{"id":121328,"date":"2025-11-12T17:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=121328"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:54:40","slug":"comrades-in-law-school","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2025\/comrades-in-law-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Comrades in Law School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-media-focus-center-middle has-quaternary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1280\" height=\"1706\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-620x826.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-512x682.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-774x1032.jpeg 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-991x1321.jpeg 991w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-258x344.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-397x529.jpeg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-516x688.jpeg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-794x1058.jpeg 794w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-1023x1364.jpeg 1023w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-1239x1652.jpeg 1239w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/11\/Roderick_Wainwright_S_Capitol-600x800.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Nicholas Wainwright (\u201925), Tyler Roderick (\u201926), and Sofia Steinberger (\u201926) joined Student Veterans of America for Washington Week, where they advocated for the veteran community on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Veterans and First Responders<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tComrades in Law School\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">BU Law students and alumni with military or first responder backgrounds reenergize their community of support.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">November 12, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/ting-yu\/\">Ting Yu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph record-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-boxed has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-quaternary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>In June 1968, seven days after Rick McCombs (\u201973) graduated from Yale University, he received a draft notice from the U.S. Army. After six months of basic training, McCombs was deployed to Vietnam to serve with the 4th Infantry Division. Later, he was transferred to MACV (Military Assistance Command of Vietnam), where he did reconnaissance work, monitoring seismic activity along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and calling in air and military strikes. McCombs operated from two firebases near the Laotian and Cambodian borders that saw heavy fighting. \u201cIt was not a great place to be,\u201d he says.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After almost 15 months in Vietnam, McCombs, then 23, returned home with the rank of sergeant, to a divided nation and a changed reality. He remembers landing at the Detroit airport early in the morning and making his way through the crowded terminal wearing army fatigues. \u201cIt was like watching the Red Sea part,\u201d McCombs says. \u201cNobody was nasty to me, but people avoided me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reacclimating wasn\u2019t easy, and McCombs was relieved to arrive at Boston University School of Law (BU Law) in September of 1970. \u201cLaw school saved my butt because there were at least 30 or 40 veterans in my class,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was like walking into a family. We offered each other a whole lot of support, and we integrated ourselves into the fabric of the law school in that first year. The five or six of us in my section\u2014we stuck together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, McCombs heads a successful private investment firm, after a 40-year career in Big Law. He has established two BU Law funds dedicated to supporting student veterans: the Rick McCombs Veterans Assistance Fund and the Rick McCombs Veterans Assistance Endowed Fund, both for BU Law student veterans who have served within any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. The funds cover scholarships; stipends for veterans who have secured unpaid nonprofit, government, or judicial internships; and, when needed, travel expenses and the cost of interview attire for those pursuing judicial clerkships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am an advocate for the people who have had to serve and who have been put in harm\u2019s way,\u201d McCombs says. \u201cI wanted to make their transition from the military to academic law as easy as possible. I wanted to get rid of some of the sharp edges if I could.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And McCombs believes BU Law and society at large reap benefits from supporting military veterans. \u201cFolks who survive the military experience generally are motivated to succeed, and they\u2019re not afraid to lead,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2022\/serving-those-who-served-their-country\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2022\/serving-those-who-served-their-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">McCombs has been joined by others in supporting these students.<\/a> Nearly 50 fellow alumni responded to a fundraising challenge initiated by McCombs in 2021 to support veterans, resulting in almost $50,000. In addition, fellow alumnus and Dean\u2019s Advisory Board Member, Sean Solis (\u201903), has established the Sean M. Solis Military Scholarship Fund, which provides BU Law students who are veterans or actively serving in any branch of the United States armed forces scholarships and financial aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two BU Law students and veterans\u2014Nicholas Wainwright (\u201925), an Army reservist and commissioned officer, and Tyler Roderick (\u201926), a Marine Corps veteran\u2014have benefited from such alumni support and are building more community. In 2023, the pair revived a student veterans association that had waned during the COVID pandemic. This year, the group\u2019s executive board voted to change the name to the Military &amp; First Responders Association (MFRA), broadening the scope of membership beyond veterans to include paramedics, firefighters, students interested in the JAG program, and families of service members. \u201cWe wanted to fully represent the members we have and expand the potential for future members,\u201d Roderick says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fall, six new veterans joined the JD class of 2028. Much like McCombs and his veteran peers did back in 1970, they, with the help of MFRA, have been able to form a strong community of support that has already helped with their transition to law school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MFRA aims to foster a robust community of student and alumni veterans and first responders who can provide career support while offering a sense of camaraderie. \u201cWe hope to build an informal city-wide network of veteran students from BU Law and other Boston law schools and to expand awareness of veterans issues at BU,\u201d Wainwright says. For the last two years, the group has participated in networking events for veterans interested in Big Law and has plans to host its own events for law firms looking to recruit veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group also has formed a partnership with National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP), a nonprofit that recruits and trains thousands of volunteer attorneys and advocates to provide free legal representation to veterans, service members, and their families seeking to receive benefits for disabilities resulting from military service. Wainwright says this connection\u2014as well as others that MFRA hopes to grow\u2014opens up opportunities and internships to students interested in pursuing careers in public interest or who need <em>pro bono<\/em> hours for bar admission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve networked with BU Law students and alumni who are considering veterans law as a career path,\u201d says Kenneth Meador (\u201918), a senior appellate attorney with NVLSP and an Army veteran who served three tours in Iraq as a combat medic. \u201cWe\u2019re always looking for law clerks and interns who are interested in helping veterans as part of their academic goals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the spring, BU Law sponsored three student veterans, including Tyler Roderick, to attend Washington Week, an event that convenes student veterans from around the country on Capitol Hill. \u201cWe went down to D.C. and got to meet with congressional staffers to advocate against cuts to veterans\u2019 disability benefits and what we felt were indiscriminate firings of veterans working in the federal government,\u201d Roderick says. \u201cIt was a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roderick\u2019s military background also informs his legal research work. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2025\/alumni-giving-supports-students-in-depth-research-with-bu-law-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Recently, he had the opportunity to travel to a national security and international business roundtable in London to present research findings with Professor Erika George about the human rights implications of using autonomous warfare like facial recognition and drones.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving forward, Roderick says MFRA is focused on building partnerships with other local student veteran organizations. The group is planning joint events with veteran student groups at BU\u2019s Questrom School of Business, Boston College, and Suffolk University Law School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the excellent work of MFRA leaders, Dean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/angela-onwuachi-willig\/\" data-type=\"profile\" data-id=\"52540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angela Onwuachi-Willig<\/a> proclaimed, \u201cThe BU Law community is grateful for the service and the leadership of veteran student leaders like Nicholas and Tyler, who are not only pathbreaking leaders within the veteran student community, but also standouts all around at BU Law. Because of their advocacy and the excellent work and commitment of our Admissions Office, students with a military or first responder background can now more easily find their \u2018tribe\u2019 of people who can relate to their past service experiences and who can support them through their law school experience. The generosity of our veteran alumni like Rick McCombs has helped to make this community possible. Indeed, their generosity has made law school a possibility for many, and it has helped to construct a strong network for students to use to build their legal careers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roderick is hopeful that these more robust opportunities will attract more veterans\u2014and their unparalleled commitment to public service\u2014to BU\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">\u201cPeople don\u2019t realize how unique a veteran perspective is,\u201d Roderick says. \u201cMany of us who enlist come from low-income backgrounds and have overcome some very difficult, almost immovable barriers. Veterans bring a mentality of leaving for others better than you got. We bring expertise, leadership, cultural awareness, and a level of maturity that comes from having traveled the world for missions. We know how to work together with people for a common purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-three record-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/10\/Shapiro2025_JusticeSotomayor_DSC00976.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/10\/Shapiro2025_JusticeSotomayor_DSC00976.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2025\/10\/Shapiro2025_JusticeSotomayor_DSC00976-636x424.jpg 636w, 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2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 1968, seven days after Rick McCombs (\u201973) graduated from Yale University, he received a draft notice from the U.S. Army. After six months of basic training, McCombs was deployed to Vietnam to serve with the 4th Infantry Division. Later, he was transferred to MACV (Military Assistance Command of Vietnam), where he did reconnaissance work, monitoring seismic activity along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and calling in air and military strikes. 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