Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic

Via Connecticut Veterans Legal Center CVLC Discharge Upgrade Director Margaret Kuzma with LSC staff Betsy Gwin, Dana Montalto, and Dan Nagin. Connecticut Veterans Legal…

Via the American Bar Association for Law Students  Steven Kerns, 2L at Harvard Law School Excerpt from “Law Students Speak: Why I Do Public…

Via MassLive Source: Pexels By: Shira Schoenberg Three veterans who sued Massachusetts for denying them a Welcome Home bonus should receive the money, a…

Via the WilmerHale Legal Services Center   Chief Judge Davis and DAV National Adjutant Marc Burgess pose with staff of the Veterans Legal Clinic…

Via the Legal Services Center  Christopher J. Clay, General Counsel of Disabled American Veterans (DAV), shared his perspectives on current challenges facing disabled veterans and…

Via The Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School  LSC’s Betsy Gwin, Dana Montalto, Dan Nagin, Julia Schutt, Keith Fogg, Steve Kerns, and Evan…

From Veterans Legal Clinic—Montalto and Adams propose that the VA adopt a more holistic approach when determining whether a veteran is eligible for benefits. 

From Veterans Legal Clinic—Secretary Shulkin spoke about the challenges facing the VA, the VA’s efforts to serve the current needs of veterans, and his approach to leading the second largest federal agency.  

From Harvard Law Today In advance of his visit to the law school, Secretary Shulkin answered a few questions about the Department of Veterans Affairs and its service to veterans.

From Veterans Legal Clinic—The lead plaintiffs in this suit are two former Soldiers from Massachusetts who deployed to Afghanistan, honorably completed their enlistments, re-enlisted so that they could continue serving their country, and then later left the military with a bad-paper discharge assigned to their final enlistment periods.

By Vetan Kapoor, J.D. '17—Last year, a Vietnam-era veteran who served in the Navy honorably for several years asked the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for help. He had a dental condition that required emergency medical treatment, but could not afford to pay for the procedures and his insurance did not cover the full costs.

By Elizabeth Petow Mayo, J.D. '17 and Maile Yeats-Rowe, J.D. '17—We both wanted to do legal services work during law school, learn more about litigation, and work directly with clients. The Veterans Legal Clinic was the perfect opportunity.

Via Legal Services Center Judge Russell delivered the 2016 DAV Distinguished Lecture on Veterans Treatment Courts “It is not often that one gets to…

Via HLS News Helping veterans recover from sexual trauma Credit: Illustration by Shonagh Rae The challenge came two years ago: A U.S. Marine Corps…

Via Legal Services Center On November 9th, the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School will host the third annual Disabled American Veterans (DAV)…

Via HLS News More than 125,000 veterans who have served since 9/11 are denied access to basic services like health care by the Department…

Via Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is wrongfully denying services to roughly 125,000 post-9/11 veterans with other than honorable…

Right Now | Pedagogy Meets Practice Daniel Nagin, faculty director of the clinic (right), and Andrew Roach, J.D. ’13, meet with a veteran in Jamaica…

Via Harvard Gazette Credit: Heratch Photography
While flying air missions in Afghanistan, Anne Stark said her greatest concern was protecting soldiers on the…

From L-R: Julie McCormack, Robert Proctor, Chris Melendez, Kristin Antolini, Tammy Kolz Griffin, Dana Montalto, Maureen McDonagh, Julia Devanthery, Roger Bertling, Betsy Gwin, Keith…

Christopher Melendez, J.D. ’15 (third from the right) with Dean Martha Minow (center left), judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims,…