Volunteer Lawyer (Any Practice Area)
Looking for lawyers to witness the signing of Enduring Power of Attorney for elderly
Project Details
What we need
- Join a 30 minutes call to learn more about our organisation and the event details
- Witness Enduring Power of Attorney for 10-15 elderly on our witnessing day on 25 July and 29 August (~3 hours). You can choose to join both or either 1 day
- Lawyers are expected to have a Practicing Lawyer Certificate from the Law Society of HK and lawyers from all practice areas are welcomed
- Lawyers are ONLY to witness the documents and confirm the elderly’s capacity. You are NOT responsible for the content of the documents
Background
AWEsum Care aims to promote advance care planning in Hong Kong and provides assistance to elderly individuals in preparing their advance care planning documents, including wills, advanced directives, and enduring powers of attorney. In particular, an enduring power of attorney allows individuals to appoint a trusted individual to manage their financial affairs in the event they lose capacity. The signing of an enduring power of attorney must be witnessed by both a medical doctor and a lawyer. We would like to corporate with a pro bono lawyer to provide free witnessing service for the underprivileged elderly. If you wish to know more, welcome to look at the video of our previous witnessing day. (https://youtu.be/u0ZOVGFdQlg)
What we have
Prior to the witnessing day, the elderly participants would have signed a disclaimer acknowledging that the lawyers are NOT providing legal advice related to the creation of the enduring power of attorney. The lawyer is NOT expected to sign an engagement letter either with the senior citizen or the social enterprise.
Why this is important
Despite Hong Kong having over two million people over the age of 60, only a few thousand enduring powers of attorney have been registered, which raises concerns about accessing patient assets to cover medical and living expenses. Free witnessing days help elderly to sign an enduring powering attorney which allows them to enjoy a better elderly life.
Project Period
05 Aug 2023 - 01 Sep 2023
Location
Headquarter of Hong Kong Red Cross
Team Project
You’ll be working with other awesome volunteers.
Honorarium available upon completion
Requirements
Time
3 hours in total
- 29 August2023
- 13 September 2023
Skills
- Communication
- Legal Assistance
- Event Support
Experience Level
- Some experience
- Extensive experience
Language
- Chinese (Cantonese)
Age Range
About the Organization
DocPro Services Limited
https://www.awesumcare.com
Causes
What we do
Our mission is to promote and make Advance Care Planning documents (Will, Enduring Power of Attorney and Advance Directive) accessible to the people in need. In particular, our goal is to increase the penetration rate of these documents to help the ageing population in Hong Kong.
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