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MEDIA ADVISORY
Young Lawyers to Draft Wills for Local First Responders
CHICAGO, Feb. 4, 2008 — The American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, together with the Wills for Heroes Foundation and the Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers, will be drafting free wills for about 100 Beverly Hills firefighters and police officers on Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. PT at the Beverly Hills Fire Department’s Fire Station 1.
Part of the YLD’s 2007-2008 public service project, Wills for Heroes, this event will be held in conjunction with the ABA Midyear Meeting in
To date, the Wills for Heroes Foundation has assisted more than 7,000 emergency first responders in several states including Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
For more information on Wills for Heroes, visit http://www.abanet.org/yld/wills/home.html or www.willsforheroes.org.
Who: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Wills for Heroes Foundation, Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers
What: Wills for Heroes event, free wills and other basic estate planning documents for local first responders
Where:
Fire Department Training Room
When: Saturday, Feb. 9, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. PST
