The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) reports that the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) voted unanimously to eliminate the regulatory restriction on LSC grantees claiming, collecting and retaining attorneys' fees during its meeting on Saturday, January 30

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that 15 healthcare providers and networks have received $17.4 million in contract awards to provide electronic medical records to the agency. These electronic medical records, which will be sent through the Nationwide Health

The New Year marked the official launch of a new design, name and logo for Pro Bono Net’s online document assembly initiative. The service, formerly known as NPADO, has been rebranded as LawHelp Interactive . As part of the larger redesign of the document assembly system interface, a new LawHelp

From Public News Service Press Play (►) for Audio Report Pennsylvania Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey have been vocal supporters of a public option in any health care reform plan, and now that idea is back on the table. Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jared Polis (D-Colorado) have suggested to

Article from The Daily Item , Sunbury, PA, about the closing of the Neyse Adams Pro Se Clinic at Susquahanna University despite the support offered by Pete Macky, of North Penn Legal Services, since late December.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has asked Congress to provide $516.5 million in Fiscal Year 2011 funding, with more than 95 percent of the budget request going to fund 136 nonprofit legal aid programs across the nation that provide civil legal assistance to the nation's poor.

During his State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama once again reiterated his commitment to revamping this nation's broken immigration and health care systems. Below is a statement from Tyler Moran , policy director of the National Immigration Law Center:

Recognizing the challenges many older Americans are facing in today's economic climate, HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee, on behalf of the Administration on Aging, has launched a new Web site for the National Legal Resource Center (NLRC).