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April 27, 2011
The National Health Law Program and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association will be holding the 2011 National Health Law Training, A New Era of Health Advocacy on July 11-12, 2011 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel , 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The National
April 21, 2011
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia applauds the Corbett Administration for providing additional guidance and assistance to Pennsylvania adults who lost their adultBasic health insurance on March 1, 2011 in seeking health insurance coverage through the Medical Assistance program, Pennsylvania’s
April 20, 2011
Rick Borstein and Mark Middleton of Adobe Systems, Inc. will be hosting a free online eSeminar on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 from 1:00 pm -2:00 pm Eastern, explaining the the requirements and restrictions of the PDF/A - PDF for Archiving - format that the US Federal Courts will start requiring in
April 14, 2011
Join the National Consumer Law Center for a free webinar entitled Solving Elders' Manufactured Home Problems: Tools, Resources, Legal Approaches , on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern. The webinar is co-sponsored by CFED’s Innovations in Manufactured Homes initiative and will
April 13, 2011
Community talks and media campaign will focus on discrimination against persons of foreign descent The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it will launch an effort to better address national origin based housing discrimination during Fair Housing Month in
April 12, 2011
Reduction included in legislation negotiated to avoid government shutdown The Fiscal Year 2011 budget for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) would be cut by $15.8 million, reducing funds for civil legal assistance to low-income Americans, according to legislation announced today. LSC received $420
April 11, 2011
North Penn Legal Services is hosting a day long seminar entitled, Confronting Discrimination in the Rental and Home Sales Market , on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at the Lehigh County Government Center in Allentown. This program is designed to help staff from local organizations, housing providers
April 8, 2011
Statement of the National Senior Citizens Law Center Protecting Medicaid from draconian budget cuts is essential to protecting the health and well-being of the nation’s elderly. The vital safety net it provides serves millions of low-income older adults every day and is the single largest source of

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