{"id":1820,"date":"2019-08-01T18:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2019-11-05T20:43:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:43:19","slug":"huber-21-finds-passion-working-with-legal-aid-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2019\/08\/01\/huber-21-finds-passion-working-with-legal-aid-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Huber ’21 Finds Passion Working With Legal Aid Society"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clayton Huber ’21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clayton Huber ’21 — <\/em>Many undergraduates do not have the privilege to intern with a law firm that has an effect like the Legal Aid Society (LAS) in Louisville, Kentucky. LAS in Louisville serves 15 different counties and represents clients in 4,000+ cases a year. Their clients are low-income, poverty-stricken, and homeless discouraged members of society who are deprived of equal justice in the legal world. LAS attorneys vigorously work to attain their clients\u2019\u00a0needs, whether it be a divorce, simple will, life planning documents, bankruptcy or veteran affairs (my new specialty).<\/p>\n

During this internship, I worked closely with Equal Justice Fellow, Dr. Roy W. Berwick, my new\u00a0Mentor and a VA Accredited Attorney for the Legal Aid Society. I was able to work with\u00a0Dr. Berwick and gain much experience under CFR\u00a7 14.629 (c) (3). This article states that a Legal Intern may work under a VA Accredited Attorney if they\u00a0are present at all times; this allowed me to\u00a0see\u00a0how a VA Attorney practices law.<\/p>\n

I gained a vast amount of knowledge while working under him and seeing how Discharge Upgrades and VA Notice of Disagreements are filed with the VA and the Review Boards of Military Corrections.<\/p>\n

While working with\u00a0Dr. Berwick,\u00a0I was a part of\u00a0twelve\u00a0different cases. The tasks I was assigned to do were varied:<\/p>\n

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  • Drafting Legal Aid Letters<\/li>\n
  • Filling out DD Forms\u00a0(Military Forms)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Writing and Proofreading\u00a0Affidavit\u00a0Statements<\/li>\n
    • Drafting Memorandums of Law<\/li>\n
    • Interviewing Veterans and\u00a0Understanding Their Backgrounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      I was hoping to find a field of law that I might enjoy when I graduate from Wabash College and attend law school later,\u00a0and Dr. Berwick helped me find that passion at LAS this summer. Dr. Berwick has also guided me to become a VA Accredited Claims Representative. This accreditation will allow me to represent veterans before the VA and file cases by myself,\u00a0even though I am not associated with a bar yet.<\/p>\n

      In addition to working in the Veterans Unit, I was also a part of the Development Unit,\u00a0where I assisted with marketing and grant writing. Specifically, I worked with fundraising programs, designed and drafted new articles and newsletters about LAS. This experience has allowed me to further my knowledge in the fundraising realm,\u00a0and hopefully, I can apply my knowledge to the next Day of Giving for Wabash.<\/p>\n

      I am extremely grateful for the opportunity that the CIBE Innovation Internship and LAS offered me this summer. Without this experience, I would\u00a0not\u00a0have been able to practice and learn under an EJW Fellow nor understand how fundraising programs and grant writing operate. I have found a passion through LAS and the CIBE Program that I will be practicing\u00a0in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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