Carolina Student Legal Services
Legal Services
Why pick this one
Carolina Student Legal Services provides eligible full-time UNC-Chapel Hill students no-additional-cost help with expungements, uncontested divorces, domestic violence cases, and wills.
Best for
- eligible full-time UNC-Chapel Hill students needing landlord-tenant advice
- criminal record expungements
- uncontested divorces
- domestic violence cases without a conflict of interest
- consumer disputes and property damage claims
- simple wills and powers of attorney
- student organization bylaws, incorporation, EIN, or 501(c)(3) questions
- free notary services for current students, faculty, and staff
Look elsewhere if
- the client is not an eligible full-time UNC-Chapel Hill student
- the matter concerns UNC-Chapel Hill or the University
- the opposing party is another UNC student
- the client needs advice for a for-profit business
- the matter involves intellectual property such as copyright, trademark, or patent issues
- the client needs specialized immigration or tax representation rather than an initial consultation or referral
Specialties
- landlord-tenant lease reviews
- security deposit disputes
- eviction matters
- roommate agreements
- subleasing questions
- criminal record expungements
- name changes
- uncontested divorces
- domestic violence cases
- consumer disputes
- notary services
- immigration consultations
- employment contract review
- wills
- healthcare powers of attorney
- durable powers of attorney
- student organization bylaws and incorporation
- student organization 501(c)(3) applications
Certifications
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
- State Bar of North Carolina membership
What makes them different
- Services are limited to currently enrolled full-time UNC-Chapel Hill students who paid the Student Legal Services activity fee.
- Staffed by three licensed attorneys and one legal assistant.
- Legal services have no additional cost to eligible students, aside from court filing fees or court costs.
- The office is separate from UNC and states that visits are strictly confidential.
- Representation is available for expunctions, consumer problems, property damage claims, uncontested divorces, domestic violence cases, and specified estate documents.
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- Frank Porter, 272 Raleigh St Ste 3512, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
- Phone
- +19199621303
- Website
- http://www.uncstudentlegal.unc.edu/
- csls@unc.edu
Services
- legal advice
- legal representation
- court preparation
- legal referrals
- notary services
- student group legal assistance