Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Free Legal Advice for Vets from Mass. Bar Association

Dial-A-Lawyer program available for veterans
Mon Aug 24, 2009, 09:52 AM EDT

Veterans can receive free legal advice from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, through the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Veterans Dial-A-Lawyer call-in program. Veterans who have questions concerning benefits, divorce, child support, employment, landlord/tenant and other legal issues can call 617-338-0610 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to speak to volunteer MBA lawyers. If a caller gets a busy signal, they are asked to hang up and try again. Normal telephone charges will apply. The MBA’s Veterans Dial-A-Lawyer program is provided as a public service of the MBA with the financial support of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and through a partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services.