The Brennan Center, along with 17 other national organizations committed to expanding access to civil legal aid, wrote to Congress, calling for the repeal of the legal services funding restriction on non-federal funds, along with the restriction on seeking attorneys' fees.
Recent federal court decisions establish a 'virtually insurmountable' standard for determining fees for out-of-district counsel that will 'rob some civil rights plaintiffs of the only representation they can find,' insists a broad coalition of 30 public interest organizations and private law firms . . . .
108 Members of the House of Representatives signed onto a letter, authored by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), which calls on participants of the conference committee on the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to lift the legal services restriction on non-federal funds and the restriction on seeking attorneys' fees with federal and non-federal funds, and raise LSC's funding level to $440 million for FY 2010.
Forty-five members of the West Virginia State Bar, including a former U.S. Congressman and two state delegates, signed onto a letter to Rep. Mollohan (D-WV). The letter urges the Congressman to repeal the LSC restriction on non-federal funds when the relevant House and Senate bills are considered by a conference committee.
