Clinical Professor Jesse McCoy: Pop-up clinic offers free legal advice to Durham tenants facing eviction

On Friday mornings this semester, the Duke Law Civil Justice Clinic is holding a pop-up Eviction Advice Clinic in the Durham County Courthouse in downtown Durham. The clinic provides legal assistance to local residents facing eviction, often related to circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and exacerbated after the federal eviction moratorium ended on Aug. 26.

With the Durham County Department of Social Services (DSS) overwhelmed by the surge – and with encouragement from Durham County Chief District Court Judge Patricia Evans – Holton and Clinical Professor Jesse McCoy, supervising attorney of the Civil Justice Clinic, moved quickly. On Sept. 14, the new initiative was up and running. Read more here.