Antioch Educational Center has offered free legal services to members of low-income families, for the last four years.
Through this program, AEC has been able to provide non-criminal services such as assistance with cases dealing with family and elder law, landlord tenant disputes, expungements, wills, Power of Attorney, Medical Do Not Resuscitate Orders, employment issues and more. AEC also offers this service as an "Office Without Walls Project," in addition to regular hours inside of AEC's facility.
With the "Office Without Walls Project," AEC goes to different locations such as senior centers, Head Start Locations, low-income housing community rooms, and more to better identify and then serve those in need of this valuable services.
This program is in partnership with the University of South Carolina Law School, Lowcountry Legal Volunteers and South Carolina Legal Services. This program has served an average of 100 people per year over the last four years.
This program needs volunteers to set up appoints and implement evaluations.
