Wake County Public Libraries and the county's are offering a new program providing free family law legal support for residents. It's called 鈥�'' and it鈥檚 an expansion of the Legal Support Center鈥檚 鈥淎ttorney of the Day鈥� program, which was created last year.
In 2023, that program helped nearly 150 families, and it was held at the courthouse in downtown Raleigh. Anh Lyjordan, the Director of the Legal Support Center, said they wanted to expand it outside of the courthouse to make it more accessible for people.
鈥淚t's hard for people to make it into the courthouse in the hours that we鈥檙e open that are normal working hours for people," Lyjordan said. 鈥淭hey have to get childcare, they have to get to downtown Raleigh, (and) they have to take time off of work.鈥�
The 鈥淟awyer in Your Library鈥� program has lawyers that assist with several things people need for court.
鈥淭hey'll get assistance for up to half an hour and a lot of times people will do things like go through a checklist with them of things they need to do to prepare for court,鈥� Lyjordan said. 鈥淭hey might review documents for them, or they might draft documents for them.鈥�
The first session will be offered on Saturday at East Regional Library in Knightdale. Sessions will be available in the upcoming months at regional libraries in Garner and Raleigh.
