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Friday, November 2 • 10:30am - 12:00pm
Serving Those Who Serve

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Civil legal aid for veterans has become a top priority for the American Bar Association, local and statewide bar associations, and a growing number of law school clinics around the country. Legal aid providers have found funding support for this work in many places, including as partners within the VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families grant and through medical/legal partnerships organized at VA medical centers. And yet, the role of lawyers remains controversial, with some nonprofits preferring not to use attorneys when their veteran clients need help, even when legal protections are being ignored. This session will showcase local Houston collaborations and national developments that can help participants deliver best practices in their community and increase funding to support that work.
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Leslie Ginzel

Program Director, The Beacon
Leslie S. Ginzel is an attorney and the current program director for Beacon Law, a program of The Beacon, which provides essential and next step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in Houston. Leslie routinely presents on areas of expertise and engages to support system... Read More →
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Nan Heald

Executive Director, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.
Nan Heald has been the executive director of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Maine’s oldest and largest civil legal aid provider, since 1990. In 1996, Pine Tree was the first legal aid program in the country to create a website with self-help materials posted on it. Since that time... Read More →
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Alec Lawton

Public Interest Attorney and Adjunct Professor, Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics at South Texas College of Law Houston
Alec Lawton is a public interest attorney and adjunct professor at the Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics at South Texas College of Law Houston. He leads the Veterans Clinic, in which second- and third-year law students assist veterans with VA claims and applications for discharge upgrades... Read More →
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Andrew Lehmann

Veterans Legal Initiative Attorney, Houston Bar Association
Andrew Lehmann is a staff attorney with Houston Volunteer Lawyers and has been the attorney in charge of the Houston Bar Association’s Veterans Legal Initiative for six years. The program conducts more than 70 free legal clinics annually and advises or represents about 2,500 veterans... Read More →

Friday November 2, 2018 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Woodway III
  Civil

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