About HPRC
The Heirs' Property Retention Coalition (HPRC) was formed in the summer of 2006 as an organization of lawyers, advocates, and academics heavily involved in litigation, legislative reform, and/or scholarly study related to heirs' property, and in particular to the preservation of heirs' property within low income African-American communities. With an ever-expanding list of members and partners, HPRC has made significant progress on its goals in its short existence.
HPRC has both organizational and individual members, all of whom bring significant expertise and experience to the table. Some HPRC members are local organizations that have been working on the ground in their area for decades, while others are national organizations that bring a broader regional perspective into HPRC's work. HPRC's success derives from its highly inclusive structure, which encourages participations from a broad range of organizations and individuals with a common goal of preventing African American land loss.
Current HPRC members include:
- African American Land Trust
- Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
- Black Belt Justice Center
- Black Family Land Trust
- Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association
- Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
- Center for Heirs' Property Preservation
- Center for Minority Land and Community Security
- Concerned Citizens of Tillery
- Conservation Trust for North Carolina
- Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund
- Georgia Appleseed's Heirs Property Law Center
- Land Loss Prevention Project
- Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
- Legal Services of Alabama
- Louisiana Appleseed
- National Bar Association
- South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
- Southern Coalition for Social Justice
- UNC Center for Civil Rights
HPRC has also partnerned with several entities either for specific projects (such as the Resource Center) or for HPRC's general work. Past partners include:
- Duke University Community Enterprise Clinic
- Land Rich
- Harvard Law School's Mediation Program
- Law firm of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson
- Law firm of DLA Piper
- North Carolina Central University School of Law's Dispute Resolution Institute
- Self-Help
- The Property Preservation Task Force of the Real Property, Trusts and Estates (RPTE) section of the American Bar Association