Rulemaking
Open Rulemakings and Rulemaking Information
Other information about LSC rulemaking is available at:
- Rulemaking Protocol (2015)
- Rulemaking Agenda 2023–2024
Presented to the Operations and Regulations Committee of the LSC Board on March 13, 2023. - Closed Rulemakings
Notices and information about completed rulemakings.
For further information, please contact Stefanie K. Davis, Deputy General Counsel & Ethics Officer, (202) 295-1563 or sdavis@lsc.gov.
Deadline
Comments must be submitted by December 26, 2023.
Summary
This proposed rule revises the Legal Services Corporation (LSC or Corporation) regulation prohibiting solicitation of clients. LSC proposes to add definitions for “communicate” and “communication,” revise the existing text to make language more active, and clarify how recipients may interact with client-eligible individuals. The main goal of these revisions is to formalize the interpretations that the Office of Legal Affairs has issued over the past several years, making clear that recipients may inform client eligible individuals about their rights and responsibilities and provide them with information about the recipient's intake process, as well as how recipients may relay that information without violating either LSC's Fiscal Year 1996 appropriations statute or LSC's regulations.
The text of the proposed revisions to the rule with supplementary information and instructions for commenting are available in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking at 88 Fed. Reg. 73,303 or through the link below.
Further Information
For further information, please contact Elijah Johnson, Assistant General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295–1638 (phone), or johnsone@lsc.gov.
Deadline
Comments must be submitted by December 26, 2023.
Instructions
Electronic submissions are preferred via email with attachments in Acrobat PDF format. LSC will not consider written comments sent to any other address or received after the end of the comment period.
Addresses
You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
- Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
- Email: lscrulemaking@lsc.gov. Include “Comments on Revisions to Part 1638” in the subject line of the message.
- Mail: Elijah Johnson, Assistant General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, ATTN: Part 1638 Rulemaking.
- Hand Delivery/Courier: Elijah Johnson, Assistant General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, ATTN: Part 1638 Rulemaking.