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May 21, 2021

VA Secretary Denis McDonough and Senator Van Hollen Join LSC for Release of Veterans Task Force Report

VA Secretary Denis McDonough and Senator Van Hollen joined LSC for the release of Veterans Task Force report.

May 18, 2021

Legal Aid Attorneys Who Face Crushing Student Debt Benefit from LSC’s Loan Forgiveness Assistance Program

LSC is providing legal aid attorneys up to $8,000 per year in loan repayment assistance, the highest amount LSC has ever allocated in its Herbert S. Garten Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP).

May 07, 2021

Legal Services Corporation Releases Strategic Plan Focused on Improving Access to Justice

LSC released its 2021 – 2024 Strategic Plan outlining the goals and initiatives guiding its efforts over the next four years.

May 03, 2021

Law Day 2021: Message from John G. Levi, Chairman, Legal Services Corporation

April 22, 2021

Members of Congress Join Leaders from Legal and Business Communities for Forum on Access-to-Justice Challenges

Members of Congress and leaders of the legal and business communities joined LSC on April 27 from 1:30-3 p.m. EDT for a virtual forum on access to justice.

April 20, 2021

Statement on the Passing of Walter Mondale

April 15, 2021

Talk Justice: Episode Fourteen

LSC President Ron Flagg discusses how non-lawyer court navigators are expanding access to justice with Mary McClymont, adjunct professor and senior fellow at The Justice Lab, Georgetown University Law Center. McClymont directed a recent Justice Lab survey of how these navigators are assisting self-represented litigants in 15 states and Washington, D.C.

April 15, 2021

Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast, Episode 14: How Non-Lawyer Navigators Are Expanding Access to Justice

In this episode of the “Talk Justice” podcast released today, LSC President Ron Flagg discusses how non-lawyer court navigators are expanding access to justice with Mary McClymont, adjunct professor and senior fellow at The Justice Lab, Georgetown University Law Center. McClymont directed a recent Justice Lab survey of how these navigators are assisting self-represented litigants in 15 states and Washington, D.C.

April 05, 2021

Legal Services Corporation Requests Supplemental Funding to Help Implement American Jobs Plan 

LSC is requesting that supplemental funding in the range of $350-500 million be included in the infrastructure package addressing the American Jobs Plan introduced by President Biden on March 31.

April 01, 2021

Talk Justice: Episode Thirteen

In this episode of Talk Justice, LSC Emerging Leaders Council member Jason Tashea explores how right-to-counsel mandates in housing courts might help blunt the eviction crisis with John Pollock, staff attorney for the Public Justice Center; Hazel Remesch, supervising attorney at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland; and Kathryn Sabbeth, associate professor of law at the University of North Carolina.

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VA Secretary Denis McDonough and Senator Van Hollen Join LSC for Release of Veterans Task Force Report

Legal Aid Attorneys Who Face Crushing Student Debt Benefit from LSC’s Loan Forgiveness Assistance Program

Legal Services Corporation Releases Strategic Plan Focused on Improving Access to Justice

Law Day 2021: Message from John G. Levi, Chairman, Legal Services Corporation

Members of Congress Join Leaders from Legal and Business Communities for Forum on Access-to-Justice Challenges

Statement on the Passing of Walter Mondale

Talk Justice: Episode Fourteen

Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast, Episode 14: How Non-Lawyer Navigators Are Expanding Access to Justice

Legal Services Corporation Requests Supplemental Funding to Help Implement American Jobs Plan

Talk Justice: Episode Thirteen