The Elder Law Project offers low-income elderly women and men pro bono legal preparation of simple wills, health care proxies, durable powers of attorney, and homestead declarations. Volunteer attorneys meet the seniors in their own communities, at senior centers and low-income housing developments, and return at a later date to execute the documents.
All volunteers receive training and mentors. Since launching the Elder Law Project in 2000, more than 250 low-income senior citizens have received free legal preparation of vital end-of-life documents.
The Project has served low-income seniors in the following communities and neighborhoods:
Beverly
Boston
Brighton
Brookline
Cambridge
Dorchester
East Boston
Everett
Malden
Milton
Newton
Quincy
Somerville