<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Gregg Thomas <<a href="mailto:gthomas@lawny.org">gthomas@lawny.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 3, 2011 10:16:53 AM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Human Services ListServ - Tompkins County <<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Free Legal Programs for Seniors</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Gregg Thomas <<a href="mailto:gthomas@lawny.org">gthomas@lawny.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b>REMINDER - Please print, post, and share freely with your clients and friends</b></font></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b>May is offering an abundance of free legal information and advice!<br> </b></font></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b><br></b></font></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b>Law Day Events: May 4, 2011 and ongoing<br> </b></font></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">On May 1, 2011, the United States celebrates Law Day.<span> </span>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. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">In celebration of Law Day 2011, Tompkins/Tioga Neighborhood Legal Services (the Ithaca office of Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.<sup>®)</sup> and the Tompkins County Bar Association will present a two-part Law Day Seminar and Free Legal Clinic.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b><br></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b>The Law Day Seminar and Panel Discussion</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">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. <span> </span>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.<span> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a name="12fb633bb0fed828_12f746a2357b752d_OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="12fb633bb0fed828_12f746a2357b752d_OLE_LINK1"><span>Presenters and participants include local attorneys Don Crittenden, Michael May, Marcie Finlay and Kimberly Rothman. NLS Managing Attorney Gregg Thomas will discuss </span></a><a name="12fb633bb0fed828_12f746a2357b752d_OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="12fb633bb0fed828_12f746a2357b752d_OLE_LINK5"><span><span><span>the Law Day </span></span></span></a><a name="12fb633bb0fed828_12f746a2357b752d_OLE_LINK8"></a><a name="12fb633bb0fed828_12f746a2357b752d_OLE_LINK7"><span><span><span><span><span>Free Legal Clinic for low-income seniors</span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span>.<span> </span></span></span></font></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="2"><span><span> </span></span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><span>Topics to be discussed include:</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><span>Simple Wills, their importance and structure;</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><span>Power of Attorney forms under the new law, Health Care Proxies and Living Wills;</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><span>Trusts and Taxes; and </span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><span><span>Medicare, Medicaid and other Elder Law issues.</span></span></font></p> <font size="2"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></font><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="2"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">There will be time for questions and answers after the presentations.<span> </span><span> </span></font></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="2"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b>The Law Day Free Legal Clinic for Low-Income Seniors</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">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 <i>pro bono</i> (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.<span> </span>NLS staff will conduct screening and intake interviews for low-income seniors to determine their eligibility for <i>pro bono</i> services and to prepare brief case summaries.<span> </span>Each eligible client will then be notified to make an appointment with her/his <i>pro bono</i> attorney when an appropriate match can be arranged.<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Interested clients are invited to call Neighborhood Legal Services at (607) 273-3667 to be screened.<span> </span><span> </span>Mention the “Law Day Elder Law Clinic” when you call!<span> </span>There will be a limited number of free consultation appointments available.</font></p><div style="line-height: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><font size="2"> </font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> <font size="2"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" clear="all"></font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gregg A. Thomas<br>Managing Attorney<br>Tompkins/Tioga Neighborhood Legal Services<br>(Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.®)<br> 215 North Cayuga Street<br>Ithaca, New York 14850<br> phone: (607) 273-3667<br>fax: (607) 273-5521<br><br>Confidentiality Note: This e-mail and any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of its attachments by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by telephone at 607-273-3667 or e-mail <a href="mailto:gthomas@lawny.org" target="_blank">gthomas@lawny.org</a> and destroy the original message and all copies.<br> <br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>