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Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic
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"The last time I said goodbye to Ted*, he was upright in his hospital bed, swaddled in his blue hospital gown with a wide smile. As I looked back at him, I wanted to feel happy. I had successfully executed my first full estate plan for this man that had been a stranger only months before. But all I could feel was a sense of sadness that my time with him had come to an end."
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On the front lines for veterans
November 8, 2023
How Harvard Law’s Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic is helping a former Marine and small business owner get the benefits he deserves…
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Veteran service organizations file lawsuit to compel VA to amend its character of discharge regulations
October 25, 2023
The organizations, represented by the Veterans Legal Clinic and Latham & Watkins LLP, are filing on behalf of thousands of veterans denied VA benefits due…
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Two veterans – one an LSC student and the other a client battling homelessness – help each other in surprising ways
October 2, 2023
"In the military, I found months of training in the U.S. could never replicate the reality of an operational environment while deployed abroad, whether in Afghanistan, West Africa, or Europe. My experience with LSC indicates lawyering is no different."
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Via GBH News
By Craig LeMoult Between World War II and the 2011 repeal of the policy that banned openly LGBTQ+ people from… -
Sam Holloway ’24 Discovers that Criminal Record Sealing is Not Always the End of the Story
June 15, 2023
n this blog post, Sam Holloway ‘24, student in LSC’s Safety Net Program, discusses how he helped a client fully clear her public record.
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The Women’s Bar Foundation presented Destini Agüero, deputy director of LSC, clinical instructor, and director of the Estate Planning Project in the Veterans Legal Clinic, with one of two Nery J. Arrano Pro Bono Awards at its May 4, 2023 fundraising event.
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By Anthony Pericolo ’23 A few weeks after starting the Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic, my instructor, Dan Nagin, approached me about an upcoming…
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Four members of the HLS Class of 2023 have been selected as recipients of the Skadden Fellowship, a two-year fellowship to…
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Strategic lawyering by a team of Harvard Law students led Veterans Affairs to change its long-standing benefits policy. Via Harvard Law Today Last month,…
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Following court challenge by the Legal Services Center, VA expands access to benefits for LGBTQ+ veterans’ surviving spouses
October 17, 2022
Via LSC Blog BOSTON, Massachusetts — Yesterday, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it is ending enforcement of a marriage duration requirement that discriminates against survivors of LGBTQ+ veterans, including Lawrence Vilord,…
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By Henry Beshar ’22
Via LSC Blog “But you’re not a veteran,” my puzzled mentor remarked after learning that I enrolled in Harvard Law… -
Crooked Judges, Fraudulent Lawyers, and How the Social Security Administration Has Failed 3,500 People
April 8, 2022
By Jeffrey Jiang, JD ’22
via LSC Blog The story of Eric Conn is a years-long saga involving a scam artist who extracted over half… -
‘Doing Justice’ Together: An Interview with LSC Safety Net Project Director Julie McCormack
January 10, 2022
This interview appeared in the Brown Political Review. Julie McCormack is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, co-teaching “The Poverty Law Workshop –…
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In a potentially precedent-setting case, Veterans Clinic students work to help LGBTQ widower secure VA benefits
November 8, 2021
Via Harvard Law Today Lawrence “Larry” Vilord (left) with his partner of 44 years, U.S. Navy veteran Rhett Chalk. (Photo Courtesy of Lawrence Vilord)…
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Via LSC Blog By mid-semester, the 14 Harvard Law students enrolled in the Veterans Law & Disability Benefits Clinic at the Legal Services Center…
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LSC’s Safety Net Project Students Testify Before Mass Legislature on Importance of Nutrition Benefits
October 18, 2021
Via LSC Blog Kate Strickland and Rachel Schwarz, Harvard Law students in LSC’s Safety Net Project, submitted testimony last week on two bills under…
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Giving back to the Greater Boston community
June 29, 2021
via Harvard Gazette Daniel Polonsky ’21 Students contribute time, effort, expertise to solving local challenges, helping residents Students from Schools, centers, and programs…