Student Organizations: The Hamilton Society
The Appalachian School of Law Hamilton Society No government could give us tranquility and happiness at home which did not possess sufficient stability and strength to make us respectable abroad.” ALEXANDER HAMILTON Speech at the Constitutional Convention, June 29, 1787 This student organization, founded in 2006, serves military veterans, current service members, families of service personnel, and veterans' organizations. It seeks to support a link between duty to country and our legal system. I have a great interest in this organization even though I never served in the military. I did, however, provide pro bono legal services to Viet Nam veterans who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder shortly after the Veterans Benefits Administration recognized PTSD as a compensable military injury. The diagnosis of PTSD first appeared in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980. Shor...