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12 Oct 2011, 5:11 am by Donna Seyle
Legal Services Corporation (LSC): Calling itself “America’s Partner for Equal Justice,” LSC has a long history of funding legal aid programs. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 2:52 am by sally
That news item detailed efforts being made by the LSC to help resolve payment problems. [read post]
2 Oct 2011, 1:50 pm by NL
Mummery LJ accepted the Housing Association’s argument.On the funding certificate limitation point, it would be very likely that the LSC would have agreed with Ms H’s solicitors, rather than with the view taken by Mummery LJ – that the Court of Appeal decision marked the ‘final disposition’ of the appeal as funded. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 3:31 am by chief
I don't really care, I just make it up and use long words like hithertotherebefore and then send the bill to the LSC] Lots of love, [then do that thing when you get someone to sign a blank piece of paper and then put this letter in above it, that way loads of fools will agree] Which, I think you'll agree, is pretty similar to the final version. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 3:31 am by chief
I don't really care, I just make it up and use long words like hithertotherebefore and then send the bill to the LSC] Lots of love, [then do that thing when you get someone to sign a blank piece of paper and then put this letter in above it, that way loads of fools will agree] Which, I think you'll agree, is pretty similar to the final version. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 2:14 am by sally
“Criminal silks could see a significant drop in pay to match the rates of leading junior barristers, following recommendations made by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) last week.” Full story Legal Week, 28th September 2011 Source: www.legalweek.com [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 5:33 am by familoo
I am owed tens of thousands of pounds by the LSC for hard hard work over many many months. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 3:20 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
Austin Scott (R-Ga.), cutting LSC services is not enough, he wants the entire agency shuttered. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 7:25 am by familoo
  Compared to the 3 volume LSC Manual, that alone makes it a godsend. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 3:56 am by sally
“Following discussions between the Bar Council and the Legal Services Commission (LSC), the Bar Council has been advised that the LSC has investigated all debit notes arising during 2006 or earlier. [read post]
13 Aug 2011, 2:33 pm by familoo
Nobody accepts responsibility for helping a parent make change – not the Local Authority, the court, the NHS, the LSC…And that will cost us, both financially and socially. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 3:26 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
Cuts to LSC funding made by Congress in spring, along with cuts at the state level, have further hampered the ability of organizations to help low-income people access justice. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 1:59 pm by familoo
The other week whilst comparing LSC induced overdrafts with an opponent (think Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon competing about gory scars), an opponent piped up with some accounts advice: if you buy a Mulberry handbag every year you can claim it as an expense (perhaps she does more Local Authority work than me?). [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 12:42 pm by nflatow
While the economic downturn meant cuts to local and state funding for many organizations, and a loss of other sources of revenue such as Interest on Lawyer Accounts and private donations, the House Appropriations Committee has proposed a 26-percent cut to the Legal Services Corporation budget, which would require legal services organizations to turn away some 235,000 people, according to LSC estimates. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 1:43 pm by David Ingram
Lee Miller, DLA Piper’s joint chief executive officer, is among the more than 40 task force members LSC named today. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 12:17 pm by nflatow
This comes when estimates already show that for each eligible client served, another is turned away from LSC-funded programs and at least 80% of civil legal needs go unmet. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 8:08 am by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Officials at LSC, which has been around for four decades and supports 136 independent legal-aid outposts all over America, knew big cuts were coming—the program was by no means exempt from DC’s budget-slashing hysteria. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 2:15 am by sally
“The Legal Services Commission has published a plan for the tender process for new interim family contracts to start in February 2012.” Full story Law Society’s Gazette, 8th July 2011 Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 10:46 am by lennyesq
Funding for the LSC would drop by about 26 percent, from $404 million this year to $300 million. [read post]