The congressional delegation joins representatives from Roger Williams University and Chisholm, Chisholm &Kilpatrick. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News.
Andrew Augustus, WPRO News
Roger Williams University School of Law (RWU Law) is teaming up the offices of Chisholm, Chisholm & Kilpatrick to host the Veterans Disability Appeals Field Clinic.
“The Launch of this clinic is another exciting development for the law school and for Roger Williams University as a whole,” said RWU Law Dean Michael Yelnosky. “We aim to serve society while we are educating our students and no group is more deserving of assistance than those who have been disabled as a result of military service.”
The collaboration will have students work in the law offices of Chisholm, Chisholm & Kilpatrick; which is one of the nation’s leading veterans disability law firms.
“This program will pair the students with veterans who need assistance securing the benefits that they have earned,” said Zachary M. Stolz, a partner at Chisholm, Chisholm & Kilpatrick.
Under court rules, law students are permitted to engage in limited, supervised legal practice.
“We need to ensure our veterans can access the benefits they have earned,” said U.S. Senator Jack Reed.
In the clinic, law students will perform record reviews, identify relevant evidence, dreaft legal memoranda in preparation for pre-briefing conferences with the Office of General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
