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Volunteer Lawyers Project teaches how to represent the intellectually and developmentally disabled

November 9, 2018 By Rob Abruzzese Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Sidney Cherubin, the director of legal services for the Volunteer Lawyers Project. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese
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The Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project held a continuing legal education seminar in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday titled “Article 17A: Guardianship of Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled Persons.”

The two-hour event was worth two CLE credits and aimed to teach attorneys how to file an Article 17A guardianship in Brooklyn Surrogate’s Court.

An Article 17A guardianship designates a family member or friend to act on behalf of a person over the age of 18 who has an intellectual or developmental disability.

Three attorneys were part of the lecture including Sidney Cherubin, director of legal services for the VLP, Natalie Chin, director of the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic at Brooklyn Law School, and Helen Z. Galette, a court attorney-referee in the Kings County Surrogate’s Court.

As always, attorneys who take CLE courses through the Volunteer Lawyers Project get free credits in exchange for agreeing to take on a case pro bono. Attorneys can receive an additional CLE credit for every two hours of eligible pro bono service.

 

 

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