Kristen Cappelli
Host: Veterans Legal Services
Sponsor: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Bob provided outreach and tailored legal services to vulnerable LGBTQ+ veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area through community legal clinics, a newly established Medical-Legal Partnership, and collaborations with local service organizations.
LGBTQ+ Veterans are over-represented in all the risk categories associated with Veterans generally, such as homelessness, poverty, mental health issues, and suicide; yet, they are under-represented among Veterans receiving VA benefits and services. LGBTQ+ Veterans are not well understood because they do not readily self-identify and often eschew help due them due to the stigma and trauma many experienced during their military service and discharge process. Traditional spaces where Veterans congregate or receive services often seem hostile to LGBTQ+ Veterans.
During the two-year Fellowship, Bob:
Now that the Fellowship is complete, Bob plans to continue and expand the work of his project as a staff attorney at Swords to Plowshares.
’16 Alumnus Selected for Prestigious Equal Justice Works Post Graduate Fellowship
Vets Kicked Out for Being Gay Can Upgrade Their Discharge
Host: Veterans Legal Services
Sponsor: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Host: Lavender Rights Project
Sponsor: Anonymous
Host: Community & Economic Development Clinic at CUNY School of Law
Sponsor: The Paul Rapoport Foundation
Host: Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)
Sponsor: Deere & Company, Lane & Waterman LLP, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP