Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Sep 20/Austin, TX - Training for Texas #Wildfire Volunteer Response

TexasBar Blog reports:
The Austin Bar Association is offering a free CLE training for attorney volunteers responding to legal questions and providing assistance to all those affected by the wildfires. The training will be Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700, Austin.
The cost is free to Austin Bar Association and Austin Young Lawyers Association members. The CLE credit for this training is 2.0 hours MCLE ethics credit.
This training will cover:
  •  Ethics & Pro Bono Service
  •  FEMA & Public Benefits
  •  Home Ownership Issues (title/mortgage, tax & fencing, barn, pens)
  •  Landlord-Tenant Concerns
  •  Insurance and Consumer Law Issues
  •  Pet and Animal Welfare Law
Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas is providing malpractice coverage to lawyers volunteering through the Austin Bar.
To RSVP for this training, please contact Marissa Lara-Arebalo at 512-472-0279, x100 or at Marissa@austinbar.org.
Thank you to all the volunteer attorneys and donors for your support in helping evacuees affected by the Bastrop wildfires.

For more information on the Austin Bar's response, see the Letter From Austin Bar President David Chamberlain.

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