This article from Mother Jones describes the possible effects of the House Appropriations Committee proposal to cut $104 Million from legal aid. If the proposed cuts do take effect, the Legal Services Corporation estimates that 235,000 people eligible for help will be turned away.

Representatives of the federal judiciary are inviting civil legal aid attorneys to participate in a project to develop the Next Generation Case Management/Electronic Case Files system. Electronic filing and docket management have revolutionized the federal court system, and the judiciary is

Cynthia Schneider, Deputy Director of the Legal Services Corporation Office of Program Performance (OPP), is retiring. One of Ms. Schneider’s many duties as Deputy Director was to oversee the scheduling of OPP’s on-site program reviews and to work with staff preparing for the visits. OPP’s on-site

New Federal Legislation Prohibits Excluding the Unemployed from Job Opportunities, as More Disturbing Ads Surface Unemployed workers continue to be excluded from consideration for job openings, a new report from the National Employment Law Project shows. The report coincides with the introduction in

The Justice Department has announced that it has sued the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), the nation’s largest mortgage insurance company, and two of its underwriters, Elgina Cunningham and Kelly Kane, for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against women on paid

The economy netted just 18,000 jobs in June, with the private sector growth of 57,000 jobs offset by the loss of 39,000 jobs in the public sector, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on July 8. This is well below expectations and marks a second month of flat change, following the 200,000+

Funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) would be cut by 26 percent in Fiscal Year 2012 under a proposal announced by the House Appropriations Committee on July 6. The Committee bill proposes a $300 million budget for LSC—rolling back LSC funding to a level not seen since 1999. Basic field

In an effort to help prevent layoffs, make businesses more productive, and save taxpayers money, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) has introduced the Layoff Prevention Act of 2011 . This legislation would bolster state-based work sharing programs. Work sharing enables employers to reduce their workers’