Ask-A-Lawyer: Volunteer lawyers to take legal questions Aug. 30 and Sept. 1

August 18, 2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Aug. 16, 2011) – The S.C. Bar Ask-A-Lawyer program, which coordinates volunteer lawyers in a regional effort to assist the public with its legal questions, will be held in Columbia on Tuesday, Aug. 30, and in Charleston on Thursday, Sept. 1.       
          
Television phone banks, staffed by volunteer attorneys, will air on the WLTX evening news between 5 and 7:30 p.m. and on the WCBD evening news between 5 and 6:45 p.m. to encourage the public to call in with questions. Lawyers will also respond to questions via Web chat.

Watch either broadcast beginning at 5 p.m. for the number to call, or chat with an attorney online by visiting www.scbar.org/aal.

Attorney volunteers include Ellen H. Babb, Tamika D. Cannon, Mathias G. Chaplin, J. Gary Christmas, Paul J. Doolittle, Joseph C. Good III, Kevin T. Hardy, Willie B. Heyward, Lisa M. Hostetler, Eddye L. Lane, J. Edwin McDonnell, Kelly K. Morrow, Monet S. Pincus, J. Pamela Price, Edna S. Primus, Jennifer W. Rubin, Stacy E. Thompson and Susan S. White.

The Ask-A-Lawyer program is made possible by the S.C. Bar Foundation.

The South Carolina Bar, which has a membership of more than 13,500 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.
 
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