Workshop Materials from the 2009 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Conference, held September 22-23, 2009 in Harrisburg, are now available in the PLAN Brief and Information Bank. View the Conference Materials>>

Editorial from the New York Times encouraging Congress to make sure that the Legal Services Corporation is well financed, and to lift the restrictions currently in place on representation so lawyers can fully represent their clients.

The Pennsylvania Bar Association Legal Services to the Public Committee has presented its fifth annual Judge's Award to Judge Alan D. Hertzberg of the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas. The award recognizes a Pennsylvania jurist who has made exceptional contributions to the improvement of civil legal

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding more than $118 million in grants to 46 local projects to conduct a wide range of activities that include eliminating lead hazards in more than 9,000 homes; training workers in lead safety methods; increasing public awareness about

Huffington Post article by Arianna Huffington spotlighting a new Brennan Center report outlining how the nation's massive foreclosure crisis is also, at its heart, a legal crisis -- with the vast majority of homeowners facing foreclosure doing so without legal counsel.

The Brennan Center for Justice has released a new study entitled, Foreclosures: A Crisis in Legal Representation. The report outlines how the nation's massive foreclosure crisis is also, at its heart, a legal crisis. Many homeowners are losing their homes because they lack the ability to navigate

USA Today article discussing how the nation's foreclosure crisis has swamped lawyers for the poor, leaving thousands of low-income homeowners across the country without legal assistance that could save their homes.