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Pro Bono Opportunity: Veterans Clinic

  • October 23, 2017
  • 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Austin VA Outpatient Clinic, 7901 Metropolis Drive, Austin, TX
The Austin Bar Association organizes a free legal advice clinic for all U.S. Veterans once a month.  The next legal advice clinic will be Monday,  October 23, 2017, 1:30-4:00 p.m. (volunteers do not have to be there the entire time) at the New Austin VA Outpatient Clinic, 7901 Metropolis Drive.

Are you available to help? If you are available to volunteer, Please sign up here.

Attorney volunteers will provide brief, legal advice (about 15-20 minutes) and lead veterans to local legal resources if further action is needed.

We are seeking about 10-15 attorneys in various areas of practice.  These are all the types of legal issues, we typically encounter at the clinics:  Veteran Benefits & Appeals | Divorce l Child Support | Custody | Consumer/Contracts l Criminal | Wills | Estate Planning | Guardianship | Probate |Housing | Landlord | Tenant l Bankruptcy.

 **We especially have a need for attorneys that can advise on Veteran Benefits & Appeals, Disability, and also Veteran Workplace & Education Rights.**

If you cannot make it for the entire afternoon, please indicate on the sign-up site which shift you'd like: 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. or 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

We typically have more veterans come in the first shift, but we do need attorneys to cover the entire afternoon. The Outpatient Clinic facility closes promptly at 4:00 p.m.

Be prepared to let me know:

  • if you plan to stay the whole time or a specific shift
  • your area(s) of practice (or if you are a law student or new attorney
  • cell phone number (for emergency or last minute communications)

Due to limited space, please let me know if you're attending, even if it is for a short follow-up meeting with a veteran.

Law students and new attorneys are welcomed to shadow experienced attorneys and assist with set-up, check-in, and administrating the clinic.

In the areas of practice area of the sign up site, please specify if you are a student or a new attorney and what areas of practice you're interested in for shadowing opportunities.

Please note: An active Texas Bar number is required for those providing consultations at this clinic.

Thank you for supporting the Veterans Free Legal Advice Clinic, organized by the Austin Bar Foundation Legal Assistance Projects!

Isabel Salazar
CLE, Sections, and Marketing Coordinator
Veterans Legal Advice Clinic Coordinator

Austin Bar Association
816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
Austin, TX 78701
Isabel@austinbar.org
ph: 512-472-0279, x111

www.austinbar.org

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