The Statewide Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), administered by the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation (PBF) and the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts Board (IOLTA), is ready for its third year of providing assistance to legal aid attorneys. Qualifying legal aid attorneys have until

Lynn A. Jennings has joined the staff of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) as vice president for grants management. Jennings will oversee LSC’s day-to-day programmatic operations, competitive grant process, and assessment and oversight of grantees. Prior to joining LSC, Jennings was the principal

In conjunction with a national initiative to promote Lifeline telephone discount program awareness, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) joined United Way of Capital Region Program Partner, YWCA, other state agencies and industry representatives to help residents “stay connected” at an

The August edition of the Senior Health News, a free bi-monthly newsletter, is now available from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please see their website at www.phlp.org.

Poverty in the U.S. remained high in 2011, the Census Bureau reported on September 12, as household incomes stagnated and median earnings for full-time workers fell. The number of Americans kept out of poverty by unemployment insurance also declined, due to a drop in the number of people accessing

More than six million long-term unemployed have already reached the end of their jobless benefits. Unless Congress acts before the end of the year, two million more jobless face an immediatecut-off from the only remaining federal unemployment insurance program at the end of December It's a crisis of

With rising numbers of Americans facing legal problems unassisted, Pro Bono Net will offer four national training webinars this fall for librarians, with the goal of increasing awareness about free, online resources for people with legal needs. The trainings will show librarians how to use these

The American Bar Association is in the process of revising the ABA Standards for Programs Providing Civil Pro Bono Legal Services to Persons of Limited Means and will be holding a series of web discussions will inform how the Standards will be reformulated. The Standards offer an outline of the