Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Information

At CVLC, our mission is to help recovering veterans rebuild their lives by integrating free legal help with social services.The goal of providing free legal services to low-income veterans— including advice, pro bono referral and direct representation— is to increase housing and income stability, create greater access to healthcare, and most importantly maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the existing healthcare services to provide the best healthcare to veterans. CVLC serves veterans with a wide variety of legal issues including family, housing, expungement, bankruptcy, consumer, Social Security, VA benefits, employment, estate planning, and military discharge upgrades. CVLC is the only organization in Connecticut that targets the legal needs of indigent veterans and the only organization in the state that provides legal assistance with veteran-specific issues, including VA benefits and discharge upgrades.