[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Free Legal Programs for Seniors

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Gregg Thomas <gthomas at lawny.org>
> Date: May 3, 2011 10:16:53 AM EDT
> To: Human Services ListServ - Tompkins County <tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Free Legal Programs for Seniors
> Reply-To: Gregg Thomas <gthomas at lawny.org>
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> REMINDER - Please print, post, and share freely with your clients  
> and friends
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> May is offering an abundance of free legal information and advice!
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> Law Day Events: May 4, 2011 and ongoing
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> On May 1, 2011, the United States celebrates Law Day.  In 1958  
> President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the first Law Day as “a  
> day of national dedication to the principles of government under  
> law.” Every president since has taken the occasion of Law Day as an  
> annual opportunity to proclaim our nation’s ongoing commitment to  
> the democratic rule of law.
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> In celebration of Law Day 2011, Tompkins/Tioga Neighborhood Legal  
> Services (the Ithaca office of Legal Assistance of Western New York,  
> Inc.®) and the Tompkins County Bar Association will present a two- 
> part Law Day Seminar and Free Legal Clinic.
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> The Law Day Seminar and Panel Discussion
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> First, the TCBA will present a free panel discussion open to all  
> seniors from 10:00AM to Noon on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the  
> Lifelong Activities Room, at 119 West Court Street, Ithaca.  Local  
> attorneys will speak on various topics, focusing on health care and  
> end of life issues, including will drafting, powers of attorney,  
> health care proxies, living wills, and related matters.
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> Presenters and participants include local attorneys Don Crittenden,  
> Michael May, Marcie Finlay and Kimberly Rothman.  NLS Managing  
> Attorney Gregg Thomas will discuss the Law Day Free Legal Clinic for  
> low-income seniors.
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> Topics to be discussed include:
> Simple Wills, their importance and structure;
> Power of Attorney forms under the new law, Health Care Proxies and  
> Living Wills;
> Trusts and Taxes; and
> Medicare, Medicaid and other Elder Law issues.
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> There will be time for questions and answers after the presentations.
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> The Law Day Free Legal Clinic for Low-Income Seniors
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> In concert with the group presentation, also in commemoration of Law  
> Day, but spread throughout the month of May, the Neighborhood Legal  
> Services office is coordinating a flexible Elder Law Clinic that  
> will match pro bono (volunteer) attorneys with financially eligible  
> seniors (those with gross income less than 200% of poverty level)  
> for individual consultations or simple document drafting, again  
> focusing on health care and advanced care directives.  NLS staff  
> will conduct screening and intake interviews for low-income seniors  
> to determine their eligibility for pro bono services and to prepare  
> brief case summaries.  Each eligible client will then be notified to  
> make an appointment with her/his pro bono attorney when an  
> appropriate match can be arranged.
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> Interested clients are invited to call Neighborhood Legal Services  
> at (607) 273-3667 to be screened.   Mention the “Law Day Elder Law  
> Clinic” when you call!  There will be a limited number of free  
> consultation appointments available.
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> -- 
> Gregg A. Thomas
> Managing Attorney
> Tompkins/Tioga Neighborhood Legal Services
> (Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.®)
> 215 North Cayuga Street
> Ithaca, New York 14850
> phone:  (607) 273-3667
> fax:  (607) 273-5521
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