Under Budget Blueprint, It May be Harder to Get Help from Legal Aid
The federal Legal Services Corporation was created in the 1970's, during the Nixon Administration, to provide civil legal help to individuals and families who could not afford a lawyer, and to help the civil court system be more efficient, effective and fair. Under the Trump Blueprint, funding for the Legal Services Corporation would be eliminated. [...]
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Los Angeles Daily News 3/22/2017
BUDGET IMPACT: Ripples from Trump’s proposal felt locally
The Marietta Times 3/22/2017
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The Atlantic 3/19/2018
Legal Aid Is Under Assault, But Don’t Count It Out
Above the Law 3/17/2017
Chief Justice on Proposed Legal Aid Cuts: ‘You Can’t Just Be for the Rich Folks’
Texas Lawyer 3/17/2017
Trump budget eliminates Legal Services Corp. funding
ABA Journal 3/16/2017
Deans of Catholic law schools object to elimination of LSC
Mirror of Justice 3/16/17