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The New Jersey State Bar Association is seeking volunteers to participate in the Military Legal Assistance Program. The NJSBA, through its Military Law and Veterans’ Affairs Committee, in conjunction with McCarter & English, L.L.P., established this pro bono program to help New Jersey residents who have served overseas as active-duty members of reserve components of the armed forces after Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, thousands of New Jersey residents serving in the armed forces reserves have been deployed overseas, and many of them will be or have been adversely affected by reason of their status, change of status, or long deployment. As a result, volunteers ...
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The New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) conveyed its support for two bills designed to assist veterans by easing the process for accessing community-based services as well as the process for renewing parking privileges for disabled veterans. S875 (Singer)/A2256 (Murphy) requires the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services to accept permanent change of station orders for the purposes of satisfying the residency requirement for the provision of home and community-based services. The bill allows parents or guardians who are in the United States military and who are trying to access services for another to ...
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Each bimonthly issue of New Jersey Lawyer, the magazine of the New Jersey State Bar Association, focuses on a particular area of substantive law. Click here to access the online edition (login required). New Jersey Lawyer welcomes article submissions from NJSBA members. For more information, visit our editorial calendar . The latest edition of New Jersey Lawyer , the magazine of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), covers some of the legal issues unique to military service members and veterans, which can span areas as disparate as property taxes to criminal proceedings. Brian R. Lehrer and retired Judge Edward M. Neafsey are the special ...
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Each bimonthly issue of New Jersey Lawyer, the magazine of the New Jersey State Bar Association, focuses on a particular area of substantive law. Click here to access the online edition (login required). New Jersey Lawyer welcomes article submissions from NJSBA members. For more information, visit our editorial calendar . Just as those who decide to enter the military to serve their country are unique, their legal issues often are, too. The February issue of New Jersey Lawyer focuses on the military and veterans and different legal issues that can arise from events that occurred during and after their service. Brian R. Lehrer and retired Judge Edward ...
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“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Poet and Essayist 1803-1882). This quote typifies the American servicemember’s fighting spirit. Unfortunately, far too many Veterans fail to apply this principle to their claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and permit an otherwise valid claim to become final. There are statutory and regulatory mechanisms for reviving a claim once it becomes final, such as a request to reopen based on new and material evidence. Nevertheless, finality can only have detrimental effect — sometimes catastrophic effect — upon a Veteran’s claim for ...
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