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Acting Against the Proverb of Scarlett O’Hara

By Paige Melton, Elder & Disability Law Clinic Student, Spring 2017 “I’ll think about it tomorrow.” – Scarlett O’Hara, Gone With the Wind Scarlett said it, but you should not.  Well, at least when it comes to estate planning. To some, estate planning means thinking about difficult topics—what will happen to you, your possessions, and […]

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How to deal with a third-party in the client-attorney relationship?

By Zhiqi Guo, Elder & Disability Law Clinic Student, Spring 2017 When a client approaching us with a problem he or she wants us to solve, it not only raises a client-attorney relationship, but will also possibly raise a relationship between the attorney and a third party, especially in the elder and disability law clinic, […]

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Coming Out (or Staying In) to Grandparents

By William Waller, Elder & Disability Law Clinic Student, Spring 2017 Upfront, I believe I should provide a brief description of myself.  My name is William, and I am a gay male in my late twenties.  Although I grew up in the liberal suburbs of Washington, D.C., I come from a socially and religiously conservative […]