National Headlines from LSC

President Obama announced on Dec. 17 the names of three more people that he intends to nominate to LSC's Board of Directors.

Tax-filing season is in full swing and a free website, developed with funding from the Legal Services Corporation, permits low-income workers to apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

The Legal Services Corporation and the Justice Department are partners in "our country's ongoing pursuit of justice," Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., said today in a keynote address at LSC's Black History Month celebration.

New York University School of Law and the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) are pleased to announce the selection of Renee Hatcher as the first Helaine Barnett Summer Fellow at the Corporation's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Back Wages Secured for Workers in Overtime Case

Equal Justice Works, a nonprofit organization that encourages law school graduates to seek public interest legal careers, is hosting two free webinars in its Student Debt Relief series on March 9 and March 31.

The deadline to participate in the National Association for Law Placement's (NALP) 2010 Public Sector and Public Interest Salary Survey has been extended to March 19.

The Milwaukee-based Legal Action of Wisconsin announced on March 2 that it had received a $10,000 donation from the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP.

A recent article in Ohio's Vindicator newspaper tells the story of a woman struggling to save her house from foreclosure and her attorney, Jeff Lilly of Akron-based Community Legal Aid, who is struggling to secure a loan modification on her behalf.

New York University School of Law and the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) are pleased to announce the selection of Renee Hatcher as the first Helaine Barnett Summer Fellow at the Corporation's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The Legal Services Corporation and the Justice Department are partners in "our country's ongoing pursuit of justice," Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., said March 2 in a keynote address at LSC's Black History Month celebration.

Legal Aid Saves Home for Elderly Victim of Credit Card Fraud

Billy Ray, 59, needed a divorce, but he had no money for a lawyer and he can't read or write. Nevertheless, the attorney who represented him was from one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in Tarrant County: Cantey Hanger.

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida is representing an elderly couple, the Cooks, who are facing eviction from their mobile home over their dog, Lucy, a chihuahua and Boston Terrier mix the couple adopted on the advice of three doctors, who said a pet could help with Ms. Cook's depression and Alzheimer's.

Legal Aid of West Virginia and a local network of family health centers have launched a medical-legal partnership aimed at helping low-income West Virginians overcome legal problems that contribute to poor health.

A February 19 article in the New York Times highlights new research on the toll evictions take on residents of poor, inner-city neighborhoods.

A web-based program to help low-income Americans prepare legal documents has a new name-LawHelp Interactive-and improved software to allow easier creation of court forms and legal documents.

LSC published an interim final rule and request for comments (PDF icon 50k) in the Federal Register on February 11 to repeal the Corporation's regulation that prohibits LSC grantees from claiming, collecting and retaining attorneys' fees.

Requests by low-income Americans for help with foreclosure and unemployment problems are increasing, officials at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) said at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing today on LSC's budget request for Fiscal Year 2011.