Team Texas

FEATURES

Working to Address
Poverty in Puerto Rico
As the LSC Board of Directors makes its first official visit to the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 30 years, advocates on the island are eager to demonstrate the myriad ways they offer hope to a proud people fighting to secure a better future.
( 827k)

Debt of Gratitude
Aspiring legal aid lawyers and young advocates drowning in debt are thankful as Congress approves a pilot loan repayment assistance program to help them make ends meet. ( 393k)

Team Texas
Led by the hands-on Supreme Court of Texas and unwavering support from its elected officials in Washington, a state known for producing great leaders has mobilized an all-star team of judges, lawmakers, and influential lawyers to set a national example of how to expand access to the justice system.
( 526k)

• Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s Principled Stand ( 54k)
• Texas Justices: ‘Court Should Lead the Way’ ( 71k)
• New Congressional leaders take over LSC’s appropriations and oversight panels ( 77k)

A Parent’s Second Greatest Gift
As more states reform guardianship laws to account for medical advances that are prolonging the lives of the terminally ill, single parents are giving their children the most important gift next to the miracle of life itself: security in the event of their death. ( 668k)

DEPARTMENTS

• Briefs ( 323k)
• President’s Message: Hail to the Chiefs ( 268k)
• Our View: Chairman Makes Funding Case ( 46k)
• Technology: Legal Aid University ( 168k)
• State of Affairs: Quandary in Camden, N.J. ( 204k)
• Labor of Love: Michigan DV Advocate ( 69k)
• Other Voices: Reaching Rural Alaskans ( 55k)
  

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