Congratulations to the Lewis B. Puller Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic and to all of the attorneys and law students who have volunteered their time to help veterans gain access to the benefits that they have earned!  These efforts were recognized by the Virgnia State Bar on April 15, 2013, when the Clinic was presented with the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award.

William & Mary's connections to the military date back to its earliest days as a College, when 17 year-old George Washington received his first surveyor's license through the College and returned after the Revolutionary War to become its first American chancellor. As the oldest law school in the nation, William & Mary Law School prides itself on its long service to the nation, and the Veterans Benefits Clinic is another demonstration of William & Mary's commitment to its community.

The Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic offers students the opportunity to assist veterans with filing claims for disability compensation with the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Under attorney supervision, clinic students have the opportunity to interview clients, analyze medical records, communicate with health care providers, and craft strategies to help clients receive disability compensation.  These services can have life-changing effects on the veterans we serve.  The Managing Attorneys, Stacey-Rae Simcox and Mark D. Matthews, are both former officers in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps and are graduates of the William & Mary Law School (Class of 1999).

In recognition that veterans disability issues go beyond their legal claims for benefits, William & Mary Law School has partnered with Virginia Commonwealth University's Center for Psychological Services and Development (http://www.has.vcu.edu/psy/cpsd/welcome_mat/welcome.html)  to help veterans address all of the health and disability concerns that may arise from their service to our nation.

Our contact information is:

Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic
William & Mary Law School
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795
(757) 221-7443
[[veterans,veterans@wm.edu]]

Made possible through the generosity of the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund.