The Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project will be offering a special two-part series (90 min each) about GIS mapping on April 16 and April 23, 2010. The workshops will take place from 1:00 pm -2:30 pm Eastern on each date. These workshops will provide step-by-step instructions about

Article from the New York Times discussing the role Professor Laurence Tribe will be playing as the newly appointed "Senior Counselor for Access to Justice", a position created especially for him, where has been asked to suggest ways to improve legal services for the poor, find alternatives to court

Thousands of Americans with disabilities will have housing assistance specifically targeted to meet their needs as part of President Obama’s Year of Community Living initiative. HHS and HUD collaborated to provide housing support for non-elderly persons with disabilities to live productive

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced plans to modernize the application process for FHA mortgage insurance, making the process easier for borrowers and faster for lenders. FHA will begin accepting electronic signatures on third party documents originated and signed outside of the

The American Bar Association (ABA), in collaboration with the National LGBT Bar Association, has released a new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Toolkit for Attorneys . This legal resource was produced as part of the ABA’s Legal Assistance and Education for LGBT Victims of Domestic

The Housing Alliance of PA and Regional Housing Legal Services are sponsoring a free webinar entitlted Mobile Homes and the American Dream: Protecting Residents' Rights in Manufactured Housing Communities on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Eastern.

Six presidential appointees to the Legal Services Corporation’s Board of Directors were sworn in to office this morning and at their inaugural Board meeting elected John G. Levi, a partner in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin, as Board chairman and Martha Minow, dean of the Harvard Law School, as

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the agency has released its Open Government plan. The plan, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/open , reflects the agency’s commitment to increase transparency, expand opportunities for citizen participation and collaboration