Judge Chester Harhut, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Sam Milkes The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. (PLAN, Inc.) has elected the Honorable Chester Harhut of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas in Scranton, PA as its President. He succeeds prominent

Phase-Out of Federal Unemployment Insurance Will Leave More Workers Without Aid in June The economy added only 69,000 jobs in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report released on June 1. After a robust start to the year, May marks the third straight month of

A new training video, believed to be the first of its kind in the country, will assist guardians ad litem—attorneys who represent the specific legal needs of abused and neglected children in dependency courts. The video is another tool to help the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reach its goal of moving

The National Center for Victims of Crime, in conjunction with FACSA (Foundation to Abolish Child Sex Abuse), Justice 4 PA Kids, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, will be offering a free training seminar for criminal justice practitioners

The Management Information Exchange (MIE) is holding its 2012 National Fundraising Conference , The Importance and Power of Private Philanthropy , at the Hilton Back Bay Boston, 40 Dalton St., Boston, MA on July 12-13, 2012. It is the one opportunity each year for legal aid fundraisers to come

The Federal Reserve Board has announced the availability of a new video that explains how borrowers who believe they were financially harmed during the mortgage foreclosure process in 2009 and 2010 can apply for a free, independent foreclosure file review. Both English and Spanish versions of the

A Celebration of the Life and Work of Karen Detamore , former Executive Director of Friends of Farmworkers, Inc., will be held on Saturday June 16, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at The Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA. Karen Detamore, Executive Director of the Friends of Farmworkers from

The final regional conference of 2012 on Elder Justice: Protection and Advocacy will be held on June 15, 2012 at the Penn Stater Conference Center in State College. The regional conferences are sponsored by the SeniorLAW Center and the Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly