Story from readMedia, Inc. about the New York Bar Foundation's presentation of approximately $530,000 in cy pres funds to four organizations – Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, City-Wide Task Force on Housing Court and the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project – to create programs

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has adopted a set of rules for maintaining court operations in a pandemic, natural disaster or other public emergency. The emergency preparedness rules outline the respective responsibilities of the Supreme Court and president judges of the Common Pleas Courts and

Article from Law Technology News on LawHelp Interactive , a web-based document assembly program managed by New York-based Pro Bono Net, that helps pro se litigants, - as well as pro bono and legal aid attorneys seeking to help more people in less time - create complete, properly formatted legal

The National Association of Law Placement (NALP) is conducting a survey of public interest and government law offices to gather data on attorney salaries, benefits packages and loan repayment assistance programs. In past years, the data collected for this survey has shown that the average starting

The Justice Gap. Quality Initiative. Increased Funding. These are among the projects and themes discussed in Reflections on My Six Years as President of the Legal Services Corporation , by Helaine M. Barnett, who stepped down as LSC president at the end of 2009 and is the longest serving president

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, and Chubby Checker, Grammy Award winner and rock and roll legend, have launched a new campaign to inform millions of Americans about a new “twist” in the law that makes it easier to qualify for extra help with Medicare prescription drug costs.

Patricia D. Batie has been appointed Acting Corporate Secretary of the Legal Services Corporation. In this capacity she will be primarily responsible for supporting the activities of LSC’s Board of Directors.

Article from The Daily Item , Sunbury, PA, discussing assistance provided to Susquehanna University’s Neysa C. Adams Pro Se Assistance and Mediation Clinic by the Sunbury office of North Penn Legal Services.