Georgia Heirs Property Law Center

Georgia Heirs Property Law Center helps heirs property owners, nonprofits, and municipalities remediate fractured title; increase equity; and transfer wealth  to the next generation through title clearing, wills creation, estate planning, and facilitating access to government, private sector, and nonprofit land management/home improvement programs. The Center has offices in Atlanta, Athens, and Macon and targets outreach in southwest Georgia, Atlanta’s Westside neighborhoods, and southeast Georgia’s coastal region.

  • State(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Georgia
  • Area of law: Housing, Life Planning
  • Populations Served: Elderly, General Public, Low Income, Nonprofits
  • Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers, Nonlitigation Projects, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible
  • Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Training Required: No
  • CLE credit for trainings: Yes
  • CLE credit for pro bono: No
  • Mentoring or supervision offered: No
  • Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
  • Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Legal Research, Transactional work
  • Other Project Types: Representation of heirs property owners in family negotiations, probate and quiet title actions; participation in wills clinics, especially serving rural Georgia; genealogy research and family tree assistance
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
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