Our Community

Giving Back

At Ward Black Law, we care about our community. Our work puts us face to face with those in need every day, and it is our calling to do what we can to help, both inside and outside the courtroom.

Our Greensboro team is made up of attorneys and staff who go beyond managing cases. We strive to make a real difference in the lives of our clients, our employees, and our community. We are proud to serve our North Carolina neighbors and our global family by treating others with compassion, contributing to worthy causes, and donating our time.

Ward Black Law’s Commitment to Outreach

Principal attorney Janet Ward Black and the entire team at Ward Black Law are passionate about investing in our local and international communities. Since the founding of Ward Black Law in 2006, we have committed our time and resources to outreach efforts such as providing free legal services to those in need, championing Christian values, and so much more.

We believe that community outreach is an essential part of promoting equality and fair opportunities for all of our neighbors. In 2008, while serving as the President of the North Carolina Bar Association, Janet Ward Black championed an initiative known as “4ALL.” The Statewide Service Day is an annual call-a-lawyer pro bono program that engages hundreds of volunteer attorneys in providing free legal information to thousands of North Carolinians.

Ward Black Law also partners with several nonprofit organizations to offer help and improve lives worldwide. Janet Ward Black, Ward Black Law staff, and our friends and families make yearly trips to developing countries to help build affordable homes and houses of worship. We are also involved in local and international outreach efforts for young people, doing everything we can to bring positive change to impoverished and at-risk children.

Our International Outreach Efforts

7.6 M Children received shoeboxes full of toys, school supplies, and other essentials.
50+ Churches have been constructed in more than 50 countries.

Our international outreach efforts have taken us all over the world, including to Honduras, where we have supported Habitat for Humanity’s noble cause for many years. Nearly a dozen staff members from Ward Black Law have traveled to Honduras to build homes for the needy and broaden the scope of our worldwide perspective.

Janet Ward Black has also visited Africa, China, India, and Vietnam on behalf of International Cooperating Ministries (ICM), a Virginia-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting Christian congregations in developing areas. Since its inception in 1988, ICM has constructed thousands of churches in more than 50 countries, with hundreds more planned or currently under construction.

ICM is a faith-based organization committed to inspiring real change and devotes 100 percent of the donations it receives directly to its charitable projects. In addition to its Church Building Program, ICM also coordinates devotional Bible studies throughout the world. Janet Ward Black is a long-time supporter of ICM and has been inspired to share her enthusiasm for the cause by presenting speeches to groups all over North Carolina.

Client Toolbox

At Ward Black Law, we know support sometimes needs to go beyond the courtroom. Our Client Toolbox offers a list of nonprofit and community resources that may help clients and their families navigate life’s practical challenges with a little extra support.

A Simple Gesture (ASG)

is a nonprofit hunger relief organization that collects food from neighbors, businesses and faith communities, by filling green reusable grocery bags that are then collected by volunteers and distributed to food pantry partners.

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Back Pack Beginnings

is dedicated to delivering child-centric services to feed, comfort and clothe children in need.

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Greensboro Urban Ministry

has a mission to express the love of God to our neighbors in need by offering food, shelter, and solutions.

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Out of the Garden Project

has more than 800 volunteers each month collecting food, sorting it in a warehouse, packaging it for families, and/or delivering it to schools or other mobile locations.

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Clients come to us hurting, injured, and overwhelmed. We not only fight for justice, but also for the care needed for healing, recovering, and moving forward.

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