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March 10, 2010
The 2008-2009 Annual Report of Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) is now available from the program and on its website . Also available on the LASP website is a list of last year's individual and law firm donors and the volunteers who worked with LASP and its clients.
March 10, 2010
Editorial from the New York Times about the hiring of Laurence Tribe, the prominent Harvard Law School professor and constitutional scholar, by Attorney General Eric Holder to lead his campaign to look at ways indigent legal services can be improved.
March 10, 2010
Pennsylvania, along with 34 other states, has reached a $12 million settlement with LifeLock Inc, an Arizona-based company accused of making confusing or misleading statements in the advertisement and promotion of its identity theft protection services. The settlement includes an $11 million
March 10, 2010
Commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Jonathan M. Stein and Kristen Dama of Community Legal Services about changes taking place in adultBasic, a state health-insurance program run by Pennsylvania's four Blue Cross plans. AdultBasic, which provides bare-bones coverage for people who cannot
March 10, 2010
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions today approved the nominations of three White House appointees to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation. The three nominees are Sharon L. Browne , a principal attorney in the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Individual Rights
March 8, 2010
Article from timesleader.com on North Penn Legal Services' new annual campaign – the Luzerne County Campaign for Legal Aid.
March 8, 2010
Tax-filing season is in full swing and a free website, developed with funding from the Legal Services Corporation, permits low-income workers to apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The free electronic filing system, called I-CAN! E-File , was created by the Legal Aid Society of Orange
March 8, 2010
The Self-Represented Litigation Network is hosting a preconference day at the Equal Justice Conference in Phoenix on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. The agenda will include a report on the Library Initiative which involves efforts the Self-Represented Litigation Network has been

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