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Op-EdMeeting the Challenge of the Legal Aid Crisis
John G. Levi, Ken Frazier, Harriet MiersNational Law Journal
May 4, 2018
The opioid crisis and the recent spate of natural disasters present new challenges to already overburdened civil legal aid providers.
News Story
Why General Counsel Oppose Trump’s Legal Services Cuts
Rebekah MintzerNational Law Journal
March 29, 2017
The in-house attorneys, representing numerous industries and some of the country’s biggest companies, asked Congress to grant the legal aid nonprofit $450 million in FY 2018.
News Story
185 Corporate Counsel Urge Congress to Fund LSC
Marcia CoyleNational Law Journal
March 28, 2017
Top in-house lawyers said the “minimal investment in LSC generates a significant positive return for business and the health of individuals and communities across the nation.”
News Story
Legal Services Corp., Under Trump, Faces New Threat to Existence
Marcia CoyleNational Law Journal
March 16, 2017
The Legal Services Corp., created in 1974 under the signature of President Richard Nixon, is once again on the chopping block as another Republican president—Donald Trump— proposes to zero out its funding in his first budget.
Interview
Kagan Dishes on Taking Chances, Anger at the Court and Going to Law School ‘For All the Wrong Reasons’
Tony MauroNational Law Journal
November 1, 2016
Hundreds of law students looking for public interest jobs at the Equal Justice Works career fair took a break to hear Kagan’s own story about her path to the nation’s highest court.
Op-Ed
Law Schools Must Focus on Access to Justice
Jonathan Lippman, Matthew Diller, David UdellNational Law Journal
September 26, 2016
Fordham, Stanford and other institutions are working to lessen the legal system's limitations.
News Story
Access to Justice Best in D.C. and Massachusetts, Worst in Mississippi and Wyoming
Karen SloanNational Law Journal
May 10, 2016
The District of Columbia and Massachusetts rank the highest when it comes to access to justice, while Mississippi and Wyoming are at the bottom.
News Story
DOJ Civil Rights Head: ‘Moral Imperative’ to Close Justice Gap
Zoe TillmanNational Law Journal
April 14, 2016
Lawyers have a “moral obligation” to support organizations that provide civil legal services to low-income Americans, Vanita Gupta, head of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, said in remarks earlier this week.
News Story
Latham Tops Wilmer in Fundraising Campaign for Legal Aid
Zoe TillmanNational Law Journal
August 6, 2015
Private law firms engage in a friendly battle over fundraising for local civil legal aid program.
News Story
Schools Collaborate on Baltimore Legal Practice Incubator
Karen SloanNational Law Journal
July 27, 2015
The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and the University of Baltimore School of Law are launching an incubator to help recent graduates launch solo practices while serving low-income clients.
News Story
Boston Law Schools Launch Joint Practice Incubator
Karen SloanNational Law Journal
July 16, 2015
Three Boston law schools are teaming up to launch a practice incubator that will serve low- and modest-income clients.
News Story
Rutgers Law Given $1M to Promote Public-Interest Jobs
Karen SloanNational Law Journal
Rutgers Law is seeing the value in funding public interest summer jobs for their students.
News Story
Law Clinics Answer the Call
Karen SloanNational Law Journal
July 6, 2015
Article about the role of University law clinics in helping veterans get the benefits they have earned.
News Story
ABA Task Force: Bring Law School Costs Down
Karen SloanNational Law Journal
June 19, 2015
Story about an ABA task force's recommendations for affordability of a legal education.
Op-Ed
Legal Aid Jobs Await Law School Graduates
Ray BresciaNational Law Journal
June 1, 2015
Op-ed about the disconnect between the number of unemployed law graduates and the unmet need for civil legal services.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Everyone Gains When the Poor Receive Free Legal Services
Renee Miller-Mizia, Jeffrey BalibanNational Law Journal
December 1, 2014
Pro bono provides good training for lawyers and economic benefit to the community.
Op-Ed
Fifty Years After ‘Freedom Summer,’ Reasons to Celebrate – and Lament
Martha BergmarkNational Law Journal, ALM
July 14, 2014
By leveling the playing field in the justice system, civil legal aid honors the American values and spirit embodied in the Freedom Summer of 1964.
Op-Ed
U.S. Justice Gap is Under International Scrutiny
Risa E. KaufmanNational Law Journal, ALM
March 3, 2014
How the US can meet its international human rights commitments and ensure fundamental fairness in the US legal system.
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