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NC LEAP clients will come to the program from a variety of sources: community partners, attorney referrals and self-referrals.
Once NC LEAP clients complete an application and send all required attachments, NC LEAP will screen all prospective clients for income eligibility, conduct an initial case review to identify the relevant legal issues and coordinate all the client satisfaction and other evaluation activities at the end of the engagement.
If a client is found eligible, NC LEAP will contact volunteer attorneys by email to seek an interested candidate. Initially volunteer attorneys will receive a brief fact scenario with no identifying characteristics. The first volunteer will be sent conflict information and if the conflict clears, that attorney will be assigned the case. The other attorneys will be thanked for being willing to volunteer. If conflicts do not clear, then conflicts information will be forwarded to the next volunteer.
Once the case is assigned, NC LEAP will send a transmittal letter. This letter serves to engage NC LEAP's malpractice insurance coverage for the attorney volunteering for the matter. Therefore, it is imperative that the attorney return the acknowledgment attached to the letter for our files. We will follow-up on our referral approximately every month to see if the matter is open or closed and to receive an accounting of hours donated.
At the end of each calendar year, NC LEAP will send its certification of the hours you volunteered for the program. In addition to facilitating these referral relationships, NC LEAP will provide community outreach and education activities, as well as, training programs for participating attorneys.
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