LSC Updates

Recent Posts from LSC Updates

• Senate Approves $400 Million for LSC

  The Senate has approved $400 million in fiscal 2010 funding for the Legal Services Corporation, a $10 million increase over current levels.

• LSC Awards Technology Grants to Help Veterans and Military Families

  The Legal Services Corporation announced on Nov. 10 that it has awarded $3.5 million in technology grants to LSC-funded programs, including more than $400,000 to develop resources, including a national website, for veterans, military personnel,…

• LSC Hosts Sixth National Foreclosure Conference Call

  On Nov. 5, the Legal Services Corporation hosted the sixth in its series of conference calls with legal aid programs and national consumer and poverty law organizations to discuss initiatives aimed at addressing the nationwide…

• Register Now for LSC's Technology Initiative Grants Conference

  Registration for the Legal Services Corporation's 2010 Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) Conference is now open.

• LSC Launches Twitter Feed

  Follow LSC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lsctweets

• Walmart Helps Fulfill Promise of Justice for Arkansas Legal Aid Groups

  The Walmart Foundation and the Walmart Legal Department announced on Nov. 13 that they were donating $100,000 to the Center for Arkansas Legal Services and Legal Aid of Arkansas, the two LSC-funded legal aid programs…

• Home Depot Foundation Awards $20,000 to Atlanta Legal Aid

  The Home Depot Foundation has awarded $20,000 to the Atlanta Legal Aid Society to support its Health Law Partnership (HeLP), a medical-legal partnership that connects legal aid lawyers and law students with low-income patients of…

• LawHelp.org/NY Expands To Serve Veterans and Their Families

  The creators of LawHelp.org/NY, a statewide legal assistance website aimed at helping low-income New Yorkers understand their rights and locate legal aid groups, announced on Nov. 9 that it was launching a new section dedicated…

• North Carolina Congressman Praises Elon Law's Clinical Program

  Congressman Howard Coble (R-N.C.) appeared at Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, N.C., on November 9 to speak at an event highlighting the school's new clinics on wills drafting and juvenile justice and mediation.

• New York's Nassau/Suffolk Law Services and the Justice Gap

  New York's Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee is featured in a recent article by Michael H. Samuels in the Long Island Business News about the growing justice gap in America.