Name: Empowering New Legal Professionals: Drafting Affidavits of Heirship for Low-Income Texans
Start: 2025-08-28T13:00:00-0500
End: 2025-08-28T15:00:00-0500

Thursday August 28, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

Room 410

Join us for an engaging and interactive presentation designed for beginner attorneys and paralegals, focused on drafting Affidavits Concerning the Identity of Heirs for low-income Texans. This session will begin with a comprehensive overview of Texas intestacy laws, providing attendees with the fundamental legal knowledge necessary to understand how assets pass when there is no probated will.

Participants will then engage in a hands-on drafting exercise, working through a fact pattern to draft an affidavit of heirship. This practical session will help attendees develop the skills needed to document heirship correctly, ensuring compliance with Texas law while addressing common challenges that arise when assisting low-income clients.

By the end of the session, attendees will leave with a solid understanding of intestacy laws, hands-on drafting experience, and best practices for issue spotting and risk mitigation—key skills for empowering low-income Texans in securing their rightful inheritance.

Speakers

Hannah Dyal

Attorney, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

Hannah Dyal is an Equal Justice Works Disaster Resilience Program Fellow at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. She recently completed her first Equal Justice Works fellowship on the Disaster Recovery Legal Corps, the first disaster corps of its kind. Hannah has been working in disaster recovery... Read More →