View:
The 16th Annual Veterans Legal Assistance Conference & Training
- When:
- Location:
- 1401 N. Charles St
- https://probonomd.org/veteransconference/
- Description:
-
Designed for lawyers, law students, veterans, policymakers and other service professionals, this annual conference provides a forum for discussion of critical legal issues facing our veterans.
The conference will include a training for lawyers interested in representing veterans in claims for service-connected disability benefits, as well as training for non-attorney veterans interested in serving as mentors for the Baltimore City Veterans Treatment Docket. Other sessions will include panels on how to get Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) benefits, discharge appeals review, and Total and Permanent Discharge (TPD).
Veterans Benefits 101 training is available for lawyers who agree to accept one pro bono case from a nonprofit legal services provider organization within 1 year. Staff of nonprofit legal services providers may attend without a commitment, but must register with their .org email address.
This year’s conference features keynote speaker Paula Neira, a Navy veteran and national expert on LGBTQ+ and military issues. She will be discussing the military’s transgender ban and lessons learned from the repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.
Ms. Neira will be speaking from 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm on the 12th floor of the law school. The full conference program can be found here.
- Contact Name:
- Laura Garcia
- Contact Email:
- lgarcia@ubalt.edu
Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request 10 days prior to a campus event and 30 days prior to an event requiring travel.
