The National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC) is presenting a free webinar on issues confronting same sex couples in light of the Supreme Court's decision overturning the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on August 20, 2013 from 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Eastern.

The Local Human Rights Lawyering Project at the Washington College of Law of American University will be holding a webinar entitled Webinar on Human Rights & Immigrants' Rights for Legal Aid Attorneys , on Friday, August 23, 2013 from 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern. This online training is free to all

The June/July combined edition of the Health Law News and Senior Health News ,is now available from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, visit their website at www.phlp.org .

A record 16.9 million FBI criminal background checks were run for employment or licensing purposes in 2012, a six-fold increase since 9/11. But serious flaws in the FBI records are jeopardizing work opportunities for hundreds of thousands of job seekers every year, according to a new report from the

The National Employment Law Project commended Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Senator Susan Collins for introducing legislation to reauthorize the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program through 2020. TAA provides training and reemployment services to workers whose jobs losses are

In a show of bipartisan support for federally funded civil legal services, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved $430 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in FY 2014. This amount represents a $90 million increase over LSC’s current funding level, and is consistent with the White

The Pennsylvania Judiciary is launching a new system across the Commonwealth to track problem-solving court case results that are rehabilitating individuals, making communities safer and saving taxpayer dollars. Problem-solving courts present an alternative to incarceration by placing eligible

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) will be holding the 14th Annual Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) Conference in Jacksonville, FL, January 15-17, 2014 and is currently seeking session proposals for the conference. LSC’s TIG Conference is the only national event focused exclusively on the use of