October 26, 2015
MVLP will host a Family Law Pro Se Clinic in Booneville, MS at the Prentiss County Courthouse at 100 N. Main Street. Volunteer attorneys will provide legal advice and documents for a variety of legal matters including Irreconcilable Differences Divorce (No Fault Divorce), Visitation, Guardianship, Conservatorship, Adoption, Child Support Contempt, Child Support Modification, Emancipation, Desertion Divorce, Birth Certificate Correction and Divorce where spouse has been sentenced to the penitentiary. If you are in need of legal assistance in these areas and live in the Prentiss County area, please contact MVLP at 601-960-9577 to register for the event.
We will not accept walk-ins. If you are an attorney who would like to volunteer to assist at the clinic, please e-mail us at
mvlp@mvlp.org.
October 27, 2015 *
MVLP will host
“Calls for a Cause” at the MVLP Office in Jackson, Mississippi. This is a unique opportunity for attorneys to volunteer their time to speak with existing MVLP clients to provide much needed case assessments for MVLP. If you are an attorney who would like to volunteer but are unable to come into the MVLP office, remote options are available. Please contact Gayla Carpenter-Sanders at
gsanders@mvlp.org to sign up!!!
October 28, 2015
MVLP will host a Family Law Pro Se Clinic in Jackson, MS at the Eudora Welty Library at 300 N. State Street. Volunteer attorneys will provide legal advice and documents for a variety of legal matters including Irreconcilable Differences Divorce (No Fault Divorce), Visitation, Guardianship, Conservatorship, Adoption, Child Support Contempt, Child Support Modification, Emancipation, Desertion Divorce, Birth Certificate Correction and Divorce where spouse has been sentenced to the penitentiary. If you are in need of legal assistance in these areas and live in Hinds, Madison or Rankin County, please contact MVLP at 601-960-9577 to register for the event.
We will not accept walk-ins. If you are an attorney who would like to volunteer to assist at the clinic, please e-mail us at
mvlp@mvlp.org.
October 29, 2015 *-
“EACH ONE REACH ONE”
MVLP will host a mass recruitment of cases from 1:00 P.M.– 4:00 P.M. We have open files in the following counties: Attala, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Clay, Forrest, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Jackson, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Leflore, Lincoln, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pearl River, Pike, Pontotoc, Rankin, Simpson, Stone, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Union, Washington, Yalobusha, and Yazoo. To view descriptions of these cases, please visit MVLP’s
website. Between 1:00 and 4:00 on October 29, 2015, please contact MVLP at 601-960-9577 and ask for Sara Cotten to be placed with a case.
October 30, 2015 *
MVLP will host its second
“How to Hang Your Shingle and Start Your Own Firm” CLE on Friday, October 30, 2015 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum in Jackson, MS from 8:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Topics to be covered include developing and marketing; best practices for getting paid, malpractice insurance coverage, financial and tax liability information; ethical considerations of solo and small firm practices; integrating pro bono service in the practice; and transitioning
from firms while retaining your clients. The cost is $50 for law students; $75 for attorneys licensed in 2014 or 2015; $100 for MVLP volunteers; and $125 for Non-volunteers. For more information or to volunteer for these events, please contact Gayla Carpenter-Sanders at 601-960-9577 or e-mail at gsanders@mvlp.org.
