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AppalReD Announces Volunteer Lawyers for Veterans Program

April 04, 2016

PRESS RELEASE:  Monday, April 4, 2016                                   &nb...

The Justice Department shines a light on the high price of petty court costs

March 21, 2016

The Justice Department shines a light on the high price of petty court costs The Washington Post March 18 at 6:50 PM Each year in Virginia, state courts order license suspensions for 300,000 to 400,000 drivers, many of them indigent, who have fai...

Spend your summer changing the world one RURAL community at a time.

February 05, 2016

RURAL Summer Legal Corps Program The Rural Summer Legal Corps program connects public interest law students with civil legal aid organizations to address pressing legal issues facing rural communities. To prepare for the program’s launch in the su...

Attorneys worry 1,000 or more Social Security beneficiaries will lose checks

January 15, 2016

Attorneys worry 1,000 or more Social Security beneficiaries will lose checks

Congress allocates $385M for Legal Services Corporation Funding in 2016

December 22, 2015

Congress allocates $385M for Legal Services Corporation funding in 2016, a $10M increase: http://ow.ly/Weyzz

Report: Too many Ky. children still in poverty

December 17, 2015

http://middlesborodailynews.com/news/5002/report-too-many-ky-children-still-in-poverty 

LSC Awards First Vieth Grants to Support Leadership Training in Civil Legal Aid

December 17, 2015

https://www.lsc.gov/press-release/lsc-awards-first-vieth-grants-support-leadership-training-civil-legal-aid