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NVLSP Releases 2022 Report on Pro Bono Program: Lawyers Serving Warriors®
- Record 73,000 Pro Bono Hours Donated-
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2024
ARLINGTON, VA - The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) today released its 2022 Report on its Pro Bono Program: Lawyers Serving Warriors® (LSW). The Report details the commitment and life-changing work of NVLSP’s pro bono partners at law firms and corporate legal departments. In 2022, NVLSP’s pro bono partners donated over 73,000 hours in pro bono time to veterans, with an approximate value of over $58 million.
“We are honored and very grateful for the outstanding commitment of our pro bono partners to ensure that our veterans, servicemembers, and their families receive the benefits to which they are entitled because of disabilities resulting from their military service. This report helps us highlight the extraordinary impact of their work with us,” said NVLSP Executive Director Paul Wright.
NVLSP’s Lawyers Serving Warriors® program assists veterans and servicemembers in several areas. Some of the most common include:
• Military Medical Retirement
• Combat-Related Special Compensation
• Discharge Upgrades
• Military Sexual Trauma
• Appeals at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and Board of Veterans’ Appeals
• Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program (TSGLI)
• Systemic Reform Projects, Amicus Briefs & Comments
You can access NVLSP’s 2022 Pro Bono Report here.
About NVLSP
The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is an independent, nonprofit veterans service organization that has served active duty military personnel and veterans since 1981. NVLSP strives to ensure that our nation honors its commitment to its 18 million veterans and active duty personnel by ensuring they have the benefits they have earned through their service to our country. NVLSP has represented veterans in lawsuits that compelled enforcement of the law where the VA or other military services denied benefits to veterans in violation of the law. NVLSP’s success in these lawsuits has resulted in more than $5.4 billion dollars being awarded in disability, death and medical benefits to hundreds of thousands of veterans and their survivors. NVLSP offers training for attorneys and other advocates; connects veterans and active duty personnel with pro bono legal help when seeking disability benefits; publishes the nation's definitive guide on veteran benefits; and represents and litigates for veterans and their families before the VA, military discharge review agencies and federal courts. For more information go to www.nvlsp.org.
Media contact:
Patty Briotta, office 202-621-5698, patty@nvlsp.org