The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) was created in 1974 to replace the Office of Economic Opportunity's (OEO) Legal Services Program through the enactment of the LSC Act. The original act was enacted under a Republican president and a Democratic majority in Congress and since has been subject...
“America’s partner for equal justice,” as the tagline goes, Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides an antidote. Via grants, the not-for-profit supports 132 nationwide legal aid organizations (grantees) that assist with civil matters from domestic violence to child custody to housing eviction...
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC), operating through grantees, provides legal assistance in civil matters to low-income persons. In the past year, LSC's Office of Inspector General and GAO have cited misreporting by grantees on both the number of cases they closed in 1997 and the number ...
Although Legal Services Corporation ("LSC") funded programs closed nearly one million cases in 2002, many otherwise financially eligible individuals and groups were denied access to any legal services. Professor Spain proposes to close this gap in services with the encouraging involvement of law ...
Certain legal aid organizations must comply with the national reporting requirements of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). There can also be many local reporting requirements for these organizations. Reporting requirements also have another important purpose—fundraising. Here again, Legal Files’ flexib...
This happens even while the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) estimates that millions of Americans go without basic legal services annually. Subscription Legal Plans help solve this access problem by reducing the barrier of entry to high-quality legal services – many subscription fees for legal ...
It should reflect the total number of cases which would be reported to LSC as 2013 closed cases, including private attorney involvement cases. Example: Office 1 1,500 closed cases Office 2 500 closed cases Office 3 200 closed cases Total 2,200 closed cases Step (4) – Divide the number ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook legal aid (redirected fromLegal services) Medical Legal Encyclopedia Related to Legal services:Legal Services Corporation legal aid n. Legal assistance provided, as by a specially established organization, for those unable to afford an attorney. ...
George T. "Buck" Lewis of Baker Donelson has been named to the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) Disaster Taskforce. LSC, the nation's largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income people, has created the Disaster Taskforce to address the legal rights of an...
[2] Legal Services Corporation,Justice Gap Report, 2017 [3] Clio,COVID-19 Impact Research Briefing: September 16, 2020 [4] Legal Services Corporation, “LSC Survey Finds Major Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Legal Aid,” July 25, 2020 ...