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Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Celebrates Pro Bono Partnerships Removing Legal Barriers to Housing, Healthcare, and Income for Connecticut’s Veterans   New Haven, CT (November 12, 2021) – Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC) hosted its annual Saluting Service benefit to celebrate veteran legal victories and to showcase the important work of CVLC’s pro bono partnerships with… Continue Reading 2021 Saluting Service

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2021   Media Contact Liam Brennan, Executive Director lbrennan@ctveteranslegal.org   The PANORAMA Act will modernize service academy congressional nominations to combat racial, ethnic, and gender inequities in the schools and the officer corps.   NEW HAVEN, CT—The Department of Defense will now be required to report data on the race,… Continue Reading Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Plays Key Role in Enacting Defense Bill Provision to Promote Racial and Gender Diversity in Military Service Academy Nominations

In 2017, Navy Veteran Leo Ramsay came to CVLC after years of dealing with worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For the last 10 years, he was unable to work due to his debilitating health condition, and was living on $1,200 a month to cover his personal and medical expenses. In 1969, shortly after Mr.… Continue Reading Navy Veteran Leo Ramsay: “It’s a blessing that us veterans have the opportunity to use CVLC’s services.”

CVLC’s mission is to provide free legal services to veterans facing homelessness and mental illness to overcome the legal barriers to healthcare, housing, and income. During this pandemic, it has never been more important to ensure that veterans have access to healthcare and don’t become homeless. To help CVLC meet these goals, we are proud… Continue Reading CVLC welcomes new members to the Board of Directors!

The Connecticut Veterans Legal Center thanks the Connecticut Bar Foundation Fellows for presenting us the Anthony M. Fitzgerald Award for Excellence at the CBF annual meeting on September 23, 2020. Thank you to Attorney Fran Brady for the beautiful introduction. We are honored to be presented this award!     CVLC is proud to continue… Continue Reading CVLC Receives the Anthony M. Fitzgerald Award for Excellence from the CT Bar Foundation Fellows

CVLC is excited to welcome our Fall 2020 interns!   Antea Gatalica I decided to apply to law school when I realized I wasn’t really passionate about my journalism work anymore. I’ve always been inspired by the compassion my parents found in their careers, and I wanted that for myself. Being a first generation American,… Continue Reading CVLC Welcomes Fall 2020 Interns

To support life-changing free legal services for veterans, the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC) is proud to announce grant partnerships with the American Bar Endowment (ABE), the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), the Fairfield County Community Foundation (FCCF), and the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. CVLC has received grants from The Bob Woodruff Foundation and the Fairfield County… Continue Reading CVLC Gets Major Boost from Grant Partnerships to Support Free Legal Services

Each year, CVLC has hundreds of volunteer attorneys to thank for helping us provide nationally recognized, life-changing veteran advocacy.  One person on that list is Francis “Fran” Brady, a retired attorney from Murtha Cullina, LLC. We spoke to Attorney Brady about his years of experience as a volunteer attorney with CVLC and what draws him… Continue Reading Attorney Fran Brady shares why he thinks attorneys should volunteer with CVLC

LGBTQ service members and veterans face unique struggles due to the long history of anti-LGBTQ discriminatory policy within the Armed Forces dating back to the Revolutionary War. We spoke to advocates for LGBTQ current service members and veterans about serving with pride. “A [less-than-Honorable discharge] is to the detriment of the service member or veteran… Continue Reading A Continued Struggle for Equality: LGBTQ Service Members and Veterans

Amy Boggan Amy Boggan is a CVLC summer policy and research intern. Last year, she completed a B.A. in Philosophy at California Polytechnic  State University and began studying at the University of Connecticut School of Law. During her undergraduate education, she had the privilege of advocating for elder and dependent adult victims of property crimes… Continue Reading CVLC welcomes new class of summer interns!