SIU Simmons Law School Offers Mobile Legal Clinics for Senior Citizens This Summer
CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School will begin a series of mobile legal clinics in the region next week to provide free, onsite assistance for senior citizens wanting to prepare health care power of attorney.
The legal clinic’s Senior Summer Sessions begin Tuesday, June 10, at the Murphysboro Senior Center and will run through July 31, with site visits to each of the 13 southernmost counties the clinic serves. Participants must be age 60 or older and live within those 13 counties.
Dale Aschemann, a clinical assistant professor of law who oversees the clinic, noted that the law school has a long history of serving elderly individuals in the region. The idea for the senior summer sessions developed through discussions with Angela Upchurch, law school acting dean and professor of law, on opportunities for the clinic to “affirmatively engage with senior centers and remind the various regions of Southern Illinois that our school is not only part of their community but active in trying to make a positive difference in their community,” he said.