GSU COL Pro Bono Program

Project Description:
The Veterans Law Project assists veterans who are unhoused or experiencing housing instability with legal matters that are creating barriers to achieving housing stability. Project staff and volunteers support veterans through holistic legal services, as well as collaborations for supportive services with local law schools and courts, the VA hospital, and veteran services organizations. The Project handles a variety of civil legal matters including eviction defense, VA benefits, public benefits and health insurance, access to appropriate support services, disability rights, poor housing conditions, end-of-life planning, family law, and consumer law.

Student volunteer tasks will vary from helping a veteran with a public benefits application to working on estate-planning documents to doing an initial interview with a client about their legal issues. This project is in person at the Atlanta Legal Aid office. The office is walking distance from the College of Law. You will receive an email with further project details the week of your project.

How to Sign Up:
1. Have you completed Atlanta Legal Aid's Mandatory Training during the Fall 2023 semester? If you HAVE NOT, then please email probono@gsu.edu. The date for the training this semester has already passed, but you can watch the recording to participate. *** If you have not already done the training, you must complete/watch the training before you can participate in the project.

2. If you have completed Atlanta Legal Aid's Mandatory Training this semester, you do not need to redo the training for this project, and you can sign up for this project! Please RSVP for a shift below, and we will connect you with Kristin Verrill, the project supervising attorney, at the beginning of the week of your project.

Contact Kristin Verrill at knverrill@atlantalegalaid.org for further information, details, or questions about this project.

After the Project:
Be sure to track your hours here on Track It Forward (click on Log Hours tab at the top of the page) AND track your hours on Inside Law for credit towards your graduation distinction. You can track your hours on Inside Law here: https://law.gsu.edu/student-experience/pro-bono-service-in-the-community/. Click on the blue "Log Pro Bono Hours" button. If you have any questions about logging your hours, please email probono@gsu.edu.