and family-support services for newcomers in the region.
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