Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Indigent Guardianship Project Announces Grant Availability

Veterans Advocacy Pro Bono Project Announces Grant Availability

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Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Indigent Guardianship Project Announces Grant Availability

The American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging and the Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law are have announced the 2009 ABA Enterprise Fund Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono Indigent Guardianship Project.

The project is awarding up to 10 mini-grants of $2500 each to states with emeritus attorney pro bono practice rules to develop model approaches to specifically recruit emeritus pro bono attorneys to handle indigent adult guardianship cases.

Grant Announcement and Request for Proposals [PDF]
(Deadline 11/10/2008)

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Veterans Advocacy Pro Bono Project Announces Grant Availability

The ABA Commission on Law and Aging, together with the Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, the Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, the Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services, Division of Bar Services, the Senior Lawyers Division, and the Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service's Center on Pro Bono, has announced the 2009 ABA Enterprise Fund Veterans Advocacy Pro Bono Project.

The project is awarding up to four grants of $5000 each to states with emeritus attorney pro bono practice rules to establish pilot programs to provide veterans with pro bono legal assistance through a state emeritus attorney pro bono program. Deadline for submission is December 15, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. (EST).

Grant Announcement and Request for Proposals [PDF]
(Deadline 12/15/2008 5:00 p.m. (EST)