The University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School will launch a new Veterans Law Center Thursday to provide legal assistance to veterans in the Madison area.
The law center is funded by a $5,000 Pro Bono Initiative Grant from the State Bar Legal Assistance committee. The center was created by a partnership between the UW-Madison Law School’s Pro Bono Program, the Dane County Bar Association, Porchlight, Inc. and William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital representatives.
UW-Madison law students, paralegals and volunteer attorneys will run the center, which will assist veterans with civil, not criminal, legal services and legal information.
Veterans will be able to receive help with numerous legal issues including foreclosure, divorce, child custody and unemployment benefits.
Forty UW-Madison students were trained to work in the center and will work with experienced attorneys and paralegals. Two law students and two attorneys will work together for each clinic offered.
The first clinic will take place Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Madison City-County Building.
