http://www.lsc.gov Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Updates Copyright 2006 Legal Services Corporation Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:25:29 -0500 Super Simple RSS tuckera@lsc.gov http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#senateapproves The Senate has approved $400 million in fiscal 2010 funding for the Legal Services Corporation, a $10 million increase over current levels. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:18:17 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#lscawards The Legal Services Corporation announced on Nov. 10 that it has awarded $3.5 million in technology grants to LSC-funded programs, including more than $400,000 to develop resources, including a national website, for veterans, military personnel, and their families who need help with civil legal problems. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:18:55 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#lschosts On Nov. 5, the Legal Services Corporation hosted the sixth in its series of conference calls with legal aid programs and national consumer and poverty law organizations to discuss initiatives aimed at addressing the nationwide foreclosure crisis. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:19:24 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#registernow Registration for the Legal Services Corporation's 2010 Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) Conference is now open. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:19:56 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#lsclaunches Follow LSC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lsctweets Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:26 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#walmarthelps The Walmart Foundation and the Walmart Legal Department announced on Nov. 13 that they were donating $100,000 to the Center for Arkansas Legal Services and Legal Aid of Arkansas, the two LSC-funded legal aid programs in the state. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:41 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#homedepot The Home Depot Foundation has awarded $20,000 to the Atlanta Legal Aid Society to support its Health Law Partnership (HeLP), a medical-legal partnership that connects legal aid lawyers and law students with low-income patients of a local health clinic who have legal problems contributing to poor health. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:14 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#lawhelporgnyexpands The creators of LawHelp.org/NY, a statewide legal assistance website aimed at helping low-income New Yorkers understand their rights and locate legal aid groups, announced on Nov. 9 that it was launching a new section dedicated entirely to military veterans and current members of the U.S. armed forces. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:48 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#northcarolina Congressman Howard Coble (R-N.C.) appeared at Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, N.C., on November 9 to speak at an event highlighting the school's new clinics on wills drafting and juvenile justice and mediation. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:24 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#newyorksnassau New York's Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee is featured in a recent article by Michael H. Samuels in the Long Island Business News about the growing justice gap in America. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:54 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#freeaba The American Bar Association's Center for Continuing Legal Education and Section of Litigation are sponsoring an online training session on Nov. 24 on the effective and efficient use of depositions. Complimentary tuition will be provided to the first 250 legal aid lawyers who apply. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:24:23 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2009_detail_T246_R27.php#successstory Legal Aid Stops Eviction for Client Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:25:00 -0500