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...
WASHINGTON – The $1.3 trillion spending package passed by Congress this week and signed by the President today includes an increase of $25 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). LSC is the...
WASHINGTON – A panel of experts will discuss how legal aid programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) assist victims of domestic violence at a congressional briefing on October 26. The...
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid is currently operating a Disaster Assistance Hotline for survivors of Hurricane Harvey or any other disaster in Texas at 1-866-757-1570 . The organization is also hosting a...
NEW YORK – Representative Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. (NY-11) will join legal aid leaders on September 29 to announce that Legal Services NYC will receive a $351,387 Pro Bono Innovation Fund grant and a $...
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...
