Lawyers should troop to the areas ravaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) to aid the kin of those who died from the Super Typhoon in securing death claims and other benefits.

Lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno, Founding Dean of the De La Salle University College of Law, made the call in light of the announcement of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council that Super Typhoon Yolanda has already left 5,590 people dead and around 1,600 still missing.

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