RWU clinic to aid veterans seeking benefits

PROVIDENCE – A new program at Roger Williams University School of Law aims to help veterans whose applications for disability benefits have been denied and who can’t afford to appeal the decision.

Law students in the school’s Veterans Disability Appeals Field Clinic will work in the offices of Chisholm, Chisholm & Kilpatrick, one of the nation’s leading veterans disability law firms.

Under court rules permitting law students to engage in limited, supervised legal practice, the students will be assigned to military veterans and will pursue their appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

In the clinic, students will perform record reviews, identify relevant evidence, draft legal memoranda, participate in pre-briefing conferences to discuss the appeal and potentially negotiate a resolution, participate in a mock argument addressing legal issues before the CAVC and argue appeals. •

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