Press Releases
March 22, 2023
New LSC Brief Highlights Legal Pitfalls of Manufactured Housing and Suggests Protections
LSC's Housing Task Force released an issue brief today on the role of mobile and manufactured housing in housing insecurity and instability in the United States. The brief compiles pertinent research and provides experts鈥 insights into the unique issues that owners of manufactured homes face. Legal aid interventions, public policies and other protections that can help these homeowners are also highlighted in the brief.
March 14, 2023
Illegal Eviction鈥檚 Role in Housing Instability
Legal experts discuss the issue of illegal eviction and its role in housing instability on the latest episode of LSC's 鈥淭alk Justice鈥 podcast, released today. LSC President Ron Flagg hosts the conversation with guests Raphael Ramos, director of Legal Action of Wisconsin鈥檚 Eviction Defense Project, and Laura Tuggle, executive director of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services.
March 09, 2023
LSC Requests $1.5 Billion to Confront Widening Justice Gap Amid Pandemic Hardships
LSC is asking Congress for an appropriation of $1.5 billion in its FY 2024 budget request released today. This request addresses the projected increase in demand for civil legal services due to the persistent impact of COVID-19 on low-income Americans, coupled with the ongoing lack of adequate resources to address the widening justice gap.
February 14, 2023
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: How Plain Language Helps Courts Expand Access to Justice
Experts discuss how plain language can help courts expand access to the courts
on the latest episode of LSC's 鈥淭alk Justice鈥 podcast, released today. Talk Justice Co-host Molly
McDonough is joined by guests Cheryl Stephens, co-founder of the Plain Language Association
International; Claudia Johnson, program manager at Pro Bono Net鈥檚 Law Help Interactive; and
Maria Mindlin, linguistics expert at the translation agency Transcend.
on the latest episode of LSC's 鈥淭alk Justice鈥 podcast, released today. Talk Justice Co-host Molly
McDonough is joined by guests Cheryl Stephens, co-founder of the Plain Language Association
International; Claudia Johnson, program manager at Pro Bono Net鈥檚 Law Help Interactive; and
Maria Mindlin, linguistics expert at the translation agency Transcend.
February 09, 2023
LSC Examines Illegal Evictions in New Housing Task Force Brief
LSC's Housing Task Force released an issue brief today that presents new research on illegal evictions in the United States. In addition to detailing how and why illegal evictions take place, the brief also showcases legal aid interventions, public policies and other protections that can help tenants stay housed.
January 20, 2023
成人抖阴 Honors Arizona Attorneys for Pro Bono Service
成人抖阴 (LSC) will recognize six Arizona attorneys for pro bono service at an Increasing Access to Justice Reception in conjunction with its quarterly Board of Directors meeting. The reception and awards presentation will take place at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel on Monday, January 23 from 5:30 鈥 7:30 pm MST.
January 17, 2023
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Mobilizing Non-Lawyers for Limited-Scope Legal Assistance in Alaska
Legal experts discuss Alaska鈥檚 recent approval of the use of supervised non-lawyers to provide limited-scope legal assistance on the latest episode of LSC's 鈥淭alk Justice鈥 podcast, released today.
January 17, 2023
LSC鈥檚 Innovations in Technology Conference to Bring Leading Legal Tech Experts to Phoenix
The 成人抖阴鈥檚 (LSC) 23rd annual Innovations in Technology conference, the largest event dedicated to expanding access to justice through tech, will be held January 19-21 in Phoenix, Arizona.
December 27, 2022
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: A New Tech Fellowship for Judicial Innovation
Jason Tashea, founding director of Georgetown Law鈥檚 new Judicial Innovation Fellowship (JIF), joins Talk Justice Co-host Molly McDonough on the latest episode of LSC's 鈥淭alk Justice鈥 podcast, released today.
December 19, 2022
成人抖阴 Awards $4.6 Million in Technology Grants to 29 Legal Aid Organizations
The 成人抖阴 (LSC) announced today that it is awarding 33 Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) to 29 legal services providers totaling $4,679,135. These organizations will use the funds to leverage technology in delivering high-quality legal assistance to low-income Americans.