Legal Services Corporation

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This lens is about Legal Services Corporation, (LSC), which was created by the Congress of the United States and given a dual mission: to promote equal access to justice and to provide high-quality civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.

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F. William McCalpin, Champion of Legal Aid to Poor, Dies at 88
By DENNIS HEVESI F. William McCalpin, one of the earliest advocates and most vocal defenders of the Legal Services Corporation, a federal program that has ...
Increased funding for legal aid
Legal Services Corporation distributes funding nationwide for civil legal representation of the poor. In an omnibus spending bill passed by Congress on 15 ...
Massey Closes Acquisition of Sunair
Sunair Services Corporation, a Florida corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Middleton Pest Control, Inc., with headquarters located in Orlando, ...
Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenges to Legal Services Funding Rules
Legal Aid Services of Oregon and the Oregon Law Center brought suit after the Legal Services Corporation?a non-profit organization established by Congress ...

Blog Posts from Google 

CL&P Blog: Legal Services Lawyers May Once Again Seek Attorney Fee ...
In 1996, President Clinton signed a bill that, among other anti-legal services provisions, barred legal services programs funded through the federal Legal Services Corporation from seeking statutory attorney fees in cases that they won ...
JURIST - Gazette: Legal Services Corporation federal grant ruling ...
Oregon Law Center, et al., Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, November 23, 2009 [holding that Congressional restrictions on organizations receiving federal grants through the Legal Services Corporation do not violate the First ...
Look before you take the leap into pre-paid legal services (1 ...
It's best to review your own legal needs before you decide on a legal plan. Ask that legal services will you would like most and then opt for a set up that has the best coverage given those needs. For instance, if you're a business owner, lawsuits, ... A corporation that includes a smart in-house mechanism to handle complaints will generally assign a senior attorney with the authority to handle customer complaints of and disputes with any attorneys within the network. ...
Congress boosts Legal Services ...but not much
Last September, the Legal Services Corp., which distributes funding nationwide for civil legal representation of the poor, released a report saying about half of Americans who need civil legal assistance are not able to get it because ...

LSC related links 

LSC: America's Partner for Equal Justice
LSC.gov
Legal Services Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Legal Services Corporation From Wikipedia

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