By M-VETS Student Advisor Fall 2016
Over the past year, President Obama has signed two Executive Orders amending the Manual for Courts-Martial (Executive Orders 13730 and 13740). Additionally, on November 29, 2016, the Joint Service Committee announced modifications to the 2017 Manual for Courts-Martial. Read more
Religious Freedom in the Military as viewed through the Sterling case
By M-VETS Student Advisor Lisa Mathews
The oral arguments in front of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Services were held on a cool morning in April 2016 in Washington, DC. Read more
M-VETS and Veterans: We Are In This Together
By Student Advisor Fall 2016
One of the hardest parts of working as a Student Advisor at M-VETS, is telling a client that they have to waits months on end to get the services that they deserve. Read more
Gulf War Syndrome: A Condition Felt By Many, But Known By Few
by Jameson Goodell
Veterans often face many adverse effects from serving in combat. There are combat-related injuries and often many mental health effects. However for many veterans who served in the First Persian Gulf War there is another major health effect caused by their service. Read more
For the first time in program history, two Student Advisors with The Antonin Scalia Law School Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (“M-VETS”) participated in the 2016 National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. Read more
Written by M-VETS Student-Advisors Mike West and Fernando Cota-Wertz
“To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.” That is the official motto of the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.[1] The Department of Veterans Affairs, or the VA for short, is the Federal Department tasked with taking care of our Nation’s Veterans and their families. Read more
The Antonin Scalia Law School Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (“M-VETS”) recently contributed to the ABA Law Student Division Before the Bar blog. The Before the Bar blog connects students to information on careers and topics within the legal field and spotlights projects that are going on at law schools. Read more
M-VETS Clinic Now Accepting Applications for Spring 2017
The Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (M-VETS) will begin accepting applications for the spring 2017 semester. Applications will be accepted until 11 November 2016, however, student-advisors will be selected on a rolling basis until enrollment is met which may occur before the 11 November 2016 deadline. Read more
M-VETS Expands its Pro Bono Practice Areas to include Expungements
The mission of the Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (“M-VETS”) is to provide active-duty members of the armed forces, their families and Veterans with free legal representation in matters of clear injustice or in which they could not retain counsel without undue hardship. Read more
The Antonin Scalia Law School Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (“M-VETS”) attended an outreach event at a “Celebration for Veterans” at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3103 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on 15 OCT 16. Student-Advisors Anne Kidd and C.J. Read more
