North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence

http://www.nccai.org/

The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, established in 2000, is located in Durham, N.C. and is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Center was founded to heighten communication and efficiency between the Innocence Projects® at Duke University School of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law. The Center now coordinates case investigations by Innocence Projects® at each of North Carolina's law schools, including Campbell, Charlotte, Duke, Elon, NCCU, UNC, and Wake Forest. Although the Center's primary resources are hundreds of North Carolina law student volunteers, necessary staffing and operating expenses are funded by grants from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, NC IOLTA, the North Carolina Bar Foundation, the Park Foundation, and private donations. We are immensely grateful for their support. However, even with grant funding, the Center operates on a very tight budget and has never had the opportunity to staff to the level needed to efficiently meet demand for case review and investigation and opportunities for policy reform in North Carolina.