Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Private support is vital to continuing the Veterans Clinic mission of helping veterans “Thank you for your service.” A phrase used across America to veterans and current members of the military to express gratitude for the sacrifice made for our country. Jane and Roger Harris decided they wanted to do more. And do more they…

A Message from the Clinic Founder

This note is bittersweet because it is my last newsletter message for the Veterans Clinic.  I am very excited to start enjoying retirement at the end of the year! The Clinic has truly been an exceptional part of my life and I will be forever grateful to…

Mizzou Law Student, Veterans Clinic Director File Amicus Brief in the US Supreme Court

On March 29, Mizzou Law 2L Katherine Frerking and Professor Angela Drake, director of the MU Veterans Clinic, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court for an upcoming case. The case, Skaar v. McDonough, is a putative class action involving hundreds of veterans who were exposed to large amounts of radioactive plutonium dust…

Veteran Information Session & Free Legal Consultations for Veterans Offered in Springfield, MO on March 17

The University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic, through its Tigers for Troops program, and in partnership with the University of Arkansas - Little Rock (UALR) Veterans Legal Services Clinic, is hosting a General Veteran Information Session discussing various topics, to include information about the PACT Act. This event will take place at Legal…

Staff Spotlight – Eugene O’Loughlin

Eugene O’Loughlin is the Intake Coordinator and Veterans Benefits Specialist in the Veterans Clinic. He comes to the Veterans Clinic with 14 years’ experience as an Accredited Veterans Service Officer with the Missouri Veterans Commission, where he assisted thousands of veterans with their claims for benefits. Over…

Student Spotlight – Shelby Ehrmann

Shelby Ehrmann always knew she wanted to go to law school. “I’ve always wanted to be a lawyer,” Ehrmann said. “When you’re little everyone’s like ‘I want to be a doctor, I want to be a lawyer, I want to be a veterinarian,’ I always wanted to be…

Client Spotlight – Lance Moat

Veteran Lance Moat honorably served in the Navy for more than two decades, serving on active duty from 1982-1992 as a shipboard electrician, or electrician’s mate. He also served in the Navy Reserve from 1998-2009 as a construction electrician. While in the Reserve, Moat was deployed to Iraq…

Continuing to Come Together for Veterans

Law and medical students continue partnering to secure improved disability benefits for Missouri veterans. November marks the six-month milestone since the MU Law Veterans Clinic first announced its partnership with medical students from the University of Missouri School of…

A Message from the Director

The Clinic is finishing up its fall semester business. Simply put, in our Clinic students help veterans, under supervision, on behalf of a grateful nation. We work very hard in the Clinic – and it’s always a team effort with plenty of ups…

Coming together for veterans

The Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic has announced a new program to partner with medical students from the University of Missouri School of Medicine. This partnership will involve collaboration between the two professional schools with regard to securing Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation benefits for veterans. Mizzou medical students will collaborate with law students and staff at…