Helaine M. Barnett, the longest-serving president in the history of the Legal Services Corporation, announced at a meeting of the Corporation’s Board of Directors on November 30 that she would step down as LSC’s chief executive at the end of 2009, completing six years in office and in accordance

The Monroe County Bar Association will be presenting its First Annual Pro Bono Conference on January 12, 2010 at the Pocono Inne Town in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The MCBA Pro Bono Conference is free to those attorneys who agree to accept two pro bono cases during the year 2010. The referrals for

LSC Board Halts Enforcement of Attorneys’ Fees Rule President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 ( H.R. 3288 ) into law on December 16. The bill provides a $30 million increase to the Legal Services Corporation for Fiscal Year 2010.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) will receive a $30 million increase in funding for Fiscal Year 2010 as part of a consolidated appropriations bill that has been approved by the Senate and the House. Under the bill, LSC receives an appropriation of $420 million. Of that total, $394.4 million will

The PA IOLTA Board is conducting its grant process to award about $50,000 of grants primarily to help stimulate and facilitate organized pro bono efforts in counties where none currently exist. To the extent that funds are available, grants may also be awarded to counties with existing organized pro

From: Public News Service Press Play (►) for Audio Report E-mail, texting, Facebook: cell phones, instant messages, and online social networking sites have transformed the way we communicate, making it easier for all of us to stay connected, but also creating a whole new set of problems for kids in

ABC News Nightline story (Video) on Courtroom 676 in Philadelphia, home to the the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program , a court program that brings homeowners, lenders, housing counselors and volunteer attorneys together to work out deals that lower monthly payments for borrowers

Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) Staff Attorney Bob Damewood and Ronell Guy of the Northside Coalition for Fair Housingand, and a RHLS Board Member, were presented with the Advocacy Award by the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania at it's 2009 Homes within Reach Conference Awards Luncheon on