After more than nine years as President of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), James J. Sandman announced today that he will be stepping down from his position. He is the organization’s longest-serving president, and during his transformational tenure LSC improved the delivery of legal services...Continue reading >
Over the course of the past year, I have attended a number of conferences and read a number of thoughtful pieces on how technology can improve access to justice. I have drawn from them a list of five requirements -- things I think are necessary if technology is going to realize its potential to...Continue reading >
This article is part of a series that features library strategies for supporting access to civil legal justice. OCLC’s WebJunction program and the nonprofit organization Legal Services Corporation (LSC) are partnering to deliver the national training initiative Improving Access to Civil Legal...Continue reading >
LSC President Jim Sandman joined lawyer and legal tech expert Bob Ambrogi on the latest episode of LawNext. They discussed the justice gap that exists in the U.S. and different approaches for bridging it, including the role of technology. Listen now.Continue reading >
Father Pius Pietrzyk, O.P., has been appointed as LSC’s new Vice Chair. He succeeds Martha Minow, former Dean of Harvard Law School and the school’s current 300 th Anniversary University Professor. Father Pius has served on LSC Board of Director since 2010. He has regularly moderated panel...Continue reading >
Video of 374671718 LSC is saddened by the passing of Iowa Chief Justice Mark Cady, who died suddenly over the weekend in Des Moines. A soft-spoken but stalwart supporter of equal access to justice, he delivered compelling remarks at an LSC forum a few years ago about the impact that underfunding...Continue reading >
Re presentative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) spoke on October 25 at a luncheon sponsored by the Michigan Bar Foundation at Michigan Advocacy Program’s new offices. She discussed the need to bridge the justice gap in order to protect due process. “Access to justice is essential if we are to have due...Continue reading >
Congressman Theodore “Ted” Deutch (FL-22) spoke at his alma mater, the University of Michigan Law school, on October 25 during LSC’s Access to Justice Forum . The event welcomed distinguished members of the Michigan legal community to discuss the role of legal aid in decreasing evictions and...Continue reading >
LSC Board Member Matthew Keenan recently spoke with LSC about legal aid's importance to veterans and upcoming events centered around veterans' issues. Watch his remarks below and learn more about next week's Veterans Day Forum at New York Univeristiy Law School. Video of ywwA2BqEnSMContinue reading >
LSC President Jim Sandman brought the audience to their feet with his perspective on civil legal aid at the ABA Annual Conference in San Francisco on August 9, 2019. He described the grim realities of civil legal aid for low-income Americans, noting that many Americans cannot afford critical legal...Continue reading >
