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Lawyers 4 Warriors serves legal professionals who serve our servicemembers, veterans and their families. This is the first issue of our new email newsletter, aiming to provide you with immediately useful resources, including a way to share the stuff you've discovered or developed yourself.
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This Month's Features:
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Steve Mooney
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Trials, Tribulations and Travails
Georgia "Super Lawyer" Steve Mooney presents some of the best and worst trial strategies he's ever encountered, in a presentation that is as funny as it is memorable.
Running time: 15 minutes.
Credit: 0.25 in AK AZ CA CO FL GA HI KY LA MO ND NJ NY TX UT WA.
Host: Trial.com.
Counseling Homeowners on Foreclosures & Alternatives
How to deal with issues such as HAMP, negotiations with first and second lien holders, bankruptcy, refinancing, litigation between borrowers and lenders, short sales and more.
Running Time: 1 hour.
Credit: 1 Ethics/AV in WA; likely creditworthy in other states but to check, the host requires you to log in (which is free).
Host: Lexvid.
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Featured Org: Military Spouse JD Network
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Hon. Masson Wirth
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This issue's featured organization is The Military Spouse JD Network, which supports military spouses who pursue a legal career.
Founded by Attorney Mary Reding and the Honorable Erin Masson Wirth, MSJDN bills itself as "A Bar Association for Military Spouses" and lists its goals as: - Advocating for bar membership without examination,
- Encouraging hiring military spouses, and
- Providing a support network.
Military families move frequently. If you can imagine having to take the bar exam every three or five years, you're beginning to get a handle on the issues MSJDN addresses. Read More .... |
Representing Washington State Veterans: Basic Legal and Cultural Concepts
When Attorney Lauren Peach started at Northwest Justice Project, she had a lot to learn about veterans services and referrals in Washington State. It took more than six months to begin to understand the multitude of services and benefits available to veterans.
She realized two things: first, that there is no one place a veteran or an advocate can go that gives one an overview of the military, veteran services, or referrals in Washington State. Second, she spent a lot of her time answering the same technical legal questions from other advocates at NJP and partner organizations. There were no written materials she could send to the advocates explaining the answers to these questions.
Lauren and her colleague Leo Flor decided to write a manual to fill these gaps. Its intended audience is legal aid advocates who have veteran clients, but it's useful to veterans themselves and other counselors and case managers who work with veterans. Read More, and Get the Manual for Free! |
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