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October 19, 2009
Military Pro Bono Project
The Military Pro Bono Project is looking for our assistance to provide pro bono representation to service members in family law matters. The Project helps those who are sacrificing greatly for their country by moving pro bono referrals straight from military law offices to willing-and-able private sector lawyer volunteers throughout the country. Extended American military missions overseas have generated unprecedented civil-law challenges for service members, many of whom have left family, home, and job for years at a time to serve their country in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations.
There are
resources available to you on line to provide assistance in your
representation of the military personnel. There is also no
continuing obligation once you provide the agreed upon
representation. You can also call for more information and then
decide not to take the case. Cases currently in need of
pro bono assistance are available on the Project's website, www.militaryprobono.org.
All the cases are screened by a supervising military attorney and
then by Jason Vail, Project Director, Military Pro Bono Project the head of the
Military Project with the ABA. You may contact Jason directly at
312.988.5783 or vailj@staff.abanet.org.
Thank you,
Catherine
Moreau and Charla Stevens
Co-Chairs, Family Law Litigation
Committee
MR
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I imagine the need for a variety of services is substantial and encourage people to give their time to this program. I suggest that family law attorneys volunteer. In my practice I often review separation agreements for military families that were prepared without the benefit of review by an attorney licensed to practice law in the couples' state of residence. These agreements involve increasingly complex legal issues and anyone who can give their time to help could prevent the need for costly litigation in the future. A state-specific analysis really is critical in these cases.
Posted by: Sonja | Oct 19, 2009 10:55:52 AM
