WASHINGTON — Free legal clinics are being offered to low-income veterans in Virginia.
Volunteer attorneys will help vets with basic estate planning documents, wills, powers of attorney and advance medical directives.
“When veterans and their families confront some of life’s unexpected challenges, the last thing they should be worrying about is who can make decisions and what that person’s wishes are,” Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring tells WTOP.
“Veterans who may be seniors and living on fixed incomes or a student going to school on the GI Bill, — it may be out of reach for them,” Herring says of documents that can cost between $500 and $1,000.
Before coming to Northern Virginia, the legal services clinics will be held in Hampton Roads on March 1, in Richmond on March 2 and in Roanoke on March 3.
Interested vets need to register to attend the free event, which will be held Friday, March 4, 2016 at the Northern Virginia Community College, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale.
The lawyers working pro bono are from the attorney general’s office and the Virginia State Bar and according to a news release, they’re proud to help.
“Giving back in some small measure to those who have given so much; those who have so courageously, and often repeatedly, placed themselves directly in harm’s way in the defense of this great nation and its people,” said Donna Price, who chairs the Virginia State Bar military law section.
WTOP’s Samantha Loss contributed to this report.
