The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has released the 2014 Notice of Funds Availability for LSC’s new $2.5 million Pro Bono Innovation Fund, and is currently seeking applications from LSC grantees to support the development of new and more robust pro bono efforts and partnerships that effectively

On April 8, 2014 the White House, in conjuction with the Legal Services Corporation, held its third White House Forum on Increasing Access to Justice in Wahsington, D.C. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Associate Attorney General Tony West, White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler and other leaders of

The Shriver Center will be holding a free Advocacy in Action webinar, entitled Alternatives to Guardianship: Preserving the Autonomy of Individuals with Intellectual and Mental Health Disabilities, on May 7, 2014, from 2:00-3:15 Eastern. Guardianship has long been the primary method of handling

Registration is now open for the 2014 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Conference. The conference will take place on May 20 -21, 2014 at the Hilton Harrisburg. The conference will feature many helpful workshops for legal services staff, board members and other friends of the legal services community

On April 15, 2014, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty will release a report entitled From Wrongs to Rights: The Case for Homeless Bills of Rights Legislation. A webinar discussing the report will also be conducted on April 15 from 2:00 pm -3:00 pm Eastern. The report, co-authored with

The March edition of the Health Law PA News, a free monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project has been published and is now available from the Project. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please see their website at www.phlp.org.

During his final year on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille is making his last formal plea to lawyers to support the Commonwealth's civil legal aid programs by providing pro bono service through direct representation and financial contributions. In a

The Federal Trade Commission has moved to close down a multi-million dollar telemarketing fraud that targeted U.S. seniors across the nation, scamming tens of thousands of consumers. In some instances, the telemarketers who carried out the fraud impersonated government and bank officials, and