Audit of the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant Awarded to the John Marshall Law School, Veterans Legal Support Clinic, Chicago, Illinois.

摘要

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of an Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary grant for $350,000 awarded to the John Marshall Law School (JMLS) in Chicago, Illinois. JMLS received grant number 2010-DD-BX-0685 to support the JMLSs Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic (VLSC) in its work in the field of veterans law. The purpose of the grant is to: (1) allow JMLS to continue to work with and collect information on the success of the Illinois Veterans Treatment Court, (2) collect information on and implement a replicable approach for veterans who appear in the Federal District Court for Northern Illinois on petty offenses, (3) host a conference on veterans and domestic violence, and (4) replicate the VLSC at other law schools throughout the United States.