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When your clients are called to serve, are you ready to serve them? Due to recent events, many lawyers like you are answering the call to assist military reservists who are going on active duty. This special online-only issue of GPSolo magazine, brought to you by the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, will give you the information you need to serve our military reservists best. Get the latest on the key legal issues--student loan relief, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, reemployment rights of reservists, estate planning for the military, and survivor benefits--confronting reservists and their families now and in the future.

This project is being brought to you because of the efforts of GPSSF Section members Lt. Col. Gregory Huckabee (U.S. Army), Col. Earle F. Lasseter (U.S. Army, Ret., and current Treasurer of the ABA), and jennifer rose.

Please click on each of the individual links to the articles that appear below.

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Introduction (20kb)
By Col. William R. Hagan

Preparing the Military Client to Deploy (48kb)
By Mark Sullivan and Lori Kroll
(Attachment: Family Member Predeployment Checklist (48kb))

Student Loan Relief (20kb)
By Col. Joseph H. Doyle

The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act—Legal Protection for Those Who Go in Harm’s Way (40kb)
By Lt. Col. Gregory M. Huckabee

Reemployment Rights of Recalled Reservists (32Kb)
By Capt. Samuel F. Wright

Estate Planning for the Military (20kb)
By Capt. Kevin P. Flood
(Attachment: Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Election and Certificate (72kb))

Survivor Benefits for Recalled Reservists (32kb)
By Capt. Kevin P. Flood and Nicholas Grasselli

Benefits Administered by the Military Services, Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Social Security Administration (56kb)
By James Brewster

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