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Article: STATE FUNDS VETERANS' LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 11, 2009
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CARBONDALE, Ill., Aug. 10 -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release:
The Veterans' Legal Assistance Program at the Southern Illinois University School of Law is receiving another year of funding to assist veterans in their disability claim appeals.
John F. Lynn, the law school's assistant dean for administration, recently received word from the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs that the program will receive $56,650 this year. The funding will cover travel costs, materials for second- and third-year law school students and case managers, and a seminar hosted at the law school.
Lynn said the program was much more successful in its first year than he anticipated ...