Veterans Law Clinic
The Veterans Law Clinic provides students with hands-on experience advocating for veterans seeking discharge upgrades and military record corrections.
Need Legal Help?
If you have incorrect information in your military record, our clinic may be able to help. We provide free legal assistance to qualifying veterans in the St. Louis area seeking discharge upgrades, record corrections, or award modifications that could restore access to benefits and services.
Call (314) 935-7238 or email cormacs@wustl.edu to request help.
About the Clinic
The Veterans Law Clinic enables students to assist low to moderate-income veterans in requesting upgrades of discharge characterizations and correction of military records. Students provide comprehensive representation, including written and oral advocacy before discharge review boards and boards for correction of military records.
Practical Experience:
- Represent veterans seeking discharge characterization upgrades
- Advocate for military record corrections and modifications
- Prepare written submissions to military review boards
- Present oral advocacy before discharge review boards
- Assist veterans through complex military bureaucracy
- Handle cases involving trauma-informed legal practice
Skills Development
Students develop specialized skills essential for veterans’ advocacy:
- Client interviewing and counseling with military populations
- Legal analysis and reasoning in military law contexts
- Oral and written communication with military review boards
- Legal research in veterans’ law and military regulations
- Factual investigation and military record analysis
- Cross-cultural lawyering and trauma-informed practice
- Ethical decision-making in veterans’ representation
