Lawyers receive lessons to help veterans
By Paul Wood
Friday September 7, 2007
Since the Civil War, U.S veterans have not had the right to legal aid in fighting for their benefits until the final appeals process.
The laws are beginning to change now, and the Illinois Supreme Court is setting up workshops to help lawyers help veterans, with input from a Champaign vet who lost his right arm in Iraq.
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