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UNC board: Center for Civil Rights not only option for pro-bono legal help

CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights on Friday was officially banned from filing lawsuits. But low-income and minority residents still have options to get legal help, said UNC Board of Governors member Steve Long. The board voted 19-3 to end the ability of the CCR, and centers...

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UNC board poised to ban some lawsuits by Center for Civil Rights

CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina has no business entering into lawsuits against cities, counties, and the state, Steve Long, a member of the UNC Board of Governors, has said for months. A policy-making committee of the board agrees. Earlier this year, Long introduced a proposal to block the UNC Center for Civil Rights...

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Board of Governors will wait to decide UNC civil rights center’s fate

CHAPEL HILL — A proposal to block academic centers from entering into lawsuits won’t harm the University of North Carolina law school’s Center for Civil Rights, Steve Long, a member of the UNC Board of Governors, told Carolina Journal. In February, Long introduced a plan to bar the UNC center — which conducts research and operates...

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