Nelson Mullins Awards Grants for Children's Issues to Two S.C. Legal Aid Organizations
May 14, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – May 14, 2012 – South Carolina Legal Servicesand the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center will each receivegrants from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough to help providecharitable legal services to children. The organizations will use thegrants to hire summer law clerks who will work on children’s issues. SCAppleseed will hire law clerks to work on children’s hunger andeducation issues in Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach, and Greenville.S.C. Legal services will hire interns for various children’s issues.
Nelson Mullins maintains a donor directed foundation fund to provideyearly assistance to organizations that serve the legal needs oflow-income children. The law firm has provided both organizationsFellowship grants to support attorneys working on children’s issuessince the program’s inception in 1997.
Nelson Mullins’ partnership and support over the years has helped tosustain the provision of civil legal services to the low incomecommunity in South Carolina, and we are extremely appreciative, saidAndrea Loney, executive director of S.C. Legal Services.
Children are among the most underrepresented in the legal system,and the addition of summer law clerks can help us reach more of those inneed, added Sue Berkowitz, executive director of SC Appleseed.
About South Carolina Legal Services
South Carolina Legal Services (SCLS) provides free legal services incivil (non-criminal) legal matters to eligible low income residents ofSouth Carolina. SCLS is a nonprofit corporation, funded by grants fromthe federally funded Legal Services Corporation, the South Carolina BarFoundation, the South Carolina Bar, local United Ways, state courtfiling fees, and other federal, state and local funding.
About SC Appleseed
SC Appleseed serves the needs for the low-income community throughlegal work, economic development, social legislation, and educationalwork.
About Nelson Mullins
Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins has more than 430 attorneys andgovernment relations professionals with offices in Atlanta, Boston,Nashville, Tallahassee, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and throughoutthe Carolinas. For more information on the Firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com, or call 803.255.9794
