This article in the National Law Journal discusses the grim financial forecast that struggling legal aid programs face as the new year opens and demand for legal services continues to increase. It highlights ongoing decreases in IOLTA funding, which generated $380 million nationally for legal aid

James J. Sandman, a former longtime Managing Partner at the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP and the current General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer for the District of Columbia Public Schools, has been selected as the next President of the Legal Services Corporation, Board Chairman John G. Levi

The Legal Services Corporation will operate at current funding levels through the beginning of next year under a continuing resolution approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 22.

Tax-filing season is in full swing and a free website, developed with funding from the Legal Services Corporation, permits low-income workers to apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The free electronic filing system, called I-CAN! E-File, was created by the Legal Aid Society of Orange