Through our Virginia-wide Discharge Upgrade Clinic (DUC), LSNV has a team who focuses on assisting Virginia’s low-income, at-risk, and homeless Veterans in military discharge upgrades. 

Military discharge upgrades can assist in removing Virginia’s Veterans barriers to housing, employment, and self-sufficiency within their Virginia communities.

The Work of the Veterans Discharge Upgrade Clinic

• Direct representation to Virginia’s low-income, at-risk, and homeless Veterans pursuing military discharge upgrades.
• Incorporated with LSNV’s Pro Bono Project to refer appropriate cases to private pro bono attorneys.
• Working with Virginia’s Law School’s Veterans Clinics to offer students a range of volunteer opportunities, and to coordinate service delivery to eligible Veteran clients.
• Coordination with community partner agencies at the VA hospitals, VA clinics, Vet Centers, Veteran Service Organizations, local Veterans Treatment Docket facilitate referrals, and community partners.

The Virginia-wide Discharge Upgrade Clinic is a LSC Pro Bono Innovation Fund project and since we established our Veterans Law Project in 2015, thanks to a grant from Equal Justice Works and Americorps, LSNV has had projects focused on supporting the Veterans living in our service areas.  Nearly one quarter of Virginia’s Veterans reside in Northern Virginia and LSNV endeavors to assist them with their civil legal needs.