Initiatives

Task Forces

Our task forces are comprised of a diverse group of LSC grantees, subject matter experts, judges, business leaders, and other stakeholders.

Disaster Task Force

LSC’s Disaster Task Force worked to promote better cooperation, coordination and communication to ensure that low-income disaster survivors receive the legal assistance they need.

Veterans Task Force

LSC's Veterans Task Force works to increase access to justice for veterans and explore how legal aid can remove barriers to their well-being and financial stability.

Opioid Task Force

LSC’s Opioid Task Force created recommendations on how legal aid providers can collaborate with the medical, judicial, law enforcement and other communities to confront the opioid crisis.

Justice Gap Research

LSC’s Justice Gap Research advance our commitment to funding civil legal assistance for Americans who would be otherwise unable to afford it by providing high-quality data about the gap between the need for civil legal assistance and its availability in low-income America.

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Rural Summer Legal Corps

Launched in the summer of 2016, the Rural Summer Legal Corps is a privately funded initiative to connect law students with legal aid programs in the common pursuit of better addressing the civil legal needs of rural communities.

Data That Makes a Difference: Eviction Research and Civil Court Data Initiative

As part of a multi-year comprehensive study, LSC released additional findings from its Eviction Study in 2024. The research documented how state and local laws impact tenants and landlords. The findings underscore the critical importance of partnerships between legal aid providers, community organizations and landlords in preventing unnecessary evictions and promoting housing stability.

This work helped drive the expansion of LSC's Civil Court Data Initiative, now the nation's largest and most comprehensive civil court dataset. CCDI aggregates filings from more than 1,290 counties across 31 states and territories, providing legal aid organizations, researchers and policymakers with timely, standardized data on eviction, debt collection, guardianship and other key issues. By supporting local reform efforts and enhancing service delivery, CCDI is transforming how legal aig providers target outreach, develop interventions, and measure impact.

Explore the Evictions Tracker

Cover for the eviction study final report, showing a house with belongings strewn in front of it

The Effect of State & Local Laws on Evictions

A congressionally directed study examining how state and local laws, court processes, and access to legal help affect eviction outcomes and housing stability.

Past Initiatives

From modernizing how residents access information online to expanding resources in communities across the state, these initiatives reflect our commitment to serving the public with purpose and impact.

Statewide Website Evaluation Project

With generous funding from the Ford Foundation, LSC led a large-scale assessment of the quality and usability of state and territory legal information websites across the country.

Public Library Initiative

LSC and its partner, OCLC, have designed and delivered a free national online training program on civil legal information and services for public library staff.