In a Potentially Precedent-Setting Case, Veterans Clinic Students Work to Help LGBTQ Widower Secure VA Benefits
Read additional coverage on NBC News: Gay Navy veteran’s widower fights for benefits in historic appeal By Brett Milano, Harvard Law Today, November 8, 2021 When U.S. Navy veteran Rhett Chalk passed away in June of ...
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Snapshots from a Week in the Veterans Law & Disability Benefits Clinic
By mid-semester, the 14 Harvard Law students enrolled in the Veterans Law & Disability Benefits Clinic at the Legal Services Center in Jamaica Plain (LSC) are hard at work managing their busy dockets. From drafting ...
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Expanding Collaboration with Boston Public Library Helps Individuals Seal Criminal Records, Apply for Benefits, and Obtain Legal Advice
In addition to its work with veterans, LSC’s Safety Net Project is building a unique collaboration with the Boston Public Library (BPL) to help individuals from all walks of life obtain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
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Podcast: ABA Journal’s ‘Modern Law Library’ Highlights Discharge Upgrade Manual
Want to change a veteran’s life through pro bono? There’s a manual for that October 20, 2021 The ABA Journal’s podcast, Modern Law Library, recently highlighted the Military Discharge Upgrade Legal Practice Manual, a new resource written by ...
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Boston Globe Reports on Case of Air Force Sergeant Whose Belongings Were Auctioned Off While He Was Deployed
Before a deployment in 2019, Air Force Technical Sergeant Charles Cornacchio paid Billerica-based Father & Son Moving & Storage for moving and six months’ storage of his belongings. Months later, while serving in Qatar, Cornacchio learned ...
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US Supreme Court Takes Up Jurisdictional Rule Questioned By Tax Clinic
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up another suit trying to sort out which deadlines deprive courts of jurisdiction to hear disputes and which are merely “claims processing rules” that can be tolled. ...
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LSC’s Safety Net Project Students Testify Before Mass Legislature on Importance of Nutrition Benefits
Kate Strickland and Rachel Schwarz, Harvard Law students in LSC’s Safety Net Project, submitted testimony last week on two bills under consideration by the Massachusetts Legislature that would provide support to college students who are ...
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LSC Creates New Poverty Law Workshop, Training Law Students on Safety Net Programs
Drawing on careers spent representing clients accessing safety net benefits, LSC Clinical Instructors and Lecturers-on-Law Julie McCormack and Betsy Gwin have created a new seminar at Harvard Law School, the Poverty Law Workshop. Responding to ...
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LSC Clinical Instructor Peter Perkowski Testifies Before House Committee on Veterans Affairs
On September 22, Peter Perkowski, Clinical Instructor in LSC’s Veterans Legal Clinic, testified before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. The hearing, billed under the umbrella of “Creating a Welcoming ...
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Harvard Law School Clinics Redouble Efforts to Assist After Eviction Moratorium’s End
By Rachel Reed/HLS News Staff/ September 10, 2021, in Harvard Law Today The expiration two weeks ago of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pandemic-related moratorium on evictions has caused new uncertainty for the ...
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American Bar Association Publishes Landmark Guide for Veterans Rights Advocates, Written by LSC Attorneys and Other Legal Experts
CHICAGO, Aug. 31, 2021 — A new book from the American Bar Association, Military Discharge Upgrade Legal Practice Manual, is a desk reference for veteran’s rights advocates to use throughout the process of developing a ...
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Meet the First Trans Women of Color to Teach at Harvard Law
Anya Marino and Alejandra Caraballo talk about the barriers that can systematically block a community from excelling in, or even entering the legal field. “For the longest time … I didn’t see other people who ...
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