On Monday, October 21, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille participated in a forum with court leaders in neighboring states to talk about how their respective courts are dealing with the gap between the need for legal services and the ability to meet such needs in the civil justice

Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will join jurists from West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania at a forum in Pittsburgh hosted by the national Legal Services Corporation (LSC) on Monday, October 21, in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Courtroom, 801 City-County

​Employees of government contractors who have been furloughed as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown are legally entitled to apply for and receive unemployment insurance, the National Employment Law Project emphasized in a press release on October 10. The federal contract workers

The Pennsylvania Health Law Project is conducting free webinar trainings to educate advocates, providers, and other professionals who work with dual eligibles and other low-income Medicare beneficiaries about upcoming changes to Medicare in 2014. The webinars will be held on Tuesday, October 29

UPDATE: The Federal Judiciary will remain open for business through October 17, 2013 . The United States Courts announced, following a government shutdown on October 1, 2013, the Federal Judiciary would remain open for business for approximately 10 business days. The Judiciary has severely

The National Employment Law Project will be presenting a free webinar entitled Collecting Unpaid Wages on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 1:00 pm Eastern. Workers who have obtained a legal judgment in their favor for unpaid wages and penalties often face another obstacle -- collecting the money due to

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced awards totaling approximately $176.4 million to 40 state workforce agencies for Unemployment Insurance program integrity, performance and system improvement projects. Pennsylvania was among the states receiving awards to support program integrity. The grant

​ The Sargent Shiver National Center on Poverty Law will be holding a webinar entitled, Encouraging Savings: How Hawaii and Illinois Eliminated their TANF Asset Tests , on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern. The webinar will feature advocates from Hawaii and Illinois who led