UPDATE-DEADLINE EXTENSION: Thursday, August 15, 2013 The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) is currently seeking nominations for the 2013 Kutak-Dodds Prizes. NLADA presents the prestigious award annually at its Exemplar Dinner to honor the accomplishments of civil legal aid

The National Legal Resource Center will be presenting a webinar entitled, Resources, Training, and Technical Assistance to Help Older Clients Facing “High Impact” Legal Issues, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern. The Administration for Community Living’s National Legal

The May edition of the Health Law PA News, a free bi-monthly newsletter is now available from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please visit the PHLP website at www.phlp.org.

The Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission today announced the release of Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice Recidivism Report, the first such comprehensive study conducted regarding young offenders in the state. Recidivism, for the purposes of this study, is defined as a subsequent delinquency adjudication

The Social Security Board of Trustees has released its annual report on the long-term financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined assets of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds are projected to become depleted in 2033, unchanged from

The Internal Revenue Service today announced the opening of the 2014 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) grant application process. The LITC grant program is a federal program administered by the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate at the IRS, led by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson. The LITC

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have announced an extension of the Obama Administration’s Making Home Affordable Program through December 31, 2015. The Making Home Affordable Program has been a critical part of the Obama Administration’s

Watch Video of the Hearing Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille, along with other judges, low-income Pennsylvanians and the lawyers who help them, and community and business leaders testified at a Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Public Hearing, Civil Legal