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June 25, 2024
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Senator Ben Cardin on Equal Justice and Supporting Legal Aid
United States Senator Ben Cardin joins LSC President Ron Flagg to discuss his perspective on access to justice as a legislator and lawyer on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast, released today.
June 25, 2024
Talk Justice: Episode 85
United States Senator Ben Cardin joins LSC President Ron Flagg to discuss his perspective on access to justice as a legislator and lawyer on Talk Justice. The Maryland Senator shared about his time in the state’s general assembly chairing Maryland Legal Services Corporation, as well as the “Cardin Requirement” at the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law and his thoughts on the justice gap.
June 13, 2024
154 Law Firms in all 50 States Sign Letter Asking Congress to Increase LSC Funding
A letter signed by 154 law firms requests that Congress increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in FY 2025
June 13, 2024
Senior Citizens Law Project Staff Attorney
Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Staff Attorney to work in its Senior Citizens Law Project (“SCLP”) located in downtown Atlanta. Our non-profit law firm represents low-income people in a variety of civil legal matters including family, housing, consumer, employment, health, public benefits, and education law. Since 1975 SCLP has been representing seniors (60 years of age and older) in Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett and Clayton counties. SCLP aims to improve the health and financial stability of seniors.
June 13, 2024
Health Law Unit Staff Attorney (Medical-Legal Partnership)
Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Staff Attorney to work in its Health Law Unit located in downtown Atlanta. The unit aims to improve the health and well-being of low-income people living with or affected by life-threatening illnesses by coordinating services to address legal, social, and economic conditions threatening their health. The unit began in 1990 as the AIDS Legal Project and expanded to work with people with cancer and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). The unit also now includes a medical-legal partnership with Grady Health System and is exploring further expanding its scope of services.
June 11, 2024
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Results from the First Field Study of AI for Legal Aid
Legal tech researchers discuss their recent field study of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for legal aid on the latest episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast, released today.
June 11, 2024
Talk Justice: Episode 84
Legal tech researchers discuss their recent field study of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for legal aid on Talk Justice. Colleen Chien and Miriam Kim authored a paper on their research, “Generative AI and Legal Aid: Results from a Field Study and 100 Use Cases to Bridge the Access to Justice Gap,” which was published in April. The co-authors wanted to advance the conversation around generative AI for access to justice with data. Bréyon Austin, a participant in the study, also offers her perspective.
May 28, 2024
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Lawyers Can Help Revitalize Neighborhoods
Guests from a successful St. Louis collaboration discuss Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s (LSEM) Neighborhood Advocacy Program on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast.
May 28, 2024
Talk Justice: Episode 83
Guests from a successful St. Louis collaboration discuss Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s (LSEM) Neighborhood Advocacy Program on Talk Justice. There are 24,000 vacancies and abandoned properties in St. Louis. LSEM was inspired by Legal Aid of Western Missouri’s Adopt-a-Neighborhood program in Kansas City to start their own revitalization project. In 2018, they launched the Neighborhood Advocacy Program to start tackling the legal problems that create lingering neighborhood blight.
May 14, 2024
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Putting AI to the Test for Legal Services
Legal tech experts discuss their research and experiments with generative artificial intelligence (AI) for legal services on the latest episode of LSC’s “Talk Justice” podcast, released today.