NVLSP Fifteenth Annual Benefit “Honoring Service and Sacrifice” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 1, 2023 WASHINGTON – The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP)’s “Honoring Service and Sacrifice” Fifteenth Annual Benefit Reception was held on … [more]
Released 12/1/23 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
Veteran Service Organizations File Lawsuit to Compel VA to Amend its Character of Discharge Regulations National Veterans Legal Services Program and Swords to Plowshares, represented by the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School and Latham & Watkins LLP, are … [more]
Released 10/24/23 | Tags: Military Sexual Trauma, PTSD, Veteran's Benefits
Released 9/12/23 at Military.com | Tags:
NVLSP Senior Staff Attorney Esther Leibfarth spoke with Military.com Reporter Patricia Kime regarding NVLSP's recently issued FAQs to provide guidance to Navy and Marine Corps veterans who may now be eligible for a medical retirement as a result of the Torres v. Del Toro case. The Torres … [more]
Released 8/5/23 | Tags: Veteran's Benefits
Washington Post Reporter Casey Parks offered a thoughtful article on the lawsuit filed this week on behalf of veteran Ashley Sheffield who was denied access to IVF treatment. NVLSP's Director of Litigation Renee Burbank provided her insights on the case. You can read the article … [more]
Released 8/3/23 at Military.com | Tags:
NVLSP Director of Litigation Renee Burbank was quoted as speaker at press conference with NOW-NYC and Yale Law Schoole Veterans Legal Clinic highlighting lawsuits filed to challenge discriminatory fertility policies at the Pentagon and VA. Read https://www.nvlsp.org/images/uploads/Sheffield_-_MA_COMPLAINT_AS_FILED.pdf … [more]