Legal Needs Monitoring Pilot
With support from the Pew Charitable Trusts, LSC partnered with stakeholders in three states to explore using court data to monitor legal needs.
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc. Program Profile
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc. Program Profile
Justice Gap Research
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) conducts research measuring the "justice gap" - the gap between the need for civil legal assistance among low-income Americans and the resources available to meet that need.
Eviction filings in the Tampa, FL area
In collaboration with Bay Area Legal Services, LSC's Office of Data Governance and Analysis developed an interactive tool to support outreach and planning by visualizing eviction filing hotspots and trends in filings, representation rates, and default judgments.
Eviction filings in the Memphis, TN area
In collaboration with Memphis Area Legal Services, LSC's Office of Data Governance and Analysis developed an interactive tool to visualize trends in judgment rates, outstanding court costs, and filings by landlord size, as well as eviction filing hotspots.
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Eviction Study Advisory Board
The Advisory Board for the evictions study (“The Effect of State & Local Laws on Evictions”) includes diverse representation from a variety of fields: housing advocacy, social science research, access to justice, legal research, court representation, landlord advocacy, the LSC board, and LSC
The Effect of State & Local Laws on Evictions
A congressionally-directed study to investigate evictions as a legal process and the scope of unmet legal needs involving eviction at the state and local level.
By the Numbers
LSC By the Numbers: The Data Underlying Legal Aid Programs provides an overview of the work of LSC-funded legal aid organizations on behalf of low-income people seeking civil legal assistance.