Norton Amendment to Fund Law School Clinics that Assist Veterans Passes House

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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her amendment to provide $1 million for law school clinical programs that provide pro bono legal assistance to veterans passed the House. Norton's amendment is now part of the House's fiscal year 2023 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Norton was a tenured professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

"There are already at least 22 law schools that have clinics devoted to veterans' legal needs," Norton said. "There are many other law schools, such as the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, that are interested in starting their own VA-certified clinics. When I was a tenured professor of law and continued to teach after being elected to Congress, I saw firsthand the expert assistance that clinical programs provide."

This amendment has the same effect as Norton's Veterans Legal Support Act of 2022 (H.R. 7968). With the assistance of practicing lawyers and law professors, law school clinical programs provide free legal services.

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