The 2013 Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Conference, entitled Spring Into Pro Bono Action , will be held via simulcast around the state on May 14, 2013. Earn six continuing legal education credits during the statewide pro bono conference and CLE program, which is sponsored by the PBA Legal

Applications are currently being accepted for Pennsylvania Bar Association members interested in being part of the Bar Leadership Institute program for the 2013-14 bar year. The Bar Leadership Institute is designed to provide emerging leaders, representing a broad crosssection of the diversity of

Low-income Pennsylvanians and the lawyers who help them will testify along with community and business leaders and judges at a Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Public Hearing, Civil Legal Representation of the Indigent: Have We Achieved Equal Access to Justice? on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 9:30

New guidance released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice reinforces the Fair Housing Act requirement that multifamily housing be designed and constructed so as to be accessible to persons with disabilities. The Fair Housing Act prohibits

Governor Tom Corbett has nominated Beverly D. Mackereth as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Mackereth has been serving as Acting Secretary since February. She will oversee the Department of Public Welfare, which employs approximately 16,000 workers and has a budget of more

Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr., and other senior administration figures, chief justices of several states, and leaders of the legal profession from across the country gathered at the White House on April 16, 2013 for a program entitled A White House Forum on

On April 17, 2013 the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued a decision in the case of Ferko-Fox v. Fox , finding that the issuance of a temporary protective order based solely on an in camera review of allegations in a Protection From Abuse (PFA) petition was unconstitutional. The Superior Court

The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law has released its annual Poverty Scorecard for the year 2012 . The Poverty Scorecard grades every Member of Congress on his or her voting record in fighting poverty. This marks the sixth year that the Shriver Center has published its Poverty