Press Releases

September 22, 2021

Legal Services Corporation Slated to Receive $40 Million in Disaster Relief Funding

The House passed a Continuing Resolution in a bill that includes $28.6 billion in disaster aid, $40 million of which would go to the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to support LSC-funded legal services organizations in assisting low-income Americans affected by the hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires and other extreme weather events that occurred in 2020 and this year.

September 20, 2021

LSC’s Eviction Project Publishes Analysis of Court Data

LSC released the latest update from its congressionally directed Eviction Study. The just-published analysis looks at LSC’s process for collecting court records on evictions and the challenges for research.

September 14, 2021

Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: How the Pandemic is Impacting the Opioid Crisis and People in Recovery

This episode of Talk Justice looks at the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the opioid crisis. The episode is hosted by LSC President Ronald S. Flagg and includes Brandon George, director of Indiana Addiction Issues Coalition; Dr. Mishka Terplan, medical director with Friends Research Institute and staff physician at the University of California San Francisco; and Brendan Wood, an Equal Justice Works Fellow at Legal Aid of West Virginia.

August 30, 2021

LSC Applauds Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Call for Members of the Legal Community to Address Looming Housing and Evictions Crisis

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) applauds and supports Attorney General Merrick Garland’s call for members of the legal community to help “address the looming housing and evictions crisis.”

August 24, 2021

Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast, Brings Together Business Leaders to Discuss Access-to-Justice Efforts

This episode of Talk Justice brings together business leaders to discuss access-to-justice efforts.

August 10, 2021

Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: What to Expect from the Relaunch of the DOJ’s Access-to-Justice Function and the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable

This episode of LSC's "Talk Justice” podcast looks at what to expect from President Biden’s initiative to "reinvigorate the federal government’s role in advancing access to justice," including re-establishing the Department of Justice’ Office for Access to Justice and reinvigorating the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable. Host Jason Tashea sits down with Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5), co-chair of the Congressional Access to Civil Legal Aid Caucus; Karen Lash, former official at the Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice; and Elizabeth Werner, managing attorney, Legal Aid of West Virginia.

August 02, 2021

LSC President Ronald Flagg Calls for Expanded Eviction Diversion and Right-to-Counsel Programs in Response to CDC Moratorium’s Expiration

LSC President Ronald S. Flagg called on state and local governments on August 2 to expand the use of eviction diversion and housing right-to-counsel programs to more quickly and fairly distribute already appropriated emergency rental assistance funds.

July 28, 2021

Former VA General Counsel Will A. Gunn Discusses New Leadership Role at LSC on the Latest Episode of “Talk Justice”

LSC's new vice president for legal affairs and general counsel Will A. Gunn discusses his new position and his legal and military experience in an episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast released today. LSC President Ronald S. Flagg hosted the conversation.

July 19, 2021

Department of Justice Officials, Senators and State Attorneys General Join LSC for Forum on Access to Justice

Five state attorneys general, Department of Justice officials and other leaders from the legal community will join the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) on Tuesday, July 20, at 1 p.m. ET for a forum on the access-to-justice challenges confronting low-income Americans.

July 16, 2021