Thirty years ago, the federal government took concrete steps to make good on its promise of “justice for all.” With final passage of the LSC Act of 1974, Congress advanced our national commitment to equal access to civil justice by establishing the independent, nonprofit Legal Services Corporation. Signed into law by President Nixon with bipartisan support from lawmakers, the LSC Act mandated that LSC grantees would “provide legal assistance to those who face an economic barrier to adequate counsel” in order to “serve best the ends of justice and assist in improving opportunities for low-income persons.”

Three decades later, LSC’s impact on American society can be measured by the tens of millions of low-income people whose lives have been bettered as a result of receiving critical, sometimes even life-sustaining, legal aid.

Read the Annual Report.