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Free Legal Assistance for Vets

Thanks to a new partnership between Stetson Law and the Bay Pines VA Healthcare system, free civil legal assistance is now available to qualifying low-income veterans.   Alumnae Cherilyn Hansen of Gulfcoast Legal Services and Julie Ann Embler of Bay Area Legal Services will work with VA social workers to help veterans. This includes help…

Super Bowl Drunk Driving

Please Be Safe this Super Bowl Sunday

Source:  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/drinking-drunk-driving-spike-on-super-bowl-sunday-300399253.html “According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2015 on average one American was killed in a drunk driving crash every 51 minutes. Alcohol-impaired traffic fatalities often spike on holidays and popular drinking days, like Super Bowl Sunday. Data shows that states and regions with a team in the game can…