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Office Closed for Winter Break (12/11/25-1/9/26)

The SLS office will be closed from Thursday, December 11, 2025, through, Friday, January 9, 2026, for Winter break. Our office will reopen on Monday, January 12, 2026. 

New client intake is closed during this time. Click here for more information.

SLS Staff

Pa Yang
Paralegal
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Amber Creft
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Staff Attorney
Attorney Amber Creft started as a Staff Attorney with UNC Charlotte Student Legal Services in June 2025. Amber began her legal career as a Judicial Law Clerk with the Office of Administrative Hearings in Washington, DC. There, she clerked for various Administrative Law Judges in the Rental Housing a
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Ashley McAlarney
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Director of Student Legal Services
Attorney Ashley McAlarney is the founding director of UNC Charlotte Student Legal Services. Ashley began practicing law at a small firm in Fayetteville, North Carolina, focusing on estate planning and administration as well as nonprofit corporation formation.