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Public Hearing Held by Pa Senate Judiciary Committee on Plight of Low-Income Pennsylvanians Without Legal Representation
05/24/2013

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, along with other judges, low-income Pennsylvanians and the lawyers who help them, and community and business leaders testified at a Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Public Hearing, Civil Legal Representation of the Indigent: Have We Achieved Equal Access to Justice?   that was held on Thursday, May 23 in Philadelphia. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart J. Greenleaf (R-Montgomery, Bucks) chaired the hearing.

The purpose of the public hearing was to explore and create awareness of the current state and scope of the unmet need for civil legal services by low-income Pennsylvanians confronting legal problems involving basic human needs.  

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Judges, lawyers say poor still lack sorely needed legal aid (via NewsWorks)
05/24/2013
Judges, lawyers say poor still lack sorely needed legal aid (via NewsWorks)

May 23, 2013 By Holly Otterbein, @hollyotterbein Clients, attorneys and judges said Thursday that most low-income people don't get the legal help they desperately need in civil cases, where they can find themselves fighting to win custody of their children or keep their homes. State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf…

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Live Tweets from PA Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Civil Legal Aid in Philadelphia
05/23/2013

Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and others are live tweeting from the PA Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Civil Legal Aid being held in Philadelphia. Follow those tweets below featuring the hashtag #civilgideon:

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Ron Flagg Appointed LSC Vice President for Legal Affairs
05/21/2013

Legal Services CorporationThe Legal Services Corporation has announced the appointment of  Ronald S. Flagg, senior counsel in the Washington, DC office of Sidley Austin LLP, to the position of vice president for legal affairs, general counsel, and corporate secretary.

Flagg’s appointment was unanimously approved by the LSC Board of Directors. He will begin his new role on June 3.

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LSC Sends Request for $486 million to Capitol Hill
05/16/2013

Legal Services CorporationThe Legal Service Corporation has submitted to Congress a request for $486 million for Fiscal Year 2014 to meet the overwhelming need for legal services and to fulfill the nation’s promise of “justice for all.”

This is an increase of $16 million over LSC’s FY 2013 appropriation request.  The increase is based on LSC’s assessment of the need for legal aid, the decline in some non-LSC funding sources, and LSC’s calculation of the resources necessary to provide the same level of service that LSC grantees provided in 2007, the year before the recession began. The request includes $5 million for a new grant program to encourage innovations in pro bono legal services.

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