Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania has joined with the Bucks County Courts system and the Bucks County Bar Association to launch a pilot program called The Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program .

Effective August 3, 2009, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania will move to the Pennsylvania Judicial Center. The Chief Clerk's Office address will change to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Judicial Center, 601 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 2100, P. O. Box 69185, Harrisburg, PA

Video and text of story on the work of volunteer attorneys in the Philadelphia Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program from the 6abc.com .

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued, " Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure: Notice of Responsibilities Placed on Immediate Successors in Interest Pursuant to Foreclosure of Residential Property ."

The May 2009 Health Law PA News is now available on the website of the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. The May edition contains the following articles:

The Philadelphia Bar Association , along with co-winner North Carolina Bar Association , will each receive a 2009 Harrison Tweed Award for achievement in preserving and increasing access to legal services for the poor. The award winning activities of each of these bar associations demonstrate the

Governor Edward G. Rendell has announced the launch of the "Get Help Now PA!" volunteer initiative to provide financial and legal help to the many Pennsylvanians who still face difficult situations while the economic recovery takes hold. The program is part of a nationwide effort initiated by

The House of Representative approved a Fiscal 2010 appropriations bill on June 18, 2009 that would provide the Legal Services Corporation with $440 million in funding, an increase of $50 million. Most of the funding—$414.4 million—would be distributed to 137 independent nonprofit legal aid programs