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The North Carolina Bar Association is providing this Web page as a central collection point for information regarding bar-related activities initiated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 

NCBA endeavors and national initiatives emanating from the American Bar Association and its National Association of Bar Executives, in addition to various local and state activities, will be included.

The site will be maintained and updated throughout the ongoing recovery process.

Questions, comments and reports of relief activities by individuals, firms and local/judicial district bar associations should be directed to Michelle Cofield, director of public service and pro bono activities, via mcofield@ncbar.org.

NCBA Hurricane Katrina Legal Relief Fund
The Hurricane Katrina Legal Relief Fund has been established through the NCBA Foundation to help rebuild the legal infrastructure, including law offices and law firms, in Mississippi and Louisiana.
http://www.ncbar.org/news/1/874/index.aspx

Disaster Legal Services Seeks Volunteers Licensed in Affected States
The ABA Young Lawyers Division is mobilizing its Disaster Legal Services network to provide volunteer legal services to Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.
http://www.ncbar.org/news/1/879/index.aspx

ABA Hurricane Katrina Web Site Activated
Provides information on volunteering and accessing legal services.
http://www.abanet.org/katrina

Temporary Office Space, Housing for Displaced Attorneys
Members of the North Carolina legal community who have or know of temporary office space or housing for displaced members of the legal community can visit this Atlanta Bar Association site, AttorneyAssist.org.
http://www.attorneyassist.org

Legal Community Assists in Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort
ABA Division for Bar Services (also links from NABE Web Site) provides listing of bar-related efforts, including those of the North Carolina Bar Association.
http://www.abanet.org/barserv/katrina.htm#second

HelpKatrinaLawyers.com
Launched in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, this new site provides volunteer resources for legal technology, practice management and disaster/data recovery of any law practice affected by the storm.
http://www.helpkatrinalawyers.org