Major publisher whose media properties include Law.com, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and The New York Law Journal. HQ in New York City.
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Primary geographic focus: NATIONAL
Organization type(s): Media
Acronym or short name: ALM
ALM is a major publisher of specialized business news and information. ALM’s award-winning media properties include Law.com, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and The New York Law Journal. ALM is headquartered in New York City with 16 offices worldwide.
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Op-EdLegal Service Corp. Funding is Critical to Justice for All
Eve RunyonALM
March 31, 2017
This proposal is in stark contrast to the bi-partisan support LSC has received throughout its 42-year history.
News Story
More Than 150 Law Firm Leaders Urge Govt to Continue Funding of Legal Services
Brenda Sapino JeffreysALM
March 9, 2017
Leaders of more than 150 U.S. law firms with offices in all 50 states sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget Thursday, urging it to continue funding the Legal Services Corp.
Column
The Single Worst Thing Trump’s Budget Could Do to Our Justice System
Jenna GreeneALM
February 27, 2017
At a time when the ACLU is raking in donations and basking in high-profile love, the Legal Services Corp. is like the mousy, overlooked sister—not nearly so glamorous, but doing work that is absolutely essential.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: It’s Time for Candidates to Address the Justice Gap
Martha BergmarkALM
October 4, 2016
Millions of Americans are fighting legal battles alone without any access to legal help, compromising the fundamental fairness of our society. Yet we hear nearly nothing about it on the campaign trail.
News Story
To More Efficiently Leverage Civil Legal Aid, New York Providers Eye Online Portals
Ricci DipshanALM
June 23, 2016
The focus on providing, expanding and modernizing civil legal aid in New York comes directly from the top.
News Story
Equal Justice Works Gets Grant to Help Elder-Abuse Victims
Zach MelvinALM
June 15, 2016
The $1.4 million grant will help Equal Justice Works connect 150 AmeriCorps members to a network of partner organizations that focus on elder abuse.
News Story
Big Firms Slow to Answer Legal Services Funding Plea
Susan BeckALM
June 13, 2016
So far, only 19 law firms have agreed to contribute.
News Story
Microsoft To Fund New Pilot Project To Improve Legal Aid
Susan BeckALM
April 19, 2016
Microsoft Corp. is committing $1 million to fund pilot projects for online legal portals that will direct low-income people to legal service providers.
News Story
Could This Simple Idea Solve the Justice Gap?
Susan BeckALM
April 14, 2016
At a time when the legal community is increasingly concerned about access to justice for all, and is searching for innovations to make that possible, a viable solution may be found in CARPLS.
News Story
Divided ABA Adopts Resolution on Nonlawyer Legal Services
Susan BeckALM
February 8, 2016
The American Bar Association's House of Delegates on Monday voted to adopt a resolution that gives states a framework to consider the regulation of "nontraditional legal service providers”.
Blog Post
What to Do With Your Bonus
Susan BeckALM
December 22, 2015
Here's a suggestion for something else to do with a teeny-tiny sliver of that bonus money: Write a generous check to a civil legal aid group.
Letter to Editor
Letters to the Editor
Martha BergmarkALM
August 1, 2015
Voices' Martha Bergmark reacts to ALM's feature about big law and their legal aid funding role.
Editorial
Big Law and Legal Aid
ALMJune 29, 2015
This editorial calls Big law to action on investing in legal aid.
Feature
The Justice Gap: How Big Law Is Failing Legal Aid
Susan BeckALM
June 29, 2015
An in-depth examination of law firms' lack of financial contributions to civil legal aid.
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
Creative Ways to Provide Access to Justice
Martha BergmarkNew York Law Journal, ALM
March 25, 2014
Federal funding for civil legal aid is crucial, but there the lesser-known story is that innovators in the legal field are taking matters into their own hands.
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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News StoryMajor Law Firms Give Little to Legal Aid, Study Finds
Elizabeth OlsonNew York Times (NYT)
June 29, 2015
While major law firms are enjoying record revenues — more than $100 billion last year — they are donating only a tenth of 1 percent of their proceeds for legal aid to low-income people.
News Story
There’s just one legal aid lawyer for every 8,893 low-income Americans who qualify for them
Rob WileFusion
June 29, 2015
A staggering statistic on the barriers to justice facing Americans.
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