Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University launched the Richardson Family Education Equity Clinic.
Billy Richardson, class of 1980 Campbell Law graduate and a Fayetteville attorney who served in the North Carolina Legislature for more than a decade, and Barbara Richardson, have given the law school a generous gift to support the addition of a sixth pro bono clinic focusing on protection of the educational rights of children with disabilities.
Professor Lisa Lukasik is the inaugural director of the clinic, which provides free legal representation to low-income, at-risk children with disabilities who are seeking to restore and protect their educational rights in public schools.
“We believe this work is important,” she said. “We believe that we can provide good service and support for the families that we serve. And we are inspired by the legacy of the Richardson family to do good service in the public interest. We also hope to provide meaningful and impactful opportunities for students to get legal skills but also to develop habits of pro bono service.”
Dean J. Rich Leonard said the need for this clinic is enormous.
“We are already being besieged by folks needing our help,” he said. “We are moving in the direction of needing to offer more experiential legal education.”
