North Carolina General Statutes 84-7.1. Legal clinics of law schools and certain law students and lawyers excepted
The provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-4 through N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-6 shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Any law school conducting a legal clinic and receiving as its clientage only those persons unable financially to compensate for legal advice or services rendered and any law student permitted by the North Carolina State Bar to act as a legal intern in such a legal clinic.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 84-7.1
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Any law student permitted by the North Carolina State Bar to act as a legal intern for a federal, State, or local government agency.
(3) Any lawyer licensed by another state and permitted by the North Carolina State Bar to represent indigent clients on a pro bono basis under the supervision of active members employed by nonprofit corporations qualified to render legal services pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 84-5.1 This provision does not apply to a lawyer whose license has been suspended or revoked in any state. (2011-336, s. 5.)