House and Senate negotiators have approved a consolidated appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2010 that includes $420 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to promote equal access to justice and to provide for civil legal assistance to low-income Americans. The bill also removes the

Personal Stories Illustrate Importance of Coverage for 1,300,000 Pennsylvanians As Congress debates health care reform, the Pennsylvania Health Law Project has issued UNINSURED PENNSYLVANIANS. This new report chronicles the personal struggles of eight Pennsylvanians who have little or no health

State Labor Commissioners Join in Calling on Congress to Swiftly Renew Unemployment & COBRA Benefits The National Employment Law Project (NELP), the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Half in Ten Campaign released a report detailing the severe economic and human costs by state if key

This training, entitled What a HotDocs Developer Should Know About Microsoft Word is free to the legal aid community as part of NTAP's Community Training Series and is presented through a partnership between LSNTAP and Pro Bono Net. The training will be held on December 9, 2009 from 2:00-3:30 pm.

The National Law Journal reports that the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center have announced improved loan forgiveness programs that will cover all law school loan debt for many of their graduates who go on to work in public interest law for at least

The Fall 2009 issue of Dialogue, the magazine of the American Bar Association Division for Legal Services, which presents news and topical information about the delivery of legal services to low and moderate income people, is now available on the ABA website. This issue features From the Chair

The Pennsylvania Utility Law Project’s 2009-2010 LIHEAP Advocates Manual is now available. There have been significant changes in LIHEAP this year. The updated manual should be of assistance to all advocates in representing clients. The manual may be found on-line from the Regional Housing Legal

With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the National Center for State Courts, the Center-hosted Self-Represented Litigation Network, in cooperation with the Legal Services Corporation, is presenting a two-day conference entitled A Training on Public Libraries and Access to Justice