10Jul 2023 by Charles E. Price
Legal Aid plans phone clinic

Legal Aid plans phone clinic

LEGAL
Legal Aid is holding a free Legal Aid Phone Clinic for residents of their eight-county district on Tuesday. The district includes Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Rush, and Shelby counties. The phone clinic will be held from 3 to 5:30 pm although registration is required between noon and 2 pm The Legal Aid Clinic and Pro Bono Program utilizes local volunteer attorneys, offering free legal consultations to low-income individuals to provide equal access to justice within our communities for those who might not otherwise be able to afford the counsel of an attorney. Individuals calling to the Legal Aid Phone Clinic can expect to receive a brief consultation to answer general and eviction questions, offer legal information, or to receive other limited pro se assistance or advice, over the…
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02May 2023 by Charles E. Price
Racine Receives Legal Aid DC Honor

Racine Receives Legal Aid DC Honor

LEGAL
Former DC Attorney General Karl A. Racine received one of two Servant of Justice Awards from Legal Aid DC during its 33rdrd annual dinner at the JW Marriott Hotel in Northwest on April 19. The Servant of Justice Award is designed to “celebrate people who have demonstrated faithful dedication and remarkable achievement in ensuring that all persons have equal and meaningful access to justice,” according to the organization's program. Legal Aid DC assists over 9,000 low-and-middle income Washingtonians with civil cases and has a staff of 90.65 of whom are attorneys. Previous recipients of the Award include Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (posthumously in 1993), former US Attorney General Eric Holder (1998) and retired founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund Marian Wright Edelman (2016). Racine served as the…
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03Feb 2023 by Charles E. Price
Can a Power of Attorney Change a Will?

Can a Power of Attorney Change a Will?

ATTORNEY
Man with power of attorneyPower of attorney is one of the most important legal forms for estate and elder care planning. Along with wills and trust documents, it is a critical document for arranging one's affairs. A power of attorney cannot change a properly written will. However, such a person can make many changes to the assets surrounding that estate. Here is how it works. Estate planning can get complicated, quickly; working with a financial advisor goes a long way to simplifying the challenge. Estate planning can get complicated, but it works with a financial adviser is one of the best ways to clarify and even simplify the challenge.What Is the Power of Attorney?Power of attorney is when you assign someone the authority to make legally binding decisions on your…
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