The 2015 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Public Benefits Conference will be held on April 23-24, 2015 at the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, 211 North Front Street, 1st Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101. Registration is free to staff and client board members of the following PA Legal Aid Network (PLAN

The February 2015 edition of the Health Law PA News has been published by the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. This edition spotlights changes in the medical assistance program in Pennsyvania that will be implemented by the newly installed administration of Governor Tom Wolf. For prior editions of

Attorney Carrie M. Bowmaster says is glad to be working in York for many reasons. First and foremost, she will get to help a lot of people in need. “My chief goal in going to law school 24 years ago was to help people. I’ve gone back and forth between private practice and legal aid. Helping people

​The Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project will be holding a free webinar training on Microsoft Outlook on March 4, 2015, from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern. The training will be presented by by Sandy Rylander of Rylander Consulting.

The MidPenn Low-Income Tax Clinic (LITC) will provide free representation for low-income taxpayers who need legal assistance to resolve disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. Attorney Robert B. Hamilton has joined the Cumberland County MidPenn Legal Services Office to do this work. MidPenn

The Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) will be presenting a program entitled Opening the Courthouse Doors to Limited English Proficient Individuals: Language Access in PA Courts and Administrative Agencies on March 16, 2015 from 12:00 pm - 4:15 pm Eastern. The program will be presented in-person at

Applications are now being accepted for the Herbert S. Garten Loan Repayment Assistance Program which is administered by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). The Herbert S. Garten Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) was established in 2005 and is funded by a Congressional appropriation. Under

Governor Tom Wolf has announced Pennsylvania’s transition to a simple traditional Medicaid expansion plan. “Today is the first step toward simplifying a complicated process and ensuring hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians have greater access to the health insurance they need,” said Governor Wolf