Associate Professor of Law
Director, The Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic
hmcclean@ubalt.edu
410.837.4339
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 428
Administrative Assistant: Stephanie Pinkney Lee
410.837.5705
John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 412
Education
LL.M., with Highest Honors, The George Washington University Law School, 2011
J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 2002
B.A., Miami University, 1996
Areas of Expertise
Criminal Law
Government Procurement
Legal Research and Writing
Veterans Law
McClean is Associate Professor and Director of the Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic. He founded the clinic in 2014, where he directs student attorneys in the representation of veterans in a wide variety of litigation and legislative initiatives.
Prior to joining the faculty, McClean was an assistant professor in the Department of Law, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he received the Outstanding Academy Educator Award in 2010. He twice received the Case Legal Advisor of the Year Award for service as the legal advisor to the Air Force Academy Honor Board, which oversees violations of the Honor Code.
McClean served in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps from 2003 to 2014 and, in addition to teaching, served as special counsel to the Deputy General Counsel for Acquisition at the Pentagon, and held positions as a prosecutor and defense attorney. Prior to his commissioning, McClean served as a public defender in Lake County, Ohio. McClean received his LL.M. from The George Washington University Law School, where he was the recipient of the Patricia A. Tobin Government Procurement Law Award for his academic achievement and scholarship in the area of government procurement law.
McClean is a member of the Ohio and Maryland bars.
Selected Publications
Articles and Essays
Discharged and Discarded: The Collateral Consequences of a Less-Than-Honorable Military Discharge
, 121 Colum. L. Rev. 2203 (2021).
Delay, Deny, Wait Till They Die: Balancing Veterans’ Rights and Non-Adversarial Procedures in the VA Disability Benefits System
, 72 S.M.U. L.Rev. 277 (2019).
The Diversity Rationale for Affirmative Action in Military Contracting, 66 Cath. U. L. Rev. 745 (2017).
Defense Base Act Insurance: Allocating Wartime Contracting Risks Between Government and Private Industry , 41 Pub. Cont. L.J. 635 (2012).
Failure of the Current Anti-Corruption Strategy in Afghanistan , 9 J. Contract Mgmt. 41 (2011).
Recent Presentations
Presenter, "Delay, Deny, Wait Till They Die," Clinical Law Review Writers Workshop, New York University School of Law, New York, NY, Sept. 22, 2018.
Presenter, "Veterans Treatment Court: A Collaboration of Local, State, and Federal Partners," National Association for Court Management Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 24, 2018.
Moderator and Discussant, "Discharge Advocacy, Intake & Hearings," 10th Annual Veterans’ Legal Assistance Conference & Training, University of Baltimore School of Law, June 1, 2018.
Presenter, "Delay, Deny, Wait Till They Die," Works-in-Progress, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Chicago, IL, May 2, 2018.
Moderator, "Rehabilitative Justice: Baltimore City Veterans Treatment Court," University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 28, 2018.
Presenter, "Teaching and Preparing Law Students for Discharge Review Board Hearings," National Veterans Law School Clinic Consortium Conference, Washington, DC, Feb 28, 2018.
Moderator and Discussant, Best Practices before Discharge Review Boards and Boards for Correction of Military Records, 9th Annual Veterans’ Legal Assistance Conference & Training, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, June 2, 2017.
Presenter, "Return on Investment for Veterans Courts," Works-in-Progress, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Denver, CO, May 9, 2017.
Presenter, "Serving Those Who Served Us," Maryland State Bar Association Leadership Academy, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 30, 2017.
Moderator and Discussant, "Representing Service Members in Discharge Upgrades," University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 4, 2016.
Discussant, "The War is Winding Down, They Are Not Over There Anymore," Judicial College of Maryland, Annapolis, MD, Oct. 21, 2016.
Discussant, "So You Want to Start a Veterans Court: A Prospective From How to Create a Veterans Court Docket and How to Practice In It," Maryland Judiciary and Maryland State Bar Association Joint Bench Bar Conference, Ocean City, MD, June 15-18, 2016.
Moderator and Discussant, "Hazardous Chemical Exposure: Agent Orange and Burn Pit Claims; Military Discharges and VA Character of Discharges," 8th Annual Veterans’ Legal Assistance Conference & Training, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, June 3, 2016.
Facilitator, Veterans Law Working Group, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Baltimore, MD, Apr 30-May 3, 2016.
Discussant, "Reintegration of Maryland’s Former Offenders and the Unique Challenges Faced by Justice-Involved Veterans," UB Law Forum Symposium, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 12, 2015.
Discussant, "Boots to Books: Veteran Students Transitions Panel," Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 12, 2015.
Discussant, "Want to Start Helping Veterans? Learn the Options, Get the Basics," Second Annual National Conference on Law Clinics Serving Veterans, Capital Visitors Center, Washington, DC, Nov. 2, 2015.
Discussant, "Law School Clinician Panel: Legal Services for Veterans," U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command, Northeast Region, Judge Advocate General’s On-Site Legal Training Conference, Fort Belvoir, VA, July 18, 2015.
Moderator and Discussant, "Child Support Issues for Veterans; Advanced Training for Veterans Practitioners: Discharge Upgrades, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Cases," 7th Annual Veterans’ Legal Assistance Conference & Training, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, June 5, 2015.
Presenter, "Affirmative Action in Government Procurement: Closing the Door on Constitutional Challenges to the 8(a) Business Development Program," Works-in-Progress, AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Rancho Mirage, CA, May 6, 2015.
Moderator and Discussant, "Veterans' Needs: The Current State of Veterans In Our Courts," Judicial Institute of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 16, 2015.
Presenter, "Law School Veterans Advocacy Clinics," Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Ocean City, MD, Oct. 20, 2014.
Convener, "Introduction to Military Discharge Upgrades," University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, Sept. 29, 2014.
Recent Media
Patrick Tandy, Veterans’ Legal Needs Focus of 7th Annual Conference, Bar Bulletin (Baltimore, MD), Jul 15, 2015.
Joe Surkiewicz, Veterans and the Law, Daily Record (Baltimore, MD), May 28, 2015.
Jennifer Larrabee, PBRC: Veterans Legal Assistance Conference, Bar Bulletin (Baltimore, MD), May 15, 2015.
Kellye Beathea, Providing Legal Services for Veterans, Daily Record (Baltimore, MD), May 15, 2015.
David Shafer, University of Baltimore Clinic Aims at Fighting for Veterans’ Rights, Bar Bulletin (Baltimore, MD), Nov. 15, 2014.
Lauren Kirkwood, Veterans’ Next Battle: Legal Rights, Daily Record (Baltimore, MD), Aug. 13, 2014.