Fourteen years ago, Bill Hirsh was drafting wills while volunteering for San Francisco's AIDS Legal Referral Panel. The group was in its infancy, AIDS was reaching its zenith and the demand for wills for gay men in their prime was unprecedented. "The organization focused on wills," Hirsh recalls, "because people were dying very quickly." Hirsh went on to become a well-known disability-rights lawyer, and this spring he was named executive director of ALRP.
May 16, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Fourteen years ago, Bill Hirsh learned how to draft wills while volunteering for San Francisco’s AIDS Legal Referral Panel.
The group was in its infancy, AIDS was reaching its zenith and the demand for wills for gay men in their prime was unprecedented. ALRP, which connects needy clients with lawyers — usually offering their services for free — snatched up Hirsh fresh out of Golden Gate University School of Law.
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