The Legal Services Corporation has awarded $3.5 million in technology grants to LSC-funded programs, including a grant to develop a national website for veterans, military personnel and families who seek help for their civil legal problems, LSC President Helaine M. Barnett announced on November 10.

On September 5, 2009, the Senate approved $400 million for the Fiscal Year 2010 budget of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), an increase of $10 million. Most of the funding -- $374.6 million -- would be distributed as grants to 137 independent, nonprofit legal aid programs that deliver civil

LSC Updates reports that the Legal Services Corporation will continue to operate at its Fiscal 2009 funding level of $390 million through Dec. 18, pursuant to the continuing appropriations resolution passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on Oct. 30. The resolution keeps most

The October 2009 edition of Senior Health News, a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is now available on PALawHELP.org.

The National Employment Law Project reports that after weeks of delay, on November 4, 2009 the Senate voted 98-0 to extend jobless benefits by 14 weeks for every state and an additional 6 weeks, for a total of 20 weeks, in high-unemployment states where the jobless rate exceeds 8.5%. The strong bi

From: Public News Service Press Play (►) for Audio Report Times are tough all over the country, but a new report shows that Pennsylvanians are losing their employer-provided health insurance faster than people who live in many other states. The report comes from the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy

The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has chosen Community Legal Services' Executive Director, Catherine C. Carr, as the 2009 recipient of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award. Created in remembrance of Louis D. Apothaker, a renowned Philadelphia attorney and past President of the Foundation, the award

The Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility has addressed the issue of a lawyer’s responsibilities regarding metadata in Formal Opinion 2009-100, Ethical Obligations on the Transmission and Receipt of Metadata.