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1. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation: Video Transcript
   A transcription of the full-length Attorney Orientation video presentation for the Serving Our Seniors program.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 09/09/2010
2. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Two: Your Role As Volunteer
   Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Two explains how volunteers will participate at Serving Our Seniors program workshops.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 08/30/2010
3. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Three: Powers of Attorney for Healthcare
   Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Three explains basic concepts and execution of a Power of Attorney for Health Care.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 08/30/2010
4. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Four: Powers of Attorney for Property
   Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Four gives explains basic concepts and execution of Powers of Attorney for Property.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 08/30/2010
5. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Five: Living Will Declarations
   Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Five explains basic concepts and execution of Living Will Declarations.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 08/30/2010
6. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Six: Testamentary Wills
   Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Six explains basic concepts and execution of a Simple Will.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 08/30/2010
7. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Seven: Common Questions and Conclusion
   Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Seven answers common questions volunteer attorneys may encounter at Serving Our Senior workshops.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 08/30/2010
8. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part One: Introduction and Program Overview
   Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part One gives an overview of the goals of the Serving Our Seniors program.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 08/29/2010
9. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video
   Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Pro Bono attorneys give legal advice and prepare documents for senior citizens needing help with estate planning.
   Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
   Updated: 08/29/2010
10. Senior Citizens Handbook - Wills, Trusts and Estates
    Information for senior citizens about wills, trusts, and estates, including writing, changing and revoking your will, probate court, small estates, living trusts, joint tenancy, and where to go for more information
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 08/18/2010
11. Disabilities Guidebook: Advance Directives, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills
    Explains how Illinois laws authorize advance directives, such as a Power of Attorney or a Living Will
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 08/05/2010
12. Teaching Families about Guardianship and Alternatives Training
    Video on the legal process of guardianship, roles of wards and guardians and alternatives to guardianship
    Presenter(s): Stacy Yusim, Equip for Equality
    Updated: 08/03/2010
13. Disabilities Guidebook: Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment
    Explains Illinois law, which allows you to give advance instructions about your mental health treatment
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 08/02/2010
14. Wills and Estates
    Information about estate planning and probate, wills, powers of attorneys, living wills, mental health advance directives, guardianships for disabled adults
    Author: Attorney Desk Reference Manual
    Updated: 07/30/2010
15. Senior Citizens Handbook - Health Care Decisions
    Information for senior citizens about health care decisions, including powers of attorney for health care, living wills, and health care surrogate decision makers
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 07/23/2010
16. Senior Citizens Handbook - Financial Decisions
    Information for senior citizens about financial decisions, including powers of attorney, joint bank accounts, living trusts, representative payees, and the Illinois Volunteer Money Management Program
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 07/22/2010
17. Living Will Declaration
    Provides a sample living will form for Illinois that can be filled in and signed
    Author: State of Illinois Department of Aging
    Updated: 07/16/2010
18. CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting: The Rights of the Unmarried (Part 1)
    A Brief Overview on Issues of Inheritance, Powers of Attorney and Health Care
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 03/15/2010
19. Accessing Justice: Military Veterans, Servicemembers, and Their Families
    Webcast on the legal problems facing veterans, servicemembers and their families, including Family Law and Wills and Estates
    Presenter(s): Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 03/09/2010
20. Simple Estate Planning & Wills
    Join us as the ever-popular topic of estate planning and will drafting is demystified and boiled down to basics for CVLS volunteers.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 10/14/2009
21. Estate Planning for Medicaid
    This training provides information on the steps people need to take to protect their assets and future income.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 09/03/2009
22. Minor Guardianship Training
    A training that teaches the basics of representing clients in a minor guardianship case.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM)
    Updated: 06/02/2009
23. Advanced Care Planning
    A training on Advanced Care Planning
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 04/09/2009
24. Pro Bono Simple Will
    This program will generate a simple will satisfying Illinois statute.
    Author: Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 01/02/2009
25. Pro Bono Durable Powers of Attorney Forms
    This program will generate statutory forms for Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and/or Property, Resignation of Agent for Power of Attorney, Notice of Revocation of Power of Attorney, and Cremation Declaration.
    Author: Illinois Legal Aid Online, AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
    Updated: 12/31/2008
26. Serving as a Guardian Ad Litem in Probate Court
    Learn how to be a GAL in Cook County Probate cases involving persons with disabilities
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 10/30/2008
27. Special Needs Trust
    This video training provides information about the growing area of special needs planning.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 05/27/2008
28. CLAIM Family Law Clinic Training
    This training covers the CLAIM Family Law Clinic and the law you need to know to volunteer at the clinic
    Presenter(s): CLAIM
    Updated: 03/03/2008
29. Attorney's Letter as a Guardian ad Litem to the Ward
    Letter from an attorney, who has been appointed by the court as a Guardian ad Litem, to the ward
    Author: Jean Adams
    Updated: 11/15/2007
30. Wills, POAs, Permanency Planning for HIV Clients
    
    Presenter(s): Aids Legal Council of Chicago
    Updated: 08/15/2007
31. Disabilities Guidebook: Health Care Surrogates
    Explains how Illinois law allows family members, friends, or guardians to make medical treatment decisions for people who are unable to make such decisions
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 04/13/2007
32. Disability Rights Consortium: Special Needs Trusts and Financial Planning for People With Disabilities
    Describes special needs trusts and financial planning for people with disabilities
    Presenter(s): Janna Dutton, Janna Dutton & Associates; Equip for Equality
    Updated: 01/26/2007
33. Senior Citizens Handbook - Guardianship of Adults
    Information for court appointed guardians about authority, duties, appointment procedure, and health care and financial alternatives
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 12/01/2006
34. Disabilities Guidebook: Guardianship of Adults with Disabilities
    Information about court appointed guardians of disabled adults
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 08/18/2006
35. How to be a Guardian Ad Litem in Minor Guardianships
    Information on how to prepare to be and how to be a Guardian Ad Litem for a minor in a guardianship case
    Author: Patty Nelson, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
    Updated: 07/27/2006
36. A Practitioner's Guide to Adult Guardianship in Illinois
    Guide to assist legal practitioners, social workers, medical practitioners, and the families of persons with disabilities assess the need for adult guardianship. Guide contains information about creating successful guardianship estates
    Author: Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
    Updated: 06/06/2006
37. A Family Caregiver's Guide to Long Term Care Table of Contents
    Information for family caregivers about advocating for the best possible quality of life and care for their loved ones in nursing homes
    Author: Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 04/04/2006
38. Interviewing Techniques for Guardians Ad Litem
    Video training session for attorneys on how to be an effective guardian ad litem
    Presenter(s): Patty Nelson and Michael Bergmann, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 05/20/2005
39. Guardianship of Minors
    CARPLS volunteer attorney training on guardianship of minors
    Presenter(s): Meg Benson, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 03/31/2005
40. Wills and Estate Planning
    Video training on issues arising from estate planning
    Presenter(s): Matt Gallagher, Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services
    Updated: 10/01/2004
41. Guardianship of Adults
    Video on how to establish and maintain the guardianship of an adult
    Presenter(s): John Whitcomb, Equip for Equality
    Updated: 09/21/2004
42. How to Be a GAL in a Disabled Adult Case
    Video training on how to be a Guardian ad Litem in a disabled adult case
    Presenter(s): Jean Adams
    Updated: 06/11/2004
43. How to be a GAL in a Minor Guardianship
    Training on serving as a Guardian Ad Litem in minor guardianship cases
    Presenter(s): Patricia M. Nelson, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 06/01/2004
44. Disabilities Guidebook: Guardianship of Minors
    Information about the Illinois law that allows a guardian to be appointed for a child
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 01/13/2004

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