Wake Forest law students start clinic to help veterans

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By Michael Hewlett Winston

When military veterans return home from duty, they can find civilian life disorienting and difficult to navigate.

ā€œThe most confusing days are the first day in the Army and the first day out of the Army,ā€ said Josh Harper, a former U.S. Army captain and a third-year law student at Wake Forest University. Harper was deployed to Afghanistan for nine months, mostly in 2012, and served as a military intelligence officer from September 2008 to June 2013.

Harper said when youā€™re in the military, you have a chain of command you can turn to when you have to deal with issues. That doesnā€™t necessarily exist in the same way in civilian life, he said.

And for veterans who are dealing with routine legal issues, that can pose a challenge, he said.hire vets

Thatā€™s where the new Veterans Legal Clinic, associated with Wake Forest University School of Law, comes in. The legal clinic was officially launched this fall, said Steve Virgil, a professor at the school. Virgil is the executive director of the law schoolā€™s experiential education programs.

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