Article from The Hill's Congress Blog advocating for Congress to reauthorize and revitilize the Legal Services Corporation by authorizing a federal funding level of $750 million (as compared to the current level of just $420 million) while eliminating several outdated federal restrictions that

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the number of disability hearings pending stands at 697,437 cases -- the lowest level since June 2005 and down more than 71,000 cases since December 2008, when the trend of month-by-month reductions began. In addition, the

Now is the time to nominate deserving champions of justice for the 23rd Annual Pro Bono Awards of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Legal Services to the Public Committee. The committee also is accepting nominations for its 6th Annual Judges Award and the Civil Legal Aid Attorney of the Year Award

Article from the Philadelphia Inquirer quoting Sharon Dietrich of Community Legal Services on the announcement that Pennsylvania's state government will use hundreds of millions of federal stimulus dollars to provide government-subsidized jobs to up to 20,000 adults and young people.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in partnership with the Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network, today announced the launch of PreventLoanScams.org. The Network developed PreventLoanScams.org to provide homeowners with a single destination to report alleged scammers

The Legal Services Corporation published an Interim Final Rule and Request for Comments in the Federal Register on February 11 to repeal the Corporation’s regulation that prohibits LSC grantees from claiming, collecting and retaining attorneys’ fees.

Requests by low-income Americans for help with foreclosure and unemployment problems are increasing, officials at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) said at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on LSC’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2011.

The Department of Defense has announced that its National Resource Directory (NRD) Web site for wounded, ill and injured service members, veterans, their families and those who support them, recently received a comprehensive system upgrade to provide users with easier access. This Web site is a