http://www.lsc.gov Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Updates Copyright 2006 Legal Services Corporation Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:05:00 -0500 Super Simple RSS tuckera@lsc.gov http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#lscsends The Legal Services Corporation submitted the details of its Fiscal Year 2011 budget request to Congress on January 29. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:57:03 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#lscboard LSC's Board of Directors took action at its January 30 meeting in Washington, D.C., to repeal the Corporation's regulation prohibiting LSC grantees from claiming, collecting and retaining attorneys' fees. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:57:47 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#lscboardmeets The Board of the Directors of the Legal Services Corporation met at LSC's offices in Washington, D.C., on January 29 and 30. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:58:23 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#abato The American Bar Association has announced that it will honor Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) with an award for his support of the Legal Services Corporation. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:58:55 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#lscinterim LSC Interim President Victor M. Fortuno was profiled in an article published on January 23 by El Vocero, one of the largest newspapers in Puerto Rico. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:59:27 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#lscseeking LSC is seeking comments on proposed revisions to its Accounting Guide for LSC Recipients. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:59:56 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#2009poverty The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a notice stating that its 2009 poverty guidelines will remain in effect until updated 2010 guidelines are published, which shall not take place before March 1. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:00:34 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#legalaid Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced on February 1 that his office is partnering with the state's legal aid programs on a new initiative aimed at stopping illegal foreclosure-related evictions. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:01:17 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#missourilegal More people are asking a local organization for a free lawyer. Many applicants simply don't have the money to pay for an attorney to help them through bankruptcy, housing disputes or domestic violence cases, so they turn to Legal Services of Southern Missouri. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:02:02 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#lawstudent The Tennessee Bar Association has honored Diana Comes, a second-year student at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, with its Volunteer of the Year Award for donating 280 hours of pro bono work to Memphis Area Legal Services (MALS). Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:03:24 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#newexecutive The Volunteer Lawyers Project board of directors has unanimously chosen Sheila Hubbard to become VLP's next executive director, effective Feb.1. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:03:56 -0500 http://www.lsc.gov/press/updates_2010_detail_T259_R2.php#successstory New-Found Independence for Disabled Teen Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:04:21 -0500