The Shriver Center will be holding a free Advocacy in Action webinar, entitled Alternatives to Guardianship: Preserving the Autonomy of Individuals with Intellectual and Mental Health Disabilities, on May 7, 2014, from 2:00-3:15 Eastern. Guardianship has long been the primary method of handling

Registration is now open for the 2014 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Conference. The conference will take place on May 20 -21, 2014 at the Hilton Harrisburg. The conference will feature many helpful workshops for legal services staff, board members and other friends of the legal services community

On April 15, 2014, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty will release a report entitled From Wrongs to Rights: The Case for Homeless Bills of Rights Legislation. A webinar discussing the report will also be conducted on April 15 from 2:00 pm -3:00 pm Eastern. The report, co-authored with

The March edition of the Health Law PA News, a free monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project has been published and is now available from the Project. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please see their website at www.phlp.org.

During his final year on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille is making his last formal plea to lawyers to support the Commonwealth's civil legal aid programs by providing pro bono service through direct representation and financial contributions. In a

Specialized Unit Will Identify Trends to Prevent Fraud Nationwide Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, has announced the establishment of a centralized fraud prevention unit in New York City to identify potential fraud and detect fraud trends that can be applied to disability

The Federal Trade Commission has moved to close down a multi-million dollar telemarketing fraud that targeted U.S. seniors across the nation, scamming tens of thousands of consumers. In some instances, the telemarketers who carried out the fraud impersonated government and bank officials, and

On March 26, 2014 the United States Senate confirmed President Obama's nomination of PLAN Board Member Gerald A. HcHugh, Jr. as a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. McHugh is currently a partner at Raynes McCarty in Philadelphia where he focuses his practice