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News releases regarding important events and development involving legal aid in Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network are listed below:

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Presents Excellence Awards to Advocates for Civil Legal Services to the Poor
03/23/2010

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille will address members and friends of statewide legal aid community.

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Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. (PLAN) will hold its annual Excellence Awards and Banquet on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Harrisburg Hilton. The Pro Bono Office of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, is the premier sponsor of the event, which pays annual tribute to those who demonstrate exemplary commitment and achievements on behalf of poor and vulnerable people needing civil legal assistance throughout the Commonwealth.

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Pennsylvania IOLTA Board Releases Report on the Results of the PA Access to Justice Act
04/09/2009

The Pennsylvania IOLTA Board has released a report entitled, Results of the Pennsylvania Access to Justice Act, A Report on the Filing-Fee Surcharge Law, FY 2004-2008. This report, related to funding received as a result of the Access to Justice statute (42 Pa. C. S. Section 4901 et. seq.), summarizes the results produced across Pennsylvania by the Access to Justice Act’s filing-fee surcharge. It begins by outlining the needs the AJA was enacted to address. The report then describes the many ways the legal assistance providers comprising the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network have strategically applied those dollars to maximize the benefits produced for low-income people, communities, taxpayers and courts across Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Applauds Action of State Supreme Court Helping to Fund Civil Legal Aid
04/02/2009

The Board President and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. expressed their support and appreciation to the State Supreme Court, applauding the Order entered by Chief Justice Castille, dated April 2, which helps fund civil legal aid programs by assessing a $25 surcharge on attorney annual registration fees. These funds are to be forwarded to the Court’s Pa. IOLTA Board to help support civil legal aid.

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Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Presents 2009 Excellence Awards
04/01/2009

The 2009 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards were presented at the annual awards dinner on Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers. The evening's keynote speaker was The Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards honor members and friends of the legal aid community who exemplify excellence in their commitment and accomplishments as advocates for low-income people.

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PHLP Names Laval Miller-Wilson New Executive Director
02/03/2009

Laval Miller-Wilson, a Senior Attorney at Juvenile Law Center (JLC) in Philadelphia, will join the Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP) as Executive Director. He replaces Michael Campbell, who recently accepted a teaching position at Villanova University Law School and who co-founded PHLP with Ann Torregrossa. Ms. Torregrossa served as the program’s first Executive Director.

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Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Announces 2009 Excellence Award Winners
01/05/2009

The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network is proud to announce the recipients of its 2009 Excellence Awards.

The list includes a variety of civil legal aid professionals and friends of civil legal aid across Pennsylvania who are being recognized for their efforts in support of the clients served by the programs of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network.

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