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

The Internal Revenue Service has announced another expansion of its "Fresh Start" initiative by offering more flexible terms to its Offer in Compromise (OIC) program that will enable some of the most financially distressed taxpayers to clear up their tax problems and in many cases more quickly than

The National Housing Law Project, in conjunction with the Practising Law Institute (PLI), will be presenting a full-day subsidized housing training on June 28, 2012 in San Francisco. The program will be simultaneously be availlable by webcast for attendees not in the San Francisco area. It is

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. will be holding a mortgage foreclosure training, entitled Avoiding Foreclosure Update 2012 , on June 12, 2012 at the Hilton Harrisburg Hotel, One North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA. This training is offered to legal services staff and housing counselors at no

The Pennsylvania Bar Association's Legal Services to the Public Committee, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBJ), is presenting its 2012 Pro Bono Conference, Making a Difference: How to do pro bono without it taking over your life (and practice) on May 21, 2012 at the PBI

Long-term unemployed workers in a growing list of states are being abruptly cut from federal unemployment insurance, a new analysis from the National Employment Law Project shows. Due to reductions Congress enacted earlier this year, more than 400,000 workers in 27 states will have lost between 13

New rules announced by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania clear the way for money left over from class-action lawsuits to help provide legal services for low-income Pennsylvanians. The new civil procedure rules take effect July 1, directing how money left over from lawsuits after the plaintiffs

The U.S. House of Representatives approved funding legislation on May 10, 2012 that provides $328 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in Fiscal Year 2013, after turning back two amendments that would have further cut or eliminated funding for the Corporation. LSC funding was