RALEIGH — Campbell Law School will launch a Veterans Legal Clinic this fall, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced.
The law school’s newest clinic will provide representation and advocacy for former members of the Armed Services, who are challenging their discharge classifications. With and through student representation on these petitions, former service members will gain the ability to receive greater Veterans Affairs benefits, status and services after their discharge from the Armed Services. The clinic will be located in the Wells Fargo building on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh.
A formal grand opening ceremony for the clinic is set for Sept. 4 at 5:30 p.m.
Sebastian Kielmanovich, the clinic director, serves as Immigration and Criminal Defense Counsel at Triangle Immigration & Criminal Defense. Additionally, Kielmanovich has been an adjunct professor at Campbell University since 2019.
In addition to helping veterans, the mission of the clinic, according to Kielmanovich, is to train law students on essential lawyering skills, such as client interviewing and counseling, factual investigation, research skills, written and oral advocacy and legal office operations.
“The Veterans Legal Clinic is a clinical course in which law students represent low-income former service members, before military administrative boards and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), who need advocacy to correct injustices in their records,” Kielmanovich explained. “Students will have the opportunity to work closely with their clients under the supervision of a licensed attorney.”
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