Attorneys offering free legal help for ‘Ask a Lawyer Day'
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Happening until 9 p.m. Thursday, attorneys are answering legal questions from people across the state for free. 'Ask a Lawyer Day' is a tradition going on nearly 50 years.
Attorneys took shifts at the Oklahoma Bar Association in OKC and Tulsa to take give Oklahomans free legal advice over the phone and email.
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They answered questions that answered if they have a case and what the process would look like.
'We obviously are not litigating anything today, but we're pointing people in the right direction,' said Ed Wunch, Co-Chair of Law Day Committee with the Oklahoma Bar Association.
'This is my favorite day of the year. I wait all year for this,' said Katherine Bell, an attorney who is in charge of volunteers answering emails.
Bell said not everyone has equal access to justice.
'A lot of people don't have the resources to like go and have a consultation with an attorney and they just need a place to start,' said Bell.
Wunch said they get a wide range of questions, from family law, immigration, criminal, and beyond.
'We had a question we were bouncing around about a patent issue,' said Wunch.
'Why is it you think you have a good malpractice case?' one of the volunteers said over the phone.
That's why the room is always filled with attorneys practicing different kinds of law.
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'If I don't know the answer to the question on the phone I can reach out to my neighbor sitting next to me and sometimes they'll have the answer,' said Wunch.
It's also a win-win. Both Wunch and Bell said, attorneys have an ethical obligation to serve the community and offer pro-bono services.
'We have a duty to impart our knowledge and to assist people that haven't had the same opportunities as us and don't have the same breadth of knowledge,' said Bell.
The numbers to call are 405-429-4290 and 918-340-5297 or email AskALawyer@okbar.org.
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