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September 20, 2023
2023 Pro Bono Grants Totaling $5 Million Awarded to Legal Aid Organizations
Seventeen legal aid organizations are receiving LSC Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants totaling $5 million to support the growth of pro bono legal services for low-income Americans.
September 12, 2023
Talk Justice: Episode 66
Experts discuss disaster preparedness and the role of civil legal aid in recovery on LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast. September is National Disaster Preparedness Month. Since 2022 the federal government has issued more than 75 major disaster declarations across the U.S. and its territories. Yet even with the increasing frequency and ferocity of natural disasters, the overwhelming majority of Americans are unprepared if disaster strikes.
September 12, 2023
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Disaster Preparedness and the Legal Needs of Survivors
Experts discuss disaster preparedness and the role of civil legal aid in recovery on the latest episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast.
August 22, 2023
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Ensuring That Foster Youth Know Their Rights
Experts discuss developments in access to legal information for foster youth on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast.
August 22, 2023
Talk Justice: Episode Sixty-Five
Experts from Bay Area Legal Services and Florida Youth SHINE discuss developments in access to legal information for foster youth on LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast. A new website and app, FosterPower, enables Florida’s foster youth to easily access information on their rights, and the state of Florida has passed a bill requiring more information for foster youth.
August 14, 2023
Legal Services Corporation Awards $19.8M to Support Legal Aid Response to Natural Disasters
LSC announced today that it is awarding $19.8 million to 14 legal aid organizations to support the delivery of legal services to low-income people impacted by hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, floods and severe storms that occurred in 2022.
August 14, 2023
2023 Disaster Relief Grants Awarded to Legal Aid Organizations
Recipients will use LSC funding to increase the range and quality of legal services available to disaster survivors.
August 08, 2023
Talk Justice: Episode Sixty-Four
Guests from Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) join Cat Moon to discuss creating the nation’s first Innovation Lab housed in a civil legal aid organization on the latest episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast.
July 25, 2023
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Judge David Tatel on LSC’s Beginnings and Access to Justice Today
Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit David Tatel joins LSC President Ron Flagg to share his memories of the 1974 founding of the Legal Services Corporation, as well as his view on the roles of courts and lawyers in the advancement of access to justice on this episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice.”
July 25, 2023
Talk Justice: Episode Sixty-Three
Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit David Tatel joins LSC President Ron Flagg to share his memories of the 1974 founding of the Legal Services Corporation, as well as his view on the roles of courts and lawyers in the advancement of access to justice on this episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice.”