The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry has established www.JobGateway.pa.gov as the job-matching web site where UC claimants will go to register for work search. Work search is a requirement of receiving UC benefits and a recently approved a regulation requires claimants to register on

The National Consumer Law Center and the National Senior Citizens Law Center are presenting a webinar entitled, "Fugitive Felons": Clark v. Astrue Implementation for SSI & Social Security and Similar Provisions in Other Benefit Programs , on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. The

The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law , the ACLU , Community Legal Services of Philadelphia , and the Illinois Asset Building Group will cosponsor a webinar exploring criminal defendant/prisoner debt in the U.S. and its effects on reentry and asset building opportunities. The webinar

Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille said today that rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2012 are again paying big dividends in helping provide legal services for low income Pennsylvanians. A civil procedure rule that took effect July 1, 2012, directed how money left

The Practising Law Institute is offering a free webcast of a presentation being offered live in San Francisco entitled Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013 on September 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm Eastern. This program is designed for for attorneys, paralegals and legal assistants.

The statewide Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) is launching its fourth year of helping lawyers employed in IOLTA-funded civil legal services organizations better manage their college and law school debts with expanded financial eligibility criteria. LRAP loans are available to repay loans

The August edition of the Senior Health News , a free bi-monthly newsletter published by the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is now available. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, visit their website at www.phlp.org .

Ruling Provides Certainty, Benefits and Protections Under Federal Tax Law for Same-Sex Married Couples The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have ruled that same-sex couples, legally married in jurisdictions that recognize their marriages, will be treated as