Preparing a will for departing troops is grim, but a necessity. And, preparing a will can also be costly. However, a group of Michigan law professors and students from Thomas M. Cooley Law School have been helping out, free of charge, to get this done for the soldiers through a program called Service to Soldiers: Legal Assistance Referral Program.
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The group of lawyers, Cooley law professors and students also
has assisted troops in Lansing, Grand Rapids, Saginaw and
Kalamazoo, said Heather Spielmaker, who runs the program.
Before deployment, the group mainly prepares wills and powers of
attorney for the departing troops.
"It's basically like a will assembly line," Spielmaker said.
"We prepare about 150 a day when we're at full tilt."
The program began by helping recently returned military
personnel with legal matters, but soon expanded to help those about
to be deployed.
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