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ABA Military Pro Bono Project - Summer 2016 Newsletter for Military Attorneys

  • 8/15/2016
  • ABA Military Pro Bono Project
 

MILITARY ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER

Summer 2016

 

News and Events

FREE CLE: Effectively Representing the Veteran Client: Legal and Cultural Basics 

This month's ABA Free CLE Series webinar will provide an analytic framework to understand who is a "veteran" under the law, what rights and benefits attach to that status, key issue identification, and cultural practices for attorneys serving veterans in a system where goodwill has not always yielded good outcomes.

  • Date: August 15, 2016
  • Time: 1:00 PM - 2:35 PM ET
  • Where: Webinar
  • Credits: 1.50 General CLE Credit Hours
  • ABA Member Price: FREE

Operation Stand-By 2016 Survey

Did you complete the survey? If you have not already, please complete the short Operation Stand-By Survey. Please note that this survey does not address your participation with the Military Pro Bono Project’s pro bono case referral system.

View the latest news on military and veterans issues and pro bono legal aid, events and CLEs, and the LAMP CLE webpage.

 

Case Spotlight

Read here about an overseas sailor who was able to care for her homeless father with help from her pro bono attorney.

Find additional case stories on our blog to see how you, our volunteers, are successfully helping military families.

 

Case Referrals and Attorney Guidance

ABA Military Pro Bono Project: Referring Cases

The ABA Military Pro Bono Project accepts case referrals from military legal assistance offices anywhere in the world on behalf of junior enlisted servicemembers facing civil legal issues, and it places these cases with pro bono attorneys where the legal assistance is needed in the U.S.

How can you submit a case to the Military Pro Bono Project? After registering on the Project’s website, you can submit case referral forms on behalf of your junior-enlisted servicemember clients. Log onto the Project’s website to submit case referrals under the “For Military Attorneys” tab.
  

Operation Stand-By: Receiving Guidance from Civilian Attorneys

The ABA Military Pro Bono Project also includes Operation Stand-By, through which you may contact civilian attorneys with legal questions relating to their geographic areas and substantive areas of expertise. Civilian attorneys are eager to help!

Please follow the guidelines. The Operation Stand-By lists are accessible and may only be used by military attorneys who are registered with the Military Pro Bono Project. Please read the Operation Stand-by guidelines.

 

Legal Resources

ABA Home Front is an online resource designed to help military members, veterans, and their families find legal information, referrals, and representation for civil legal matters. Its Directory of Programs is a national, state-by-state guide that features contact information for military legal assistance offices, legal aid and pro bono programs, lawyer referral services, and local military-specific legal programs. It also includes an Information Center that features short, easily understood articles on matters of interest to military members.

 

 

 
Education

Useful Books in the ABA Web Store:

The American Bar Association Legal Guide for Military Families: Legal resource for servicemembers, veterans, and their families.

A Judge’s Benchbook for the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Information for judges of the provisions that protect servicemembers while on active duty.

The Military Divorce Handbook: Resource for representing servicemembers and spouses. 

Ripped Off!: Guide for military personnel about certain types of sales, scams and abusive commercial practices.

Veterans Appeals Guidebook:
Guide to representing veterans in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

 

ABA Military Pro Bono Project’s Online Library:

The ABA Military Pro Bono Project has an online library filled with resources that focus on legal issues faced by servicemembers, veterans, and military family members. Log onto the website and visit the Library.

 

FREE and Discounted ABA Membership

FREE ABA Membership

Did you know that you are eligible for a FREE ABA membership if you are an active-duty Judge Advocate and have been licensed to practice law for five years or less?

Membership Discount 

For military lawyers not eligible for a free membership, the ABA is offering a discounted membership rate.

 

Support Us

Along with our Star Ranking Supporters, special thanks to the following:
ABA Section of Antitrust Law
ABA Section of Litigation

Holland & Knight LLP
Lockheed Martin

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You received this email because you have registered as a member of the ABA Military Pro Bono Project and/or the ABA Veterans' Claims Assistance Network. To edit or cancel your profile, log onto www.militaryprobono.org. If you have questions, contact the Project Director, Mary C. Meixner, at mary.meixner@americanbar.org.




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