Community Legal Services of Phialdelphia has announced that eight former Commissioners of the Social Security Administration (SSA) have joined The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), in responding to a series recently aired on This American Life, All Things Considered, and National

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan has allocated more than $47 million throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to help local communities to recover from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in the summer of 2011. These grants, part of $514 million allocated among

Nominations for the 2013 Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Awards , presented by the PBA Legal Service to the Public Committee, are due to the Pro Bono Office by April 12, 2013. ​Nominations are sought for Pro Bono Awards from around the state, as well as for the Judges Award and the Civil Legal

The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) honored the ten recipients of the 2013 Excellence Awards at its annual awards banquet on Wednesday evening, March 20, 2013 at the Harrisburg Hilton. Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Yvette R. Long , a disability and

The American Bar Association’s Access to Justice Commission Expansion Project has announced the award of five grants to promote the creation of new Access to Justice Commissions in states where they do not exist. The grants were made possible by funding from the Public Welfare Foundation and the

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 20, 2013 --- The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) will honor ten recipients of the 2013 Excellence Awards at its annual awards banquet on Wednesday evening, March 20, 2013 at the Harrisburg Hilton. Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and

​MidPenn Legal Services will be holding a symposium on Domestic Violence entitled Strengthening Systems to Protect Survivors on April 12, 2013 at the Shippensburg University Conference Center, 500 Newburg Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257.

Attorney General Eric Holder has announced $1.8 million in new resources to improve access to criminal legal services and strengthen indigent defense across the nation. In remarks during the “50 Years Later: The Legacy of Gideon v. Wainwright” event hosted by the Department of Justice, the Attorney