From the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Washington, DC - The Fiscal Year 2011 budget for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) would be cut by $15.8 million, reducing funds for civil legal assistance to low-income Americans, according to legislation announced today. LSC received $420 million in funding for Fiscal Year 2010, and the funding bill for [...]
OLAF Board Member Rick Dove named as secretary of the Supreme Court of Ohio's Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline. Read more.
COLUMBUS (April 6, 2011) - The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation ("OLAF") Board of Trustees elected new officers during its annual meeting held Thursday, March 17, 2011. H. Ritchey Hollenbaugh, Partner, Carlile, Patchen & Murphy LLP, was elected to serve as the board's president. Jim Petro, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents and former Ohio [...]
From the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) - April 5, 2011 Washington, DC - The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors is launching a Pro Bono Task Force to develop additional resources to help low-income Americans facing foreclosure, domestic violence and other serious civil legal problems. The new Task Force was announced today during a [...]
Friday's story in the National Law Journal: [Legal Services Corporation is the second largest source of funding for legal services in Ohio, next OLAF.] April 01, 2011 It's Crunch Time for Legal Services Corp. Funding The next week will likely determine whether the Legal Services Corp. is forced to make sharp midyear cuts in its [...]
