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Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic
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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… -
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… -
‘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 When U.S. Navy veteran Rhett Chalk passed away in June of last year, he and his partner Lawrence “Larry” 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 Students contribute time, effort, expertise to solving local challenges, helping residents Students from Schools, centers, and programs across the University volunteer…
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via LA Times
by Dana Monalto A veteran with a fever and hacking cough that suggest a possible coronavirus infection tries to make a… -
Legal Services Center Urges VA to Change Eligibility Rules for Veterans with Bad Paper on behalf of Swords to Plowshares and The National Veterans Legal Services Program
September 12, 2020
via LSC blog September 8, 2020 – The Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School (LSC), on behalf of veterans organizations Swords to Plowshares and…
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via LSC blog The attorneys and student advocates at the Legal Services Center continue to work tirelessly for our clients as they face unprecedented…
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VA unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk
March 9, 2020
via Washington Post by Alex Horton Dwayne Smith, seen in Afghanistan in 2009, was issued an other-than-honorable discharge in 2012. (Dwayne Smith) The Department…
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Fighting For A Veteran Facing the Invisible Wounds of War
December 19, 2019
via LSC blog
by Linda Heeyoung Park J.D.’21 Linda Heeyoung Park, JD ‘21, a student in LSC’s Safety Net Project, shares the story of… -
HLS Legal Services Center: A Veteran’s Story
November 25, 2019
via Harvard Law School YouTube The Legal Services Center’s Veterans Legal Clinic provides legal representation to veterans and their family members when they cannot…
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Via Boston Herald By Maria Szaniszlo For years, Massachusetts has had a program that provides financial aid for food, housing, clothing and medical care…
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A Legal Safety Net at the Library
July 10, 2019
Via the Legal Services Center Julia Schutt (right) of the Veterans Legal Clinic speaking to a client as interns Arielle Lui (left) and Sana…
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Via the Legal Services Center The Veterans Legal Clinic at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School (LSC) is piloting a new…
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All in a Day’s Work
June 20, 2019
By: Alexis Farmer The numerous clinics at Harvard Law School (HLS) are frequently successful in their pursuit of advancing justice. We often read of victories…
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Learning to Serve
May 30, 2019
Casey Connolly, J.D. ’19 and Laurel Fresquez, J.D. ’19 By: Casey Connolly, J.D. ’19 I distinctly recall Betsy Gwin, a clinical instructor in the Veterans…
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Take Care of Soldiers, and Things Fall Into Place
May 29, 2019
By: Joshua Mathew, J.D. ’19 Josh Mathew, J.D. ’19 My involvement with the Veterans Legal Clinic (VLC) has been, by far, my most rewarding experience…
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Via Harvard Law Today The legal team litigating the proposed class action before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims included (from left):…