California
Institute for Military Personnel, Veterans, Human Rights and International Law & AMVETS Legal Clinic
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
714-628-2692www.chapman.edu/militaryLawInstitute
Kiana Boyce, Office Coordinator
[email protected]
Chapman University Military Law & Policy Institute and AMVETS Legal Clinic is a free legal clinic for active duty troops and veterans. Law students handle the cases and are taught and supervised by former JAG Officers. The AMVETS Legal Clinic assists with the following types of matters:
- Traumatic Service Group Life Insurance (TSGLI) appeals
- Discharge upgrade applications
- Veterans benefits appeals
- Basic civil legal claims, such as landlord and tenant disputes
The University of California, Irvine School of Law
UCI Veterans Legal Clinic
P.O. Box 5479
Irvine, CA 92616-5479
Staff: Debi Gloria, Law Clinic Administrator
Phone: (949) 824-9646
Fax: (949) 824-2747
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.law.uci.edu/academics/real-life-learning/clinics/veterans.html
Swords to Plowshares
Legal Services Unit
San Francisco, California
www.swords-to-plowshares.org/legal-services
(415) 252-4788
Kate Richardson, Legal Director Director
[email protected]
Swords to Plowshares is a nationally-recognized nonprofit that offers free wraparound services to homeless and low-income veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Legal Services Unit provides free attorney advice and representation for veterans in their VA benefits claims and military discharge upgrades before military corrections boards.
Veterans Legal Clinic
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
Barcelona Hall, Room 305
San Diego, CA 92110
619-260-7470
http://sites.sandiego.edu/veteransclinic/
Robert F. Muth, Supervising Attorney
[email protected]
The Veterans Legal Clinic at the University of San Diego School of Law provides free legal services for active duty, veterans and military family members who have disputes with predatory lenders and for-profit educational institutions over the use of GI Bill funds and related loans. All matters are handled by law students under the direction of a supervising attorney who is a former Captain and Judge Advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps. This clinic provides free legal services including advice, identification of potential claims and representation in litigation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution.
Veterans Legal Advocacy Center
Golden Gate University School of Law
San Francisco, California
http://law.ggu.edu/clinics-and-centers/veterans/
(415) 442-6679
Daniel R. Devoy, Director, and Visiting Assistant Professor
[email protected]
This program aids and assists military veterans with claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs for Service-Connected Disabilities, as well as discharge upgrades before Review Boards. They do not charge for their services.
Colorado
Sturm College of Law
The Veterans Advocacy Project (VAP)
Ricketson Law Building
2255 E. Evans Avenue
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303-871-6000
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.law.du.edu/academics/practical-experience/clinical-programs/veterans-advocacy-project
Connecticut
Yale Law School
Veterans Legal Clinic
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520
Room RM68
Phone: 203-436-4780
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://law.yale.edu/clinics/vlsc
Florida
Stetson University, School of Law
Veterans Legal Clinic
1401 61st Street South
Gulfport, FL 33707-3299
[email protected]
Phone: 727-562-7324
Website: http://www.stetson.edu/law/veterans/legal-help-for-veterans.php
Massachusetts
Harvard Law School, School of Law
Veterans Legal Clinic
122 Boylston St.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Phone: 617-522-3003
Fax: 617-522-0715
Website: http://www.legalservicescenter.org/get-legal-help/the-veterans-law-unit/
North Carolina
NC Central University, School of Law
Veterans Law Clinic – (Veterans Benefits/VA Appeals)
Supervising Attorney: Craig Kabatchnick
Phone: 919-530-6605
Fax: 919-530-7982
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://law.nccu.edu/clinics/veterans-law/
Wake Forest University School of Law
Veterans Legal Clinic
P.O. Box 7206
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
(336) 758 – 4964
[email protected]
http://veteransclinic.law.wfu.edu/
Legal services provided in the following areas: Employment issues under USERRA, Matters under the SCRA, Consumer Protection, Discharge Upgrades
Texas
Baylor University, School of Law
Veterans Legal Clinic
One Bear Place
Waco, Texas 76798
Phone: 254-710-4244
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.baylor.edu/law/index.php?id=934140
Virginia
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School
Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic
3301 Fairfax Drive, MS1 G3
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 703-993-8214
Fax: 703-993-9540
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://mvets.law.gmu.edu/
William & Mary Law School
The Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795
Phone: 757-221-7443
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://law.wm.edu/academics/programs/jd/electives/clinics/veterans/index.php
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