The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network will be presenting it 2011 Public Benefits Law Conference on November 28-30, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Harrisburg-Hershey in Harrisburg. The conference is being presented by the Public Benefits, Disability, Health and Utility & Energy Law Groups of the

The Department of Environmental Protection has announced emergency funding that will help flood-affected small businesses in 33 counties to make energy efficiency and pollution prevention improvements. Projects eligible for 50-percent reimbursement grants of up to $9,500 could include high

The National Senior Citizens Law Center will be presenting a webinar entitled, Improving the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program for Dual Eligibles , on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 2:00 pm -3:00 pm Eastern. The Qualified Medicare Benefit (QMB) was created to give low income people with

The National Legal Aid and Defender Association will award thirty scholarships for new attorneys to attend the NLADA Centennial Conference to be held at the Washington Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC on December 7-10, 2011. The scholarships will cover the cost of registration and hotel cost

Lawyers have a long tradition of providing pro bono services to Americans in need of legal assistance. For the third successive year, the American Bar Association is coordinating a national strategy to recognize pro bono work done by lawyers every day during its Celebrate Pro Bono Week, October 23

This article in the York Daily Record discusses the expungement of an eight-year old murder charge from the criminal record of a woman represented by MidPenn Legal Services, who represented her under its Barriers to Employment Project. The woman was charged and held for nine months without bail only

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced an innovative partnership that leverages the combined audience and expertise of officials from the U.S. Department of Labor, Facebook, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of

The Administration on Aging announced on October 13, 2011 that it will award nearly $200,000 to the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) to establish a new National Adult Protective Services Resource Center to serve as a knowledge base for the fight against elder abuse. States and