Productivity and Processing Times Also Improve Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security has announced that for the first time since 1999, the agency has ended the year with fewer disability hearings pending than in the prior year. Social Security ended fiscal year (FY) 2009 with 722,822

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has launched the CLASP DataFinder tool to complement its research, analyses and advocacy. This easy-to-use tool allows policymakers, advocates and others to download and synthesize information about various programs and trends that affect low-income

The National Employment Law Project reports that Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Finance Committee, has introduced legislation that provides additional weeks of federal jobless benefits to workers in every state.

Community Legal Services attorney Sam Brooks responds to New York Times editorial on misconceptions of Medicare coverage under health care reform.

Legal Aid Programs Turn Away One Person for Every Client Served Nearly a million poor people who seek help for civil legal problems, such as foreclosures and domestic violence, will be turned away this year by the nation's largest nonprofit legal aid network because of insufficient resources, the

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association invite you to submit a training proposal for the 2010 Equal Justice Conference. This conference is designed to bring together all components of the legal community

The Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) elected Michael D. McKay, a member of the Board since 2003, as vice chairman on September 21. Mr. McKay, who chairs the Finance Committee of the LSC Board, is a founding partner of McKay Chadwell, PLLC, in Seattle. From 1989 to 1993, he

The West Education Center and the ABA Section on Taxation are offering a free webinar entitled, Helping Charities via Pro Bono: How to "Do It" Without Harm, on October 26, 2009 at 1pm ET. This program is presented as part of the 2009 National Pro Bono Celebration.