Pennsylvania Bar Association Seeks Volunteers to Aid with Disaster Legal Assistance
The Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Office is looking for volunteers to help with disaster relief resulting from the severe weather that recently struck Pennsylvania. Attorneys are needed to:
- Volunteer at one of the 7 current disaster recovery centers (There are Disaster Recovery Centers in seven counties--(Bradford, Columbia, Dauphin, Lure, Lycoming, Sullivan, and Wyoming)
- Staff a virtual law clinic. Volunteers would be on a listserv where requests for assistance would be posted. Volunteers would respond to the requests by email with the option of following up with a telephone call to the person in need. We have already had requests for people to help with insurance companies who are denying coverage.
- Conduct general research on common problems. The results of that research would then be reported in a legal memorandum for use by other volunteer attorneys or consumer materials outlining the results of that research for disaster victims.
Lawyers interested in volunteering to help should complete the sign-up form, which will be processed through the PBA Pro Bono Office.
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