Six presidential appointees to the Legal Services Corporation’s Board of Directors were sworn in to office this morning and at their inaugural Board meeting elected John G. Levi, a partner in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin, as Board chairman and Martha Minow, dean of the Harvard Law School, as

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the agency has released its Open Government plan. The plan, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/open , reflects the agency’s commitment to increase transparency, expand opportunities for citizen participation and collaboration

The American Bar Association (ABA), in collaboration with the National LGBT Bar Association, has released a new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Toolkit for Attorneys . This legal resource was produced as part of the ABA’s Legal Assistance and Education for LGBT Victims of Domestic

There is still time to nominate deserving champions of justice for the 23rd Annual Pro Bono Awards , the 6th Annual Judges Award and the Civil Legal Aid Attorney of the Year Award presented by of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Legal Services to the Public Committee. The deadline for nominations is

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has approved regulations governing the appointment and use of court interpreters to assist persons with limited English skills or who are deaf or hearing-impaired during court proceedings. The regulations are designed to complement the Interpreter Certification

Despite a delay in Congress, Pennsylvanians receiving emergency unemployment compensation benefits should continue to file their bi-weekly claims, Labor & Industry Secretary Sandi Vito said on April 1. Although the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation, or EUC, program begins to phase out

Attorney General Tom Corbett urged Pennsylvania residents to be watchful for telephone calls, text messages or emails - supposedly from banks or credit card companies - asking consumers to provide their debit card or credit card account information. "These bogus 'security alerts' typically warn that

Governor Edward G. Rendell has nominated the Hon. Robert A. Freedberg of Easton to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. If confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate, Judge Freedberg would serve the remainder of former Superior Court Judge Joan Orie Melvin’s unexpired term, which ends in