NLADA: Civil Legal Services

News From the Field

03/02: Carrot and Stick Approach Needed for Homeowners in Foreclosure

03/01: A real fix for the poorest victims of the foreclosure crisis: reauthorization of the Legal Services Corporation

03/01: Initial foreclosure mediation training a success [FL]

03/01: Free legal advice available March 5 [NC]

02/26: Case Revives Debate Over Protection Orders

02/25: Justice Dept. To Launch Indigent Defense Program

02/23: Legal Aid helps in big labor dispute win

02/23: Kelvin W. Scott: Lawyer was a champion for civil rights [MI]

02/21: San Bernardino County child support policy pays off [CA]

02/17: Is your financial institution paying premium interest rates on IOLTA accounts? New list identifies IOLTA-eligible banks and credit unions?

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NLADA's Division of Civil Legal Services supports a wide array of legal services program providers, pro bono attorneys, law schools, bar associations and other organizations and individuals playing a role in ensuring that low-income Americans have access to effective representation in civil matters.

The Division of Civil Legal Services also maintains Funding Opportunities for Legal Aid (FOLA), a group Web site that serves as a clearinghouse for funding opportunities for legal aid and allows for user interactivity. To register or login to this site, please click here.

Now Accepting Session Proposals for 2010 Substantive Law Conference

Join Hundreds of Your Equal Justice Colleagues for the 2010 Equal Justice Conference - May 13 - 15!

The 2010 Kutak-Dodds Prizes will honor two legal advocates for equal justice, one from the civil legal aid community and another from the public defense community. Each prizes carries a cash award of $10,000. Deadline to enter is March 5, 2010. Click here to learn more.

NLADA President & CEO Jo-Ann Wallace and Client Board Member Eddie B. Ellis, Jr. To particpate in panel discussion - "From the Cell to the Community" March 1

Webinar on Claiming and Collecting Attorneys' Fees: An Introduction

NALP's 2010 Public Interest Salary Survey Launched

February 04, 2010

NEW NLADA Update: February 26, 2010 (For Subscribers Only). House Appropriations Committee Hears LSC Testimony; LSC Issues Supplemental Guidance on Attorneys' Fees; Calling Nominees for 2010 Kutak-Dodds Prizes; NALP's 2010 Public Interest Salary Survey Released; Save the Date for Litigation and Advocacy Directors Conference and Substantive Law Conference

NLADA Comments to HUD Regarding Confidentiality and Homelessness Assistance Stimulus

House Version of Legal Aid Reauthorization Introduced

2009-2010 Directory of Legal Aid & Defender Offices and Resources Available

President Obama Announces Five Nominees to the LSC Board

NLADA Launches Funding Opportunities for Legal Aid (FOLA) Group Web Site

President's Budget Recommends $435 Million for LSC and Elimination of Some Restrictions

House Passes Mortgage Reform Bill Authorizing $35 Million for Legal Aid; Appropriation of Funding Needed

NLADA Applauds Congress, President Obama for Passing and Signing into Law $40 million Increase in LSC Funding

View NLADA's Issues for the New Administration

January 21, 2009

NLADA Joins with ABA, LSC and Pro Bono Net to Create the National Disaster Legal Aid Web Site

NLADA Adopts and Releases “Statement of Vision and the Ten Core Values For the National Civil Legal Aid System”