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Coronavirus could overwhelm legal help for America’s poor


Already short on resources, civil legal aid groups now face unprecedented crunch By Todd Ruger Posted March 31, 2020 at 5:57am Attorneys at the Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp. helped the state’s poorest residents in the aftermath of...

Why the coronavirus couldn't have come at a worse time for reeling Appalachian Kentucky


ELCOMB, Ky. — The two men sat on the covered porch of an aging mobile home along an Appalachian creek, a loud rain pinging off the sheet metal roof. Joe Goans’ four children were packed inside, shut out of school by the spreading coronavirus. He ...

Country music star Tyler Childers ‘stoked’ to get mannequin of disbarred KY lawyer


By Bill Estep February 20, 2020 11:27 AM Eastern Kentucky’s most famous disbarred lawyer is going to be in prison a long time, but it looks like a rising country music star from the region will get a likeness of him to take home. The lawyer ...

Evan Smith on Rural Public Interest Law Podcast


Evan Smith is a public interest attorney and the Director of Advocacy for AppalReD, a nonprofit that gives free legal services in rural Appalachia. We spoke about what it’s like to work in rural America, the legal issues people face in that part of t...

2 years after Eric Conn's capture in Honduras, judge denies motion to get out of prison


(WYMT) - A federal magistrate denied Eric C. Conn's motion to get out of prison. In October, Conn claimed in a handwritten document that the attorneys who represented him were ineffective. He also claimed the escape charge was not relevant to ...

November December Bench & Bar 2019 - Richard F. Dawahare


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Many U.S. Families Faced Civil Legal Issues in 2018


Survey highlights need for alternative approaches to help people navigate the courts Article November 19, 2019 By: Erika Rickard Topics: U.S. State Policy Projects: Civil Legal System Modernization Read time: 2 min Downloads Share Read...