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Legal Services Activities and Achievements

New Indiana Law Eliminating Caseworkers, Creates “Unnecessary Hurdles” for Qualified People Seeking Medicaid Benefits, Says Indiana Legal Services Attorney

– 10/30/08

Texans in Need of Legal Assistance After Hurricane Ike Can Now Chat Live Online With Volunteer Lawyers Through LiveHelp

– 10/30/08

Budget Shortfall Prompted Minnesota Public Defenders to Discontinue Representing Parents in Child Protection Cases, Shifting the Responsibility and the Cost to Counties

– 10/30/08

Philippine Legislation Would Give Tax Breaks to Private Lawyers Who Assist Poor, Guaranteeing Free Legal Assistance, and Fulfilling Constitutional Mandate to “Facilitate the Delivery of Legal Services to the Marginalized”

– 10/30/08

Homeowners Could Benefit From New Foreclosure Bills in NJ Introducing: Waiver of Realty Transfer Fees; Opportunity to Rent Until Able to Rebuy; New Fees to Initiate Foreclosures; Appropriations for Legal Services

– 10/24/08

Children Facing Deportation in Nine Major Cities Will Receive Free Legal Help From Newly Expanded Microsoft-Law Firm Partnership, Angelina Jolie as Spokesperson, Will Spend $14.5 Million Over Three Years

– 10/24/08

Pittsburgh Will Adapt a Successful Philadelphia Foreclosure-Prevention Program; Requiring a Court Appearance Helped 80% of Participating Homeowners Save Homes

– 10/24/08

Children Facing Deportation by Spain are Denied Legal Representation Made Available to Adults, Says Human Rights Watch

– 10/24/08

Homeless Vets, Returning to Los Angeles from Middle East in Growing Numbers, Get More Help From Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)

– 10/17/08

“Policy” Savings in UK Courts Could Mean Children, Immigrants, and Prisoners Would Lose Government-Provided Representation or See Increased Court Fees

– 10/17/08

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