SOUTH ROYALTON, VT - In honor of Veterans Day, Vermont Law School will host a Veterans Health Care and Benefits forum on Nov. 9 to discuss how veterans can obtain benefits, the current status of state and federal benefits and health care programs, and the future of such programs. The forum will be held at 12:45 p.m. in the law school's Chase Community Center. The forum is being organized by the Vermont Law School Republicans.
The four panelists who will take part in the discussion are John Tracy, a representative for U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy; Richard Reed of the State Office of Veterans Affairs; Steve Willoughby of the Veterans Affairs Hospital in White River Junction and Leonard Doscinski, services officer for the Vermont chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the event.
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Vermont Law School--a private, independent institution--is ranked #1 in environmental law by U.S. News & World Report. VLS offers a Juris Doctor (JD) curriculum that emphasizes public service, a Master of Studies in Environmental Law (MSEL) degree for lawyers and nonlawyers, and two post-JD degrees, the Master of Laws (LLM) in Environmental Law and the LLM in American Legal Studies (for international students). The school also features innovative experiential programs and is home to the Environmental Law Center and the South Royalton Legal Clinic. For more information, visit www.vermontlaw.edu.