November 19, 2019

 

 

Inaugural Lawyers Serving Veterans Day Virtual
Clinic Helps Los Angeles-Based Veterans with Legal Needs

 

 

While many Angelinos joined veterans at public events for Veterans Day, several Los Angeles attorneys used their talents to provide legal services to veterans virtually in honor of the Veterans Day holiday.

 

"It's a privilege to give back to those who served, says Paul Freese, a U.S. Army Veteran and 30+ years attorney, including as a member of the American Bar Association's Veterans Legal Services Initiative. Freese is also an advisor and key volunteer for Q.Me Place, and was one of the participants in the inaugural event called Lawyers Serving Veterans Day.

 

"Helping veterans with their legal needs is a small way we can contribute and to help fulfill America's promise to those who serve that we will leave no one behind."

 

Lawyers Serving Veterans Day was started by the Los Angeles-based non-profit Q.Me Place, which has partnered with U.S.VETS, a national organization providing housing, employment and mental health services to veterans.

 

"Our Veterans that are experiencing homelessness do not have the means or resources to consult with legal aid but the Legal Clinic has been very beneficial to our clients because we are meeting them where they are," says Kena Liggins-Tompkins, Operations Manager at U.S.VETS - Long Beach.

 

One veteran who participated commented about the usefulness of the service.

 

"The service was extremely helpful to me."

 

"I got answers that I needed for decades."

 

Other veterans shared that the video clinic was an asset on the road to self-advocacy and one veteran stated that "I would recommend it to any vet in need of help."

 

Q.Me Place is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and an implementer of the Q.Me Platform, a cloud-based, crowd sourced video queuing and matching system that connects clients and professionals in videoconferences regardless of location of either party. Using the Q.Me Platform, multiple clinics and service locations can be held simultaneously and serviced by professionals from anywhere. In addition to legal services, the Q.Me platform is being used to deliver tutoring and education, in the United States and internationally.

 

"U.S.VETS has been a remarkable partner," says Vinod Mapranath, Founder of Q.Me Place.

 

"They have been able to quickly adopt the Q.Me technology and convert the platform into effective service delivery."

 

"Not only that, they have jumped at the opportunity to partner from the start. The concept is simple. Help the masses of underserved who don't have access to resources. We do this by making the most of people who want to help, but just don't have the time because of commute, family, work, and life in general."

 

Different from existing video technologies, the Q.Me Platform crowdsources volunteers and service providers, queues them, and then matches them sequentially in videoconferences with people who need assistance from multiple different locations.

 

While the first Lawyers Serving Veterans Day was limited to the Los Angeles area, the organizers expect the event will be held annually and expanded to the rest of California and beyond in subsequent years.

 

 

 

Q.Me Place, Inc.

Media: help@qmeplace.org

Source: Q.Me Place, Inc.