
Christian Piatt
Host: Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.
Sponsor: Covington & Burling LLP, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Current Fellow
Robert provides outreach and tailored legal services to vulnerable LGBTQ veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area through community legal clinics and newly established Medical Legal Partnerships.
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 because of 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.
In the past year, Bob has:
In the next year, Bob plans to:
’16 Alumnus Selected for Prestigious Equal Justice Works Post Graduate Fellowship
Host: Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.
Sponsor: Covington & Burling LLP, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Current Fellow
Host: University of North Carolina School of Law Clinical Program
Sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis, Raytheon
Host: Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.
Sponsor: Hogan Lovells LLP, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Host: Stetson University College of Law Veterans Advocacy Clinic
Sponsor: Greenberg Traurig, LLP, The Florida Bar Foundation
Current Fellow