The next meeting of the Disability Rights Consortium will take place on Wednesday March 26th from 9:30-11:00 at Equip for Equality (20 N. Michigan, Suite 300).
Presenting at the meeting will be Yelena Duerte, a staff attorney at John Marshall Law School's Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic and Beth Karpiak, a staff attorney and Equal Justice Fellow with Equip for Equality's Traumatic Brain Injury Project. Yelena will provide an overview of benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, including initial eligibility requirements, establishing service connection, disability percentages, and benefits for non-veterans. She will also cover what to expect when representing a veteran at the different levels of appellate review. Beth will provide a brief background on common issues of abuse and neglect among individuals with TBI, legal strategies her project is implementing to address abuse and neglect, and her efforts to increase access to services to veterans.
A captioner will be available for the meeting. If you need other accommodations to participate in the meeting, please contact Barry Taylor at barryt@equipforequality.org by March 21st.
Illinois attorneys attending this session will receive 1.5 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit.
