Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. is seeking nominations for its 2010 Excellence Awards. The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards honor members and friends of the legal aid community who exemplify excellence in their commitment and accomplishments as advocates for low-income people.

As the weather forecast continues to tease at winter weather, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) urges consumers without electric and natural gas service to respond to outreach efforts by their utility that could lead to having service restored.

Video recordings of the workshops from Consumer/Housing (Mortgage Foreclosure) Track of the recent Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Conference are now available on the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. website at www.PaLegalAid.net . The video of the workshops can be accessed on the Housing

The Pennsylvania Health Law Project will be presenting a program entitled, Medicare 2010: More Changes Ahead at a number of locations in Southwestern and Southeastern Pennsylvania during November.

Penn State University, The Dickinson School of Law, is offering a free CLE program entitled, Lifting The Fog On Health Care Reform: Policy and Transactions , on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 • 5:15 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. ET. The presentation will be available at both 118 Katz Building in University Park and

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and six other members of Congress introduced a bill on Oct. 8 to reauthorize the Legal Services Corporation. The bill, the Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 ( H.R. 3764 ), is the companion to the reauthorization bill ( S. 718 ) Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) introduced in March

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions approved the nominations of five Presidential appointees to LSC’s Board of Directors on Oct. 21. The committee is led by Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ranking Member Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.). The nominees include Robert J. Grey, Jr

Article from the Los Angeles Times about a new California law establishing a right to counsel in key civil cases, such as those dealing with people fighting eviction, loss of child custody, domestic abuse or neglect of the elderly or disabled.