Know Your Rights Special Follow-up

For those of you that missed tonight's program, it is scheduled for rebroadcast at 10pm CDT Thursday. Panelists included:

• Bill Quigley, Director, Law Clinic at Loyola Law School (temporarily hosted by Univ of Houston Law Center)
• Mark Mareau, Director, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
• Bob Sohns, Director, Lone Star Legal Aid

also joining the panel later

• Marcy Kurtz, Bankruptcy Attorney, Bracewell & Giuliani
• Opal Jackson, FEMA Spokesperson

Topics discussed or mentioned included: landlord/tenant issues, liability for falling trees on your or neighbor's property, interstate child custody and child support payments, unemployment compensation, wages lost due to evacuations, how to find your relatives who have been relocated in the Louisiana prison system, price gouging, FEMA support, insurance claims and coverage expectations & limits, vandalized abandoned cars and their missing contents, and the upcoming bankruptcy filing deadlines.

Texas & Louisiana residents with related questions can still call back in Wed-Fri, October 5-7, from 4-7pm CDT to get answers to their legal questions. The numbers are 713.743.2168 or toll-free 877.743.2168.

Some of the links mentioned on-air:

• Prof Richard Alderman, The People's Lawyer http://www.peopleslawyer.net/
• State Bar of Texas http://www.texasbar.com/
• S.J.Beaulieu, Chapter 13 Trustee, New Orleans http://www.13network.com/trustees/nor/norhome.asp

The special edition of the People's Law School for hurricane related issues will be this Saturday afternoon. FEMA representatives will be there to answer your questions. Please check Prof Alderman's site for registration info.

[UPDATE] Read the official UH Press Release here [/UPDATE]