Good evening, and as many of you already know, I am John Levi, the 10th Chair of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, and it is my pleasure on behalf of our Board to welcome you to this reception. Tonight we recognize two distinguished New Mexico lawyers, two leading law firms...Continue reading >
Good morning. Thank you, Madam Chair, for that warm introduction, and for giving me the privilege of speaking today to the ABA’s House of Delegates, LSC’s indispensable partner throughout our 42-year history. I also want to profoundly thank out-going ABA President Paulette Brown for her inspired...Continue reading >
Good evening, and as many of you already know, I am John Levi, the 10 th Chair of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, and it is my pleasure on behalf of the Board to welcome you to this reception. Tonight, we recognize three distinguished Vermont lawyers and a leading law firm...Continue reading >
It is now my privilege to introduce Peter Shumlin, Vermont’s 81 st governor. Governor Shumlin’s career in public service spans more than three decades. It began at the age of 24, when he was elected to serve on the Putney Board of Selectmen. In 1990, Governor Madeleine Kunin appointed him to fill...Continue reading >
Good morning and welcome. I am John Levi, the 10th Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation. Thank you for joining us today for these discussions of an enduring and fundamental American — and, I should add, Canadian value — equal access to justice. It is fitting that we...Continue reading >
Thank you, David, for that very moving introduction. And a word about David — I first met him in late 2010, not long after I had assumed this post at LSC. We wanted to create a Fiscal Oversight Task Force to deal with the 17 deficiencies for which the GAO had cited LSC concerning its conduct of...Continue reading >
Thank you for this tremendous and indeed four dimensional honor! Dimension one: to be here you all, with Venu whose words blow me away almost as much as does her work every day; with Debbie Chizewer, and John and the whole amazing team of the Shriver Center and its wonderful friends. The second...Continue reading >
LSC President Jim Sandman was featured on an episode of the University of Pennsylvania Law School's Public Interest Center podcast. He was interviewed by Emily R. Sutcliffe, the Center's Associate Director, on the vital role legal aid plays in the justice system. Click here to listen to the podcast.Continue reading >
LSC President Jim Sandman discussed legal technology in an episode of Law Technology Now , hosted by Monica Bay. He explained the reasons the law has been slow to adopt technology, the “levers of power” that might be used to change that rate, and the impact technology can have on access to justice...Continue reading >
LSC President Jim Sandman opened the CodeX FutureLaw Conference at Stanford Law School on May 20. He explained the current barriers facing low-income Americans seeking legal help and also laid out the potential technology changes that could improve access to justice.Continue reading >
