Law at the Library

With the looming start of the 2025 hurricane season, a local legal nonprofit is again hosting a free clinic for area seniors in need of limited legal advice on civil matters.

Law at the Library is a quarterly conversation sponsored by the Lee County Legal Aid Society with support from the AARP Foundation.

The next session is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the North Fort Myers Public Library, Meeting Room A, 2001 N. Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers, 33903, and is open to Lee County residents ages 50 and older.

The event will begin with light refreshments, followed by a panel presentation by local attorneys on topics in civil law of interest to seniors, with an emphasis on post-hurricane legal issues, including contractor fraud and insurance claims.

The panel’s 30-minute presentation will be followed by an audience question-and-answer session and then 20-minute individual appointments with volunteer attorneys on any legal issue, excluding criminal cases, beginning at 10 a.m.

Advance registration is required. Participants should email Nanci@leecountylegalaid.org or call 239-334-6118 and provide contact information, a brief description of the legal advice being sought, and any relevant documents. Participants should also bring those documents to the meeting.

Unlike in criminal law, there is no constitutional right to counsel in civil law, which includes landlord-tenant disputes, foreclosures, evictions, probate, debt collection, child custody cases, domestic violence orders of protection and more.