SeniorLAW Center CLE Training: Volunteer Attorney Training: Assisting Older Adults through the Pennsylvania SeniorLAW HelpLine

Volunteer to help PA’s aging population. Participants will be trained to provide legal advice, information, and referrals by telephone to older adults across Pennsylvania who call the PA SeniorLAW HelpLine with civil legal issues. The training will focus on common areas of law requested by callers, the logistics of handling a HelpLine call and the professional responsibility requirements of pro bono and helpline service.  We will also discuss SeniorLAW Center’s Grandparents Raising Grandchildren project.  In Pennsylvania, over 89,000 grandparents are raising grandchildren due to parental unavailability.  We will discuss the legal needs of these grandparents, and how pro bono attorneys can provide legal assistance through SeniorLAW Center.  This is a limited representation opportunity and volunteers will be able to choose the area(s) of law on which they will focus when counseling callers.

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This course will train attorneys to provide legal counseling through the Pennsylvania SeniorLAW HelpLine, a toll-free telephone service offering free, confidential legal advice, brief services, and information and referrals to older adults statewide.  Course materials and online links will arm attorneys with the resources to provide legal advice and information, as well as quality referrals, on a variety of topics.  Links to referral directories (city and state) will be provided through SeniorLAW Center’s website, to allow participants quick access to myriad resources while handling HelpLine calls.

The course is free. 1.5 CLE credits (1 substantive/.5 ethics) are available pending approval with the CLE Board for those attendees who agree to staff the SeniorLAW HelpLine for two 2-hour shifts. This is limited representation which can be performed from the office or at home. Register with Joanna Jarzebowska by October 20, 2024.