The trip to Cherokee, N.C., like all of my Carolina Law Pro Bono experiences thus far, surpassed my expectations. Because of the nature of a general legal aid clinic, there are many unknowns. Who will your clients be? What legal issue(s) will they bring to you? What type of resolution are they seeking and/or expecting? Yet, with this particular legal aid clinic, there were even more unknowns. How many of the clinic’s clients would be enrolled members of the tribe? How, if at all, would their status as a Cherokee affect their legal issue? Would our clients be open and receptive to discuss the intimate details of their lives (i.e. divorce, child custody, estate planning, etc.) with “outsiders” to the tribe?
Read More... (Reflections on our Trip - Brandy Barrett)
| Posted by Brandy G. Barrett on Wed. January 16, 2013 8:58 PM
Categories: Winter Break Trip 2013
The legal clinic was a great honor and learning experience for all of us, and some of us were treated even more when we got a chance to sit in on a Tribal Council meeting. While we were in between clients, Judge Saunooke offered to take five of us to a Tribal Council meeting so we could observe the Eastern Band Cherokee government at work. The Tribal Council is a group of twelve representatives. Representatives are elected based on townships with two each coming from Yellowhill, Big Cove, Birdtown, Wolftown, and Painttown and one each from Snowbird and Cherokee County community.
Read More... (One Group Member's Experience with the Tribal Council - Kathleen Lockwood)
| Posted by Kathleen A. Lockwood on Sat. January 12, 2013 9:58 AM
Categories: Winter Break Trip 2013
Day 1: Travel, Training, and Fellowship
Hello from Cherokee, NC! Today is our first day in Western
NC and it has been a full one.
I am Samuel
Williams and I, along with my partner Joseph Chilton and nineteen of our newest
friends, will be leading you through the first-ever Pro Bono Winter Break Trip
to Cherokee, N.C. We will be spending the next day and a half running a free
legal clinic for members of the reservation in conjunction with Legal Aid of North Carolina.
Read More... (Pro Bono Winter Break 2013 (Cherokee, N.C.) Blog Day One)
| Posted by Samuel H. Williams (Sam) on Wed. January 2, 2013 10:00 PM
Categories: Winter Break Trip 2013