The 2009 Equal Justice Works Annual Career Fair & Conference is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25 at The Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC. Employer Registration is now open. Student, deferred associate and law school professional registration opens Aug. 31.

The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence has announced the launch of the first-ever National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory , a comprehensive national database of programs providing pro bono legal services to victims of domestic violence and made public online at www

Regional Housing Legal Services has produced a new brochure entitled, Avoiding Foreclosure: How to Reduce the Risk of Losing Your Home, explaining the operation of the the Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP) Help Center.

The Penn Law School and the AALS Committee on Lawyering in the Public Interest, Bellow Scholars Group are sponsoring a workshop entitled, Introduction to Empirical Research for Clinicians and Public Interest Lawyers, on October 2-3, 2009 at the Penn Law School in Philadelphia.

The Social Security Administration has issued a notice about a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit challenging SSA's policy denying payment of benefits on the basis of an outstanding felony arrest warrant.

President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate the following five nominees to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC): Robert J. Grey, Hunton & Williams, Virginia John G. Levi, Sidley Austin, Illinois Martha L. Minow, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts Julie A

In Pennsylvania and around the nation, recent town hall meetings held by elected officials to discuss health care reform have turned into free-for-alls, with politicians and proponents being shouted down by those who say government has no role in the matter. Why is it happening and who's responsible

New FHA guidelines projected to help thousands avoid foreclosure per year U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has announced the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has implemented changes to its loan modification program to ensure consistency with the Obama