Elder Appreciation and Wills Clinic
October 17, 2025 During the AFN Convention
At the Elder Appreciation and Wills Clinic get the following for FREE:
Appointment with an attorney who will write your Will, Power of Attorney, and Advance Health Care Directive. Make sure your wishes are honored after your death and if you cannot make financial or health care decisions for yourself. See below for how to register.
Drop-in resource booths (no appt necessary) with information and referrals for Elders.
You MUST pre-register for an appointment to have a volunteer attorney write up your Will, Power of Attorney, and Advance Health Care Directive:
Date: October 17, 2025
Time: 2 hour appointments
Where: Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
Denai’na Center, 600 W. 7th Ave., Anchorage
Second Floor, Tubughnenq’ Room 5
To have your free documents prepared by an attorney:
Complete this intake form: EAWC Client Intake Form – PDF version Couples may choose to complete one intake form (with “Client 2” information completed) if they want to meet with an attorney together or separate forms if they prefer to meet separately.
Mail or email the form to the Alaska Bar Association (address on form) before October 16 OR drop it off at AFN on Oct. 16, 10:00 – 2:30 PM at Dena’ina Center, 2nd Floor, Room 5.
We will call you to schedule an appointment.
Bring your intake form and other important documents listed on the intake form to your appointment.
The volunteer attorney will write up your documents and you can sign and take them home that day.
YOU MUST COMPLETE STEPS 1 AND 2, ABOVE, TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT!
STOP BY ONE OF THE OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TO GET HELP WITH THE INTAKE FORM AND TO REGISTER FOR AN APPOINTMENT:
October 13 and 14, 2025, 8 AM to 5 PM
Alaska Commission on Aging booth
First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference
Denai’na Center, 600 W. 7th Ave., AnchorageOctober 16, 2025, 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Elizabeth Peratrovich Legal Clinic (where you can also get a free 30-minute drop-in consultation starting between 11:30 and 2:30 PM with an attorney about non-criminal legal issues)
Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
Denai’na Center, 600 W. 7th Ave., Anchorage
Second Floor, Tubughnenq’ Room 5
If you NEED HELP completing the intake form or want to learn more, you may:
Call the Alaska Bar Association at (907) 272-7469 and we will help you complete the form by phone or in person or mail you the form if you can do it yourself.
Watch this video on how to complete the intake form. Learn from an estate planning attorney about how wills, powers of attorney, and advance health care directives can serve to honor your wishes after your death and when you cannot make health and financial decisions for yourself.
