WASHINGTON -- The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved $385 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in FY 2016. This amount represents a $10 million increase over LSC’s current...
Yesterday, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced an amendment to increase LSC’s funding by $10 million during debate of the FY 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science and...
Last week, the Texas Supreme Court issued an order allowing out-of-state lawyers to practice in Texas temporarily if they are displaced by Hurricane Harvey or volunteering to serve hurricane victims...
How do you explain legal aid as constituent services to legislators and their staff? What kind of stories and materials help demonstrate legal aid’s enormous impact? In a recent issue of MIE Journal...
WASHINGTON – President Trump’s budget proposal released today calls for defunding the Legal Services Corporation, but LSC leaders expressed confidence that Congress would continue to support the...
The White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (WH-LAIR) has released its first annual report to the President, “ Expanding Access to Justice, Strengthening Federal Programs .” Accompanying the...
The Missouri Supreme Court announced today that Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard B. Teitelman had passed away. Judge Teitelman was a leader in the legal community, an esteemed jurist, and a...
LSC President Jim Sandman sat down with Thomson Reuters' Legal Executive Institute Chair Ralph Baxter at the recent Law Firm Leaders Forum to discuss access to justice issues and the future of legal...
Today we join in honoring our nation’s nearly 19 million veterans, who have earned our profound gratitude with their invaluable service and sacrifice to our country. The true measure of our country...
WASHINGTON – The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) today announced 34 Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) to 27 legal services organizations in 20 states and one territory. TIG funding supports a...
