Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida in partnership with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, is offering a free CLE training for attorneys who would like to assist veterans with VA Disability Claims. This training will be held on November 4, 2016 from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Law Offices of Baker, Donelson, SunTrust Center, 200 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2900, Orlando.  It has been approved for 3.5 General and Elder Law and 1.0 Ethics CLE credits.  Lunch will be provided to attendees.  All attendees are asked to accept one referral from CLSMF during the next 12 months.

In order to assist Veterans with claims, attorneys must complete an Application for Accreditation. Please use the links below for more information on accreditation and to apply.

General Homepage for Accreditation:  http://www.va.gov/ogc/accreditation.asp
VA Attorney Accreditation Application: http://www.va.gov/vaforms/va/pdf/VA21a.pdf

To maintain your accreditation, VA requires you to complete at least a 3 hour CLE training.  We strongly suggest you apply for accreditation as soon as possible.  If you are approved prior to November 4th, this training will satisfy that requirement.