Military and Veteran Pro Bono Opportunities for New Lawyers

    Nicholas Hasenfus
    Providing military and veteran pro bono services benefits the community and offers interesting, rewarding, and substantive legal work.

    Providing military and veteran pro bono services benefits the community and offers interesting, rewarding, and substantive legal work.

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    The ABA Military Pro Bono Project—managed by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel (LAMP)—accepts case referrals from military attorneys on behalf of junior-enlisted, active-duty military personnel facing civil legal issues, and it works to place these cases with pro bono attorneys. The Project is also the platform for Operation Stand-By, through which military attorneys and other pro bono attorneys may seek attorney-to-attorney guidance.

    As a new attorney, it is important to remember your responsibility to give back to the community, even as you are first thrust into the practice of law. Pro bono work will help you develop the critical lawyering skills that are vital to your professional development. It can reinvigorate and motivate you, especially if you are discontent with your level of responsibility and are not developing at the pace you anticipated. Providing quality, life-changing legal services to the men and women who have served our country and defended our freedoms is a valuable community commitment. 

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    Additional Resources

    The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) 101: What Every Attorney and Judge Needs to Kno (On-Demand CLE)

    The SCRA provides a number of unique protections to military personnel and their families. Attorneys need to be aware of these special rights and protections, as well as the penalties for noncompliance when dealing with a military-connected individual as either a client or as an adverse party. This webinar guides attorneys and judges through the basics of the law, identifies traps for the unwary, and advises about recent changes to the statute.

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