By Fall 2016 M-VETS Student-Advisor Scott Schenking
For many divorced active duty service members, veterans working for the federal government or current federal government employees, the reality that they will move overseas for work is ever present. The result of this is often a request to your former spouse for approval for international visitation and cooperation in preparing the child for that travel. Read more
By Spring 2017 M-VETS Student Advisor Anne Kidd
On December 30, 2016, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) announced renewed efforts to reach out to veterans regarding their discharge and military records. This effort follows recent changes in DoD policies on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”), sexual orientation, sexual assault, and gender identification. Read more
By Fall 2016 M-VETS Student Advisor Jeremy Glenn
Everyone knows U.S. immigration law is a mess. This time the problem hits a new low, and a little too close to home.
An alarming fact of immigration in the United States is that many U.S. Read more
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
