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 will take place over the span of a week, and you can work on it remotely at your own pace throughout the week. Assignments will be given on Tuesday and due the following Monday. 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 before? If you HAVE NOT, then please email probono@gsu.edu. The date for the training this semester is still to be determined. *** 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 or in a previous 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 Kristen Verrill, the project supervising attorney, at the beginning of the week of your project.

Contact Jeremey Striegel at jstriegel@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.