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LSC Board Acts to Lift Attorneys' Fees Restriction

LSC's Board of Directors has taken action to repeal the Corporation's regulation prohibiting LSC grantees from claiming, collecting and retaining attorneys' fees. The Board asked LSC staff to draft and issue an interim final rule that would eliminate the regulation but maintain certain sections related to accounting for fees and other technical matters.

LSC Sends Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request to Congress

The Legal Services Corporation has asked Congress to provide $516.5 million in Fiscal Year 2011 funding, with more than 95 percent of the budget request going to fund 136 nonprofit legal aid programs across the nation that provide civil legal assistance to the nation's poor.

Download the full budget request or a summary of the document.

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LSC Seeking Comments on Proposed Revisions to Accounting Guide

LSC is seeking comments on proposed revisions to its Accounting Guide for LSC Recipients, which sets forth accounting, financial management and reporting guidelines for LSC grantees. All comments are due by March 19. For more information, download the notice published in the Federal Register.

Legal Services Corporation Board Names Interim President

Victor M. FortunoThe Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation has named Victor M. Fortuno to be Interim President of LSC effective January 1, 2010, to succeed Helaine M. Barnett, who stepped down December 31.

LSC Releases Updated Report on the Justice Gap in America

Nearly a million poor people who seek help for civil legal problems, such as foreclosures and domestic violence, will be turned away this year by the nation's largest nonprofit legal aid network because of insufficient resources, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) projects in a report released on September 30.

Appeals Court Upholds Funding Restrictions

A federal appeals court has upheld 1996 restrictions on the activities of programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), including activities paid for by non-LSC funds.

LSC Awards Technology Grants to Help Veterans and Military Families

LSC has awarded $3.5 million in technology grants to LSC-funded programs, including a grant to develop a national website for veterans, military personnel and families who seek help for their civil legal problems.

Funds Decline for New Jersey Programs As Requests for Legal Services Rise

State, local and charitable funding for nonprofit civil legal assistance programs in New Jersey is declining sharply at a time when an increasing number of low-income individuals and families are seeking help with legal problems often exacerbated by the nation's weak economy.

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New-Found Independence for Disabled Teen

Legal Services of Greater Miami secured medical benefits for a teenage girl suffering from cerebral palsy.

Foreclosure Mediation Saves Client's Home

Pine Tree Legal Assistance of Maine used the state's new foreclosure mediation program to save a client's home.

Veteran No Longer Homeless

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida helps a Marine Corps veteran avoid homelessness.

Family Saved from Homelessness

A client of Legal Services NYC tells the story of how the legal aid program helped keep her and her kids from being thrown in the street.

Legal Aid Stops Eviction for Client

New York's Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee convinced a state agency that their client deserved emergency assistance to prevent an eviction.

Medical Benefits Retained

Memphis Area Legal Services helped a mother retain medical benefits for her seriously ill daughter.

Attorneys Tackle Foreclosure Cases

Attorneys from Central California Legal Services take on foreclosure cases to help clients keep their homes.

Water and Electricity Secured
for 30 Families

Puerto Rico Legal Services helped nearly 30 families get their electricity and water utilities connected after a year-long fight with government agencies.

Legal Aid Helps Overturn
"Absurd" Agency Ruling

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services helped restore transporation services to a disabled man who needed them to travel to medical appointments.

Child Free From Abuse
Thanks to Legal Aid

Legal Aid of Western Missouri helped a victim of domestic violence protect her 18-month-child from its abusive father.

Dedicated Attorney Helps
Free Mother from Abuse

Susan Griskonis from the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York helped a mother fight back against an abusive husband.

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National Disaster Legal Aid

Resources for victims of natural disasters.

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Documenting the Justice Gap in America (PDF 2.4mb)

Law School Partnerships with LSC-Funded Programs (PDF 178k)

Quality and Equal Justice: The Role of Executive Directors (PDF 347k)

Technologies That Should Be in Place in a Legal Aid Office Today (PDF 297k)

Leadership Mentoring Pilot Program Report (PDF 936k)

Help Close the Justice Gap, Unleash the Power of Pro Bono (PDF 106k)

Revised Case Service Report Handbook (PDF 1.54 mb)

Revised Performance Criteria
(PDF 387k)

LSC's Strategic Directions 2006-2010 (PDF 124k)

Accounting Guide for LSC Recipients (PDF icon 358k) 


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