sc bar foundation grantees for fiscal year 2015
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19 legal related organizations + $1.9 million in grants = a great FY 2015. Meet our new grantees and learn how each organization will be using Bar Foundation funds to advance justice in South Carolina! To find out how you can help our grantees accomplish their goals, visit www.scbarfoundation.org. You can read the amazing stories from those helped by our grantees by: Following the Foundation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SCBarFoundation Liking the Foundation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scbarfoundation Subscribing to the Foundation's blog: https://scbarfoundation.wordpress.com/TRANSCRIPT
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Purpose: To protect and preserve heirs’ property through legal
services and education in Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston,
Colleton, Dorchester and Georgetown counties.
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To connect the low income community
with volunteer lawyers.
Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services
Goal:
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Passion: To provide comprehensive legal services to
victims of domestic violence and their children in
Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties.
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Charge: To provide direct legal services to the homeless
population through its on-site attorneys.
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Mandate: To offer legal services to the low income
community through the skills of retired
volunteer attorneys.
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Job: To provide affordable mediation services to Midlands
residents and train volunteer mediators in developing
skills to resolve conflicts in civil and family courts and
educate the community at large.
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Purpose: To fight for low income South Carolinians to overcome
social, economic and legal injustice while providing
substantive training and support on poverty law issues for
pro bono, legal services and private attorneys.
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Goal: To provide pro bono volunteers to help
South Carolinians with civil legal needs.
Pro Bono Program
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Mandate: To serve thousands each year as the only
statewide, full-range civil legal services
provider for low income citizens.
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Passion: To offer legal services free of charge to
battered women and their children.
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Purpose: To promote civic education through
programs for the state’s youth.
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Work: To support placement of law students as
fellows in legal services organizations.
USC School of Law Pro Bono Program
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Job: To promote civic education by providing financial
assistance to students who otherwise
would not be able to participate.
Youth In Government Program
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Purpose: To award scholarships to SC judges so that
they may increase their capacity to better
serve their communities through training.
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Work: To promote Guardian diversity and
support training efforts.
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Goal: To explore ways to expand legal services
for low income South Carolinians.
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Job: To host legal education clinics, phone banks
and legal lessons seminars to advance the
publics’ understanding of the law.
Ask-A-Lawyer Program
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Passion: To connect low income fathers with livable wage jobs
and give training and support to help the fathers
become better dads.
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Mandate: To provide mediation services to low income
individuals in family and probate court.
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