The Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps JD program is currently accepting applictions from eligible law students for its Summer Start term. Applications for the Summer Start term must be submitted by June 1, 2015 with a start date between May 1 and June 30. The Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps JD program

The Internal Revenue Service has announced the opening of the 2016 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) grant application process. The LITC program is a federal grant program administered by the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate at the IRS, led by the National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina E. Olson. The LITC

Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor has asked lawyers to support the Commonwealth’s civil legal aid programs by providing pro bono service through direct representation and financial contributions. In a letter to Pennsylvania’s approximately 70,000 registered lawyers , the chief justice also thanked

The March 2015 edition of the Health Law PA News , a free monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, has been published by PHLP.

Governor Tom Wolf has announced that Pennsylvanians struggling to pay home heating bills will now have until May 1 to apply for financial help through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The federally-funded program was slated to end April 3, but the Wolf Administration decided

he Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Housing Law Group is presenting its 2015 PA Legal Aid Network Housing Law Group Training on Tuesday, April 14th from 9:00 AM to 4:15 PM at the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, 211 North Front Street, Harrisburg PA 17101. Check-in and continental breakfast begin

The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) honored the recipients of the 2015 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards on March 23, 2015 at the annual awards dinner held at the Hilton Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Debra McCloskey Todd served as the keynote speaker for the

A pilot program that links lawyers who want to volunteer their services with clients unable to afford legal help in the appellate courts has been created by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The program provides a centralized clearinghouse of lawyers willing to participate and creates a