Veterans Advocacy Project, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

In case you missed it, Brad Cummings our amazing legal fellow worked on this for Veterans' Day.

Sturm College of Law Veterans Advocacy Project Helps Veterans Regain Benefits Sturm College of Law Veterans Advocacy Project Helps Veterans Regain Benefits Clinic has recovered more than $16.2 million for Colorado veterans The Veterans Advocacy Project (VAP) at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law specializes in helping veterans with upgrading their discharge status....

And, another big thanks to Todd M. Wesche for mooting our National Veterans Legal Services Program - NVLSP team, not once but TWICE for the upcoming competition. is so lucky to have the help of professionals like Mr. Wesche donate their time to help develop the skills of our aspiring young Veterans' Advocates.

Big thanks to Sean Kendall and Megan Deaton of Sean Kendall, Attorney at Law, Veterans Claims for mooting our National Veterans Legal Services Program - NVLSP team for the upcoming competition.

Throwback to when Professors Vessels, Shea, and Franklin (Law Office of Sean Kendall) were joined by attorneys Greg Rada (After Service Advocates) and Matt Hill (Hill&Ponton) to discuss practicing VA Compensation Law.

Professor Franklin trying to give the allure semi-professionalism while speaking to the DU Graduate School of Psychology on the advocates view of VA C&P Examinations from his Covid-19 closet-office. We are all working through this current Covid-19 crisis the best we can and are still providing services to veterans.

For veterans that don't file taxes, the IRS has set up an online portal to get your stimulus check:

Economic Impact Payments | Internal Revenue Service We’re committed to helping you get your economic impact, or stimulus, payment as soon as possible. See if you are eligible for an Economic Impact Payment.

Thanks to Ryan Coward from Aviso Law, LLC for spending almost two hours with our students on Zoom discussing discharges and military court martial practice. We really appreciate our experts from the field coming in to help our students understand such a complex area of law.

Congratulations to VAP's newest members of the Colorado Bar Megan and Stephanie!!!! Way to go gang!

Please note that due to COVID-19 and the University of Denver’s directive, the Veterans Advocacy Project will be conducting all operations remotely from March 16-April 10 (subject to change). We will not be conducting any meetings or interviews in person during this time period. Additionally, we will not be physically present in the VAP office in Denver and all operations will be conducted from our own individual and respective homes. We will continue to respond to emails and voicemails; we will continue to receive applications for legal services; we will continue to work our cases, review documents, and respond accordingly. However, all operations, including response times, may be delayed. Please be patient and stay safe.

Super sad story but illustrates why our work at the VAP is so important.

VA unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk Systemic misunderstanding of the law within VA about which veterans to care for — and which should be denied services — has triggered improper mass denial of care since 1980, a study has found.

We have represented several with this very issue.

Vets kicked out for being gay can upgrade their discharges Carl Tebell finally received word in December that he had been granted an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy nearly 70 years after he was drummed out for being gay.