Viewers Light Up The Lines At WRAL
Article Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Written By: Russell Rawlings
Members of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section had their work cut out for them last week as they participated in a legal hotline program at WRAL-TV in Raleigh.
And they were more than up to the task.
Labor and Employment Law Section members stayed busy throughout two-hour legal hotline program. |
Twelve section members provided free legal advice for two hours the evening of Feb. 13, answering phones and e-mails while news anchors and reporters went about their business of reporting the day’s events.
Theresa Dickens, Charles Everage, Fred Gamin, Tom Harris, Faith Herndon, Susie Gibbons, Heydt Philbeck, Mary Williams, Robert Willis, Beth Jones, Rick Feathers and Louis Meyer participated in the program.
“The questions from the viewers ran the gamut, from interesting to challenging to humorous,” said Feathers, a member of the section council who coordinated the event with Lori Lair, the producer of WRAL-TV 5 On Your Side.
“On behalf of the council,” Feathers added, “I’d like to express our appreciation to Lori Lair and the other folks at WRAL who proved to be terrific hosts, and in particular the lawyer/volunteers who gave freely of their time and expertise to better inform the viewing audience and cast our section in such a good light.”
Reporter Monica Laliberte provided regular updates throughout the evening, during which phone numbers for the call-in program and the NCBA Foundation’s Lawyer Referral Service were displayed on television screens throughout the Triangle and beyond.
Volunteers manned the hotline through 90 minutes of local programming, then stayed on line an additional half hour as calls continued to come in.
The program mirrored recent efforts of the Construction Law, Family Law and Bankruptcy Law sections, each of which enjoyed a similar response from the viewing public.