photo by: Ashley Golledge

This Journal-World file photo from 2019 shows Green Hall, 1535 W. 15th St., home to the University of Kansas School of Law.

A new University of Kansas School of Law clinic is offering to help essential workers in health care settings complete important documents with a goal of bringing peace of mind to frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Advance Care Planning Clinic will help workers complete documents, including general durable power of attorney for health care and/or financial decisions, health care directives/living wills, and last will and testament for low-income and low-asset estates, according to the law school’s Monday news release.

The legal services will be available to essential workers including medical personnel, administrative staff and support staff in areas such as dining and facilities whose incomes are up to 400% of the federal poverty level. That’s $51,040 for households of one or $104,800 for households of four.

Employees of LMH Health, KU Medical Center and the KU Health System will receive priority, according to the release.

Those interested in applying can fill out an online form to start their application. More information is available at law.ku.edu/advance-care-planning-clinic.

Students of the law school, licensed attorneys with KU’s Medical-Legal Partnership and pro bono private bar attorneys will work with clients remotely, according to the release.