Updated at 9:14 a.m., Friday, November 9, 2007
Informational session planned on Elder Law in Hawaii
Advertiser Staff
The Hawai`i State Judiciary is sponsoring a public information session, "Elder Law," from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Hawai`i Supreme Court building.The featured speaker will be James H. Pietsch, director of the University of Hawai`i Elder Law Program. He is also a professor at the University's William S. Richardson School of Law and an adjunct professor of geriatric medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Pietsch is co-author of "The Elder Law Hawai'i Handbook" and of a handbook for caregivers, "Deciding What If?" He is also co-editor of "Cultural Issues in End of Life Decision Making."
This session is part of the "Lunch 'n' Learn the Law" program, a series of free seminars for the general public on topics relating to specific areas of the law |and the courts.
Volunteer presenters include judges, attorneys, court officials and other subject-matter experts.
The seminar will be held in the Supreme Court conference room on the second floor of Ali`iolani Hale, 417 S. King St. in downtown Honolulu.
For more information, contact the Judiciary Public Affairs Office at 539-4909.
