The National Employment Law Project reports that Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Finance Committee, has introduced legislation that provides additional weeks of federal jobless benefits to workers in every state.

Community Legal Services attorney Sam Brooks responds to New York Times editorial on misconceptions of Medicare coverage under health care reform.

Legal Aid Programs Turn Away One Person for Every Client Served Nearly a million poor people who seek help for civil legal problems, such as foreclosures and domestic violence, will be turned away this year by the nation's largest nonprofit legal aid network because of insufficient resources, the

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association invite you to submit a training proposal for the 2010 Equal Justice Conference. This conference is designed to bring together all components of the legal community

The Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) elected Michael D. McKay, a member of the Board since 2003, as vice chairman on September 21. Mr. McKay, who chairs the Finance Committee of the LSC Board, is a founding partner of McKay Chadwell, PLLC, in Seattle. From 1989 to 1993, he

The West Education Center and the ABA Section on Taxation are offering a free webinar entitled, Helping Charities via Pro Bono: How to "Do It" Without Harm, on October 26, 2009 at 1pm ET. This program is presented as part of the 2009 National Pro Bono Celebration.

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. will receive $585,287 to provide legal services statewide to help people avoid the loss of their rental home and to help secure housing for households that may already be homeless as part of a $22 million package announced by Governor Edward Rendell .

Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is the new chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the Senate panel responsible for conducting oversight of the Legal Services Corporation. He replaces Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), who died last month. Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)