Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 29, 1995                   TAG: 9505020044
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-10   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

MONDAY'S LAW DAY IS 'ASK A LAWYER DAY'

Lawyers from the Legal Aid Society of the New River Valley, as well as lawyers in private practice, will be at four locations to answer questions Monday as part of "Ask a Lawyer Day." The event is sponsored by the Private Bar Involvement Program of the Legal Aid Society.

Lawyers will be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Montgomery County Courthouse, the Radford Municipal Building, the Pulaski Courts Building on U.S. 99 and the Pulaski Stone Courthouse downtown.

The event is part of national Law Day activities.

Information will be available about the services offered by the Legal Aid Society of the New River Valley and the free legal representation offered to indigent citizens by participating private lawyers.

Brochures will be available on topics such as bankruptcy, debtor rights, divorce, custody and support, housing, public benefits.

"They can ask about anything they want to ask about" including criminal matters, said Debbie Sifford, Legal Aid's executive director.

Private lawyers help Legal Aid's lawyers and paralegals serve an ever-increasing load of clients who otherwise might not get the legal assistance they need.

In 1994, more than 200 clients received help from private lawyers who donated their services to referrals from Legal Aid.

Legal Aid depends on pro bono work from other lawyers to augment its three full-time lawyers, one part-time lawyer and office staff.