Registration is open for the 2015 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Conference which will take place October 1-2, 2015 at the Hilton Harrisburg Hotel . A preliminary Conference Sessions-at-a-Glance is now available on the PLAN website listing some of the many workshops that will be offered at the

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is offering a webinar training on its Your Money, Your Goals – a financial empowerment toolkit for legal aid organizations on Thursday September 10, 2015 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm. The modularized toolkit is designed for use by legal aid and pro bono staff to

​PLAN offers its condolences to the family and many friends of Yvette Long who passed away suddenly over the weekend. Yvette is a long-time member of the PLAN Board of Directors, as well as the Board of Directors of Community Legal Services and Philadelphia Legal Assistance. She was deeply committed

The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is offering a free webinar entitled Access to Affordable Housing for People with Criminal Records on Monday September 14, 2015 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm.

Regional Housing Legal Services has migrated to a new client request for services system that will allow easier submission for project directors. Unlike the previous system, organizations will be able to save a partial application. The system will also save organization’s information for one year

The Pennsylvania courts have launched a new Android version of PAeDocket – a free app that provides a quick and simple search of court cases or dockets. The Android version joins the iPhone and iPad versions of the app whiche were launced in May 2015. Finding public court information is easier than

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have released a new report closely examining how Uemployment Insurance rules fail to protect many claimants separated from work as a consequence of volatile scheduling. The new report, Out Of Sync: How

The July 2015 edition of the Health Law PA News , a free monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project has been published. This edition contains articles on the latest developments in Medicaid expansion and coverage, developments involving the Affordable Care Act and the latest on