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February 10, 2022
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass receives funding for new voice-integrated legal wellness checkup tool
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass receives funding from American Bar Endowment's Opportunity Grant Program for new voice-integrated legal wellness checkup tool.
February 08, 2022
Talk Justice: Episode Twenty Eight
Experts look at just-launched Justice Technology Association and its plan to build community around efforts to provide innovative and accessible solutions to common legal issues. The association will support initiatives that seek to shape the consumer legal experience for the greater good, drive social impact, increase access to justice and grow the newly minted justice tech market.
February 08, 2022
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: New Tech Trade Association Supports Innovation in Access to Justice
Industry experts discuss the launch of the new Justice Technology Association on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast. Jason Tashea, a member of LSC’s Emerging Leaders Council, hosts the conversation with guests Maya Markovich, executive director of the Justice Technology Association and the justice tech executive in residence at Village Capital; Sonja Ebron, co-founder and CEO of Courtroom 5; and Kristen Sonday, co-founder of Paladin,partner at LongJump investment firm and co-chair of LSC’s Emerging Leaders Council.
February 07, 2022
Delaware changing the rule on non-lawyer representation for people facing eviction
Delaware changing the rule on non-lawyer representation for people facing eviction
February 03, 2022
Cleveland's right-to-counsel program sees success but seeks stable funding
The percent of eligible households facing eviction who had legal representation rose to 60% from 1-2% thanks to Cleveland's new right-to-counsel law. But problems finding stable funding remain.
February 02, 2022
Advocates say pandemic has exacerbated Appalachia’s housing crisis
COVID-19 pandemic has worsened Appalachia’s preexisting housing crisis.
February 01, 2022
Pew report finds evictions rising to pre-pandemic levels
New Pew report finds evictions rising to pre-pandemic levels.
January 31, 2022
White House announces 99 law schools helped prevent evictions
Nearly 100 law schools joined in a national effort to prevent evictions, White House officials announced Friday.
January 27, 2022
Legal Aid Champion Edgar S. Cahn Passes
Edgar S. Cahn, a key figure in the establishment of LSC, died on Sunday in Bethesda, Md.
January 26, 2022
Ohio nonprofits prepare for possible spike in evictions
The Dayton area has not seen the spike in eviction cases that some feared when a national moratorium lifted in August, but some local nonprofit leaders worry the wave has only been delayed as other pandemic safety nets expire.