Opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Spencer Rand, a clinical assistant professor at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, who, with his students, represents clients through the Temple Legal Aid Office, on the subsistence levels provided to the needy in Pennsylvania.

From Public News Service Press Play (►) for Audio Report Pennsylvania's largest school employee union is promoting a multi-pronged approach to education in order to better serve students, teachers and taxpayers. In a new report, " 20/20 Vision for the Future," the Pennsylvania State Education

The National Legal Aid and Defender Association and the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is currently seeking nominations for the 2010 Harrison Tweed Award. Named for an outstanding leader in the promotion of free legal services to the poor, the Harrison

The Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project will be holding two FREE 90-minute trainings on January 22, 2010 and January 29, 2010 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern. The workshops will provide step-by-step instructions about how to use GIS tools, including Google Earth, to map case

Story from readMedia, Inc. about the New York Bar Foundation's presentation of approximately $530,000 in cy pres funds to four organizations – Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, City-Wide Task Force on Housing Court and the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project – to create programs

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has adopted a set of rules for maintaining court operations in a pandemic, natural disaster or other public emergency. The emergency preparedness rules outline the respective responsibilities of the Supreme Court and president judges of the Common Pleas Courts and

Article from Law Technology News on LawHelp Interactive, a web-based document assembly program managed by New York-based Pro Bono Net, that helps pro se litigants, - as well as pro bono and legal aid attorneys seeking to help more people in less time - create complete, properly formatted legal

The National Association of Law Placement (NALP) is conducting a survey of public interest and government law offices to gather data on attorney salaries, benefits packages and loan repayment assistance programs. In past years, the data collected for this survey has shown that the average starting