Legal Assistance
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center provides free legal assistance to low-income veterans living in Connecticut, helping veterans overcome legal barriers to housing, healthcare, and income. In addition to supporting veterans in civil litigation, CVLC specializes in representing veterans pursuing access to VA benefits and Discharge Upgrades. We are proud to work in Medical Legal Partnership with the VA and other veteran-serving clinicians across the state. For more information on accessing our services, veterans can visit: www.ctveteranslegal.org/veterans.
Protect Our Defenders
Protect Our Defenders has created a network of lawyers and POD staff willing to assist survivors of military sexual assault and sexual harassment – including service members, veterans, and U.S. civilians assaulted by members of the military — and bystanders and whistleblowers who are suffering retaliation for intervening or reporting sexual assault or harassment, at no cost. Follow the link below to fill out the intake form.
Bergmann & Moore, LLC
Bergmann & Moore has grown to become one of the largest law firms in the country focusing solely on Veterans’ disability benefit claim appeals. Representation at All Levels: Bergmann & Moore is managed by former VA litigators who know the system well.
The firm offers representation at all levels of VA’s claim appeals process: Regional Offices, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board), U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
ABA Military Pro Bono Center
This has informational resources, as well as pro bono representation from both civilian and military attorneys.
The American Bar Association offers attorneys with opportunities to help military families and veterans:
Providing Pro Bono Legal Counsel to Military Members
Attorneys can register to be contacted by the ABA Military Pro Bono Project with opportunities to provide pro bono counsel on behalf of military families. Clients in these cases are junior-enlisted, active-duty military members and their families with civil legal problems in need of pro bono help. Read about our volunteer attorneys’ success stories and how they have provided much-needed legal help to our military families. Learn more.
Joining Operation Stand-By to Assist Military Attorneys
Attorneys can register to volunteer time to receive calls or emails from military attorneys in need of attorney-to-attorney advice on state-specific legal topics relating to your legal area of expertise, so they can better assist their servicemember clients.
Rob Levine & Associates
Rob Levine & Associates specializes in VA disability compensation appeals. As a veteran himself, Rob Levine is committed to serving veterans in their fight for the benefits they deserve. The firm’s comprehensive representation includes: evidence development, advocacy at VA hearings, medical and service record research, and drafting complex legal appeal briefs. Rob Levine & Associates serves veterans nationwide, especially those impacted by military sexual trauma, TBIs, and PTSD.
Accreditation Search
This website enables you to search for accredited attorneys, claims agents, or Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) Representatives in your local area.
First Shift Justice Project
First Shift Justice Project provides legal consultations to pregnant women and new parents regarding work and family issues; specifically, we offer legal advice regarding the following: Pregnancy Discrimination, Family Responsibilities Discrimination, Family & Sick Leave, and Sexual Harassment. First Shift Justice Project better serves these workers by using a preventive, client-centered approach to reach families, educate them about their rights, and enable them to exercise their rights before they have been violated.
Maine Can Do
This platform is devoted to improving access to resources for people who have been sexually harassed in the workplace and helping businesses and nonprofits create safe and healthy workplaces. The site includes guidance from lawyers and experts to define sexual harassment and offers resources to help victims, bystanders, and organizational leaders respond to and prevent harassment in our workplaces. If you’ve been harassed, or know someone who has, you can find where to go and what to do next.