Press Releases
October 15, 2021
Members of Congress Join LSC for Access to Justice Forum Looking at Housing Insecurity and Domestic Violence
Members of Congress and leaders of the legal community will join the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) on October 19 from 1-3:30 p.m. EDT for a virtual forum on access to justice looking at housing instability, domestic violence and the challenges the pandemic and natural disasters present.
October 14, 2021
Legal Services Corporation Awards More than $4.6 Million to Strengthen Pro Bono Efforts Targeting Low-Income Americans
LSC announced that 12 legal aid organizations will receive 2021 Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants totaling $4,611,052 to expand pro bono legal services to low-income individuals.
October 14, 2021
2021 Pro Bono Innovation Fund Grant Recipients
LSC announced today that 12 legal aid organizations will receive 2021 Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants totaling $4,611,052 to expand pro bono legal services to low-income individuals.
October 12, 2021
Former Rep. Joe Kennedy and Upsolve CEO Rohan Pavuluri Join LSC’s “Talk Justice” to Discuss Shifting the Narrative on Access to-Justice Advocacy
Former Massachusetts Representative Joe Kennedy III and Rohan Pavuluri, CEO and co-founder of the bankruptcy nonprofit Upsolve, joined Legal Services Corporation (LSC) President Ronald S. Flagg on the latest episode of “Talk Justice” to discuss shifting the narrative on access-to-justice advocacy and the role organizations like Upsolve and advocates like Kennedy and Pavuluri can play.
September 28, 2021
Attorneys General from Four States and D.C. Join “Talk Justice” Podcast to Discuss Access-to-Justice Initiatives
Attorneys General from Four States and D.C. Join “Talk Justice” Podcast to Discuss Access-to-Justice Initiatives
September 27, 2021
LSC Releases New Tools Providing Insights into Legal Needs in Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee
LSC released three interactive tools as part of its Legal Needs Monitoring Project. The project’s goal was to provide legal aid organizations and their partners with information on court proceedings and access-to-justice issues to improve the delivery of legal services.
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.”