Press Releases
May 18, 2021
Legal Aid Attorneys Who Face Crushing Student Debt Benefit from LSC’s Loan Forgiveness Assistance Program
LSC is providing legal aid attorneys up to $8,000 per year in loan repayment assistance, the highest amount LSC has ever allocated in its Herbert S. Garten Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP).
May 07, 2021
Legal Services Corporation Releases Strategic Plan Focused on Improving Access to Justice
LSC released its 2021 – 2024 Strategic Plan outlining the goals and initiatives guiding its efforts over the next four years.
May 03, 2021
Law Day 2021: Message from John G. Levi, Chairman, Legal Services Corporation
Law Day 2021: Message from John G. Levi, Chairman, Legal Services Corporation
April 22, 2021
Members of Congress Join Leaders from Legal and Business Communities for Forum on Access-to-Justice Challenges
Members of Congress and leaders of the legal and business communities joined LSC on April 27 from 1:30-3 p.m. EDT for a virtual forum on access to justice.
April 20, 2021
Statement on the Passing of Walter Mondale
Statement on the Passing of Walter Mondale
April 15, 2021
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast, Episode 14: How Non-Lawyer Navigators Are Expanding Access to Justice
In this episode of the “Talk Justice” podcast released today, LSC President Ron Flagg discusses how non-lawyer court navigators are expanding access to justice with Mary McClymont, adjunct professor and senior fellow at The Justice Lab, Georgetown University Law Center. McClymont directed a recent Justice Lab survey of how these navigators are assisting self-represented litigants in 15 states and Washington, D.C.
April 05, 2021
Legal Services Corporation Requests Supplemental Funding to Help Implement American Jobs Plan
LSC is requesting that supplemental funding in the range of $350-500 million be included in the infrastructure package addressing the American Jobs Plan introduced by President Biden on March 31.
April 01, 2021
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast, Episode 13: Right-to-Counsel Mandates and the Eviction Crisis
This episode of the Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC) “Talk Justice” podcast explores how right-to-counsel mandates in housing courts might help blunt the eviction crisis.
March 24, 2021
Congressional Access to Legal Aid Caucus Sponsors Virtual Briefing on COVID-19 Challenges
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) and Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5), the new co-chairs of the Congressional Access to Legal Aid Caucus, will sponsor a virtual Legal Services Corporation (LSC) briefing on Thursday, March 25, from 1-2 p.m. EDT. The briefing will examine the challenges COVID-19 poses for legal services organizations and their low-income clients.
March 11, 2021
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast, Episode 12: Improving the Delivery of Legal Services Through Medical-Legal Partnerships
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast, Episode 12: Improving the Delivery of Legal Services Through Medical-Legal Partnerships