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August 7, 2024

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March 31, 2023

Inland Counties Legal Services seeks Consumer Attorney

Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS) is seeking an Attorney to join our Consumer Team. Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing free legal services to persons who are low-income, seniors, and with disabilities, residing in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. ICLS targets services to those in the greatest social or economic need on the belief that everyone deserves access to justice.
March 28, 2023

Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: New Report Examines Non-Lawyer Legal Service Provider Programs in 16 States

Experts from the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) discuss how and why states are using non-lawyer legal service providers on the latest episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. Talk Justice Co-host Cat Moon is joined by guests Michael Houlberg, director of special projects for IAALS, and Jim Sandman, president emeritus of LSC and IAALS board member.
March 28, 2023

Talk Justice: Episode Fifty Five

Experts from the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) discuss how and why states are using non-lawyer legal service providers on the latest episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. Talk Justice Co-host Cat Moon is joined by guests Michael Houlberg, director of special projects for IAALS, and Jim Sandman, president emeritus of LSC and IAALS board member.
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’ 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’s 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 “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. LSC President Ron Flagg hosts the conversation with guests Raphael Ramos, director of Legal Action of Wisconsin’s Eviction Defense Project, and Laura Tuggle, executive director of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services.
March 14, 2023

Talk Justice: Episode Fifty Four

Civil legal aid providers noted an increase in illegal evictions during the height of the pandemic, as some landlords pursued avenues outside the court system for forcing tenants out. Legal experts discuss the problem of illegal eviction and its role in housing instability on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast.
Housing / Evictions
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.

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February 28, 2023

Talk Justice: Episode Fifty Three

Suffolk Law Professor Quinten Steenhuis discusses his team’s successful collaboration with legal aid orgs to use technology to scale help for the courtformsonline.org project and the potential to use tech to extend the reach of legal services.
Technology
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 “Talk Justice” 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’s Law Help Interactive; and
Maria Mindlin, linguistics expert at the translation agency Transcend.