News
2007 General News
Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Special Session to Address Fiscal Emergency
- By: Bench-Bar Coalition
- 12/21/2007
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Four More LSC-Funded Programs Adopt Pro Bono Resolutions
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 12/20/2007
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LSC Suffers Setback in Final Budget Bargaining
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 12/20/2007
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Request for nominations for Elkins Task Force
- By: Judicial Council
- 12/19/2007
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California Bar Foundation is launching a new Diversity Scholarship in 2008
- By: Cal Bar Foundation
- 12/19/2007
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WCLP Files Suit on behalf of Homeless People with Mental Illness
- By: Western Center on Law and Poverty
- 12/14/2007
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Four More LSC-Funded Programs Adopt Pro Bono Resolutions
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 12/12/2007
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Washington Post Highlights Law Student’s Quandary: Is Public Service Affordable?
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 12/12/2007
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John McKay, Former LSC President and US Attorney, Helps Launch New Legal Aid Office
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 12/12/2007
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Students Make Pro Bono Visits to New Orleans
- By: News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)
- 12/03/2007
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Mixed Blessing for New Lawyers: Public Interest Jobs Have Appeal but as Tuition and Debt Grow, So Too Does the Lure of High Pay
- By: Washington Post
- 12/03/2007
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ABA and FEMA Announce New Agreement to Enhance Legal Services
- By: ABA News
- 12/03/2007
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Mississippi Adopts Emeritus Pro Bono Attorney Rule, Bill
- By: BIFOCAL: Bar Associations in Focus on Aging and Law
- 12/03/2007
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2007 National Aging & Law Conference
- By: BIFOCAL: Bar Associations in Focus on Aging and the Law
- 12/03/2007
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2008 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access - Nominations Sought
- By: American Bar Association
- 11/28/2007
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A Know Your Rights & Responsibilities Resource for Immigrant Youth
- By: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- 11/26/2007
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News from the 2007 NLADA Conference
- By: Legal Services Corperation
- 11/21/2007
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House Committee Approves Debt Relief for Legal Aid Lawyers
- By: Legal Services Corperation
- 11/21/2007
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Final Passage of ’08 Appropriation Postponed
- By: Legal Services Corperation
- 11/21/2007
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Five More LSC-Funded Programs Adopt Pro Bono Resolutions
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 11/21/2007
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Notice of Public Comment for the IOLTA Comparability Rules
- By: State Bar of California
- 11/20/2007
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Learning the Skill of Working 'low bono'
- By: National Law Journal
- 11/20/2007
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Fine-Tuning Eyed for Student Debt Program
- By: National Law Journal
- 11/20/2007
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Judicial Council Seeks Comment on New Study on Court Interpreter Test
- By: Judicial Council of California
- 11/19/2007
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Curtis Child Appointed New Director
- By: Judicial Council of California
- 11/14/2007
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Justice Earl Johnson, Jr. Returns to Western Center on Law & Poverty: ‘Father of modern legal services’ will focus on access to justice
- By: Western Center on Law & Poverty
- 11/14/2007
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Abused and neglected children helped through new grant
- By: Kern Valley Sun
- 11/08/2007
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Governor teeters on edge of deficit abyss
- By: The LA Times
- 11/08/2007
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Seven More LSC-Funded Programs Adopt Pro Bono Resolutions
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 11/08/2007
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Governor Signs Bills to Help Increase IOLTA, Legal Services Funds
- By: CalBar Journal
- 11/06/2007
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Access Becomes a Little More Equal
- By: CalBar Journal
- 11/06/2007
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Legal Aid for Indigent Gets Boost from New Rule
- By: Baldwin County Now (Alabama)
- 11/06/2007
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The Supreme Court Blocks an Execution by Lethal Injection in Mississippi
- By: The New York Times
- 11/02/2007
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Attorneys offer free legal aid to fire victims
- By: North County Times
- 11/01/2007
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ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives
- By: American Bar Association
- 11/01/2007
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Forgotten Fire Victims Need Help!!!
- By: Border Angels
- 10/29/2007
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Five More LSC-Funded Programs Adopt Pro Bono Resolutions
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 10/25/2007
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MoFo Files Pro Bono Suit Against Fake Legal Aid Working with Bay Area Legal Aid and LSNC
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 10/25/2007
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Mississippi Becomes 26th State to Adopt Emeritus/ Pro Bono Practice Rules
- By: ABA Commission on Law and Aging
- 10/24/2007
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The challenge to diversify begins with law school
- By: The National Law Journal
- 10/24/2007
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Eric Cohen Named ILRC Executive Director
- By: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- 10/19/2007
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New Web Site Matches Lawyers with Pro Bono Openings
- By: The Recorder and www.callaw.com
- 10/18/2007
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Making Ends Meet: How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Family in California?
- By: California Budget Project
- 10/18/2007
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CRLA & CRLAF Launch Important, New Online Resource for Farmworker Health and Safety
- By: California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
- 10/17/2007
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The Best in Pro Bono are Honored
- By: The State Bar of California
- 10/16/2007
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Six Top Law Firms Give $180,000 to California Bar Foundation Scholarship Program
- By: California Bar Foundation
- 10/12/2007
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Fourteen More LSC-Funded Programs Adopt Pro Bono Resolutions
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 10/12/2007
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Pro Bono: It’s Not Only Taking Cases
- By: Louisiana Bar Journal
- 10/11/2007
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Billables Cut for First-Years
- By: National Law Journal
- 10/11/2007
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A New Dean Braces to Build a Law School
- By: National Law Journal
- 10/11/2007
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Law firm passes along the benefits of pro bono labors
- By: Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
- 10/09/2007
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UPS Delivers Attorney for Pro Bono Project
- By: Corporate Counsel
- 10/08/2007
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ACC's Annual Meeting: Enjoying the Ride on the Track to Success
- By: Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- 10/08/2007
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The American Bar Association Child Custody and Adoption Pro Bono Project Announces 2007-2008 Directed Grants Program
- By: ABA Child Custody and Adoption Pro Bono Project
- 10/04/2007
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Deadline for submitting Equal Justice Conference RFPs is Wednesday, October 17, 2007
- By: The American Bar Association
- 10/03/2007
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Pro Bono Manager Service Builds Momentum
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 10/01/2007
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Chief Justice Urges Lawyers To Protect Impartiality of the Courts
- By: Judicial Council of California
- 10/01/2007
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Minyard Morris to receive pro bono service honor
- By: Daily Pilot
- 09/27/2007
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Pro bono work is more than good will; Study finds institutional expectations, incentives, to be significant factor
- By: Spokane Journal of Business
- 09/17/2007
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ABA Adopts New Interpretation of Law School Pro Bono Accreditation Standard
- By: American Bar Association
- 09/10/2007
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VA lawyer test could discourage pro bono work
- By: Army Times
- 08/26/2007
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Law Firms and Legal Departments Find Creative Means to Partner on Pro Bono Projects
- By: Pro Bono Institute
- 08/26/2007
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Legal Services Housing Attorneys Find Small, but Significant Victory in California Supreme Court Ruling
- By: Business Wire
- 08/17/2007
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Commentary: Lessons Learned in Boosting Pro Bono
- By: Legal Times
- 08/15/2007
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Taking On The Tough Cases: Holland & Knight's Community Services Team
- By: The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
- 07/31/2007
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Access To Justice In Civil Cases: A Right Whose Time Has Come
- By: The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
- 07/31/2007
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Summer associates may split time between firms and public interest
- By: The National Law Journal
- 07/24/2007
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CA Pro Bono Attorneys Fight for Client Trapped in Immigration Black Hole
- By: The Recorder
- 07/19/2007
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Bill Provision Urges Lawyers to Donate Pro Bono Legal Services
- By: Metropolitan News-Enterprise
- 07/19/2007
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Bay Area Pro Bono Attorneys Fight for Client Trapped in Immigration Black Hole
- By: The Recorder
- 07/19/2007
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Deadline Extended to Angust 15th: Nominations being Sought for ABA Labor and Employment Law Francis Perkins Public Service Award!
- By: ABA
- 07/18/2007
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"Sacramento Scene" Newsletter -- Vol. 6, #1
- By: State Bar of California
- 07/16/2007
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Cravath Helps Win a New Deal for Liberia
- By: Law.com
- 07/16/2007
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Public Interest Clearinghouse to Present Awards for Strengthening Legal Services at Annual Opening Doors to Justice Benefit
- By: Public Interest Clearinghouse
- 07/10/2007
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Pro Bono Starts at the Top
- By: The American Lawyer
- 07/02/2007
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Public Interest Clearinghouse Selects New Executive Director
- By: Public Interest Clearinghouse
- 06/25/2007
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Bet Tzedek Legal Services and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Secure More Than $500,000 in Relocation Assistance for Low-Income Families
- By: Earthtimes.org
- 06/24/2007
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Judicial Council is recruiting members for its advisory committees - Deadline June 30th
- By: Judicial Council of California
- 06/22/2007
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PIC AmeriCorps attorneys help law students gain experience by serving rural residents
- By: Oroville Mercury Register
- 06/21/2007
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Law Firms Willing to Pay to Work for Nothing
- By: Wall Street Journal
- 06/20/2007
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State Legislators Agree on Most Judicial-Branch Priorities
- By: Daily Journal
- 06/20/2007
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Online registration is available for the State Bar of California's 80th Annual Meeting
- By: State Bar of California
- 06/18/2007
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Lawyers battle over state malpractice proposal
- By: SF Gate
- 06/18/2007
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LSC 2007 Action Plan for Private Attorney Involvement
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 06/11/2007
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Commentary: Appealing to a New Generation of Summer Associates
- By: Legal Times
- 06/07/2007
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Legal Services Corporation Adopts Private Attorney Involvement Resolution
- By: State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Project
- 06/01/2007
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New Web Site Offers Lawyers Easy Access To Pro Bono Opportunities
- By: American Bar Association
- 06/01/2007
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Equal Justice Works Reception held in Bay Area
- By: Legal Pad
- 05/25/2007
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Stephanie Choy Named as New Managing Director of Legal Services Trust Fund Program
- By: State Bar of California
- 05/24/2007
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Deadline Extended to July 2nd: Nominations being Sought for ABA Labor and Employment Law Francis Perkins Public Service Award!
- By: American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law
- 05/16/2007
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LACLJ Honors Latham & Watkins LLP and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Adolescent Medicine Project NATEEN at 14th Annual Awards Dinner
- By: Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
- 05/11/2007
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Language Access to the Courts Report Released
- By: National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- 05/03/2007
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L.A.-Style Fund-Raising Supports Legal Services That The Feds Won't
- By: California Lawyer
- 05/02/2007
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Access Commission’s Action Plan for Justice is now available online
- By: California Commission on Access to Justice
- 05/02/2007
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Call for Nominations - 2007 Burnham "Hod" Greeley Award
- By: ABA Coalition for Justice
- 04/27/2007
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Nominations being sought for ABA Labor and Employment Law Francis Perkins Public Service Award
- By: American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law
- 04/26/2007
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Tanya Neiman Pro Bono Professional of the Year Award
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 04/26/2007
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Continued increases in law firm associate salaries - where does the money go?
- By: The Recorder
- 04/10/2007
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A Taste of Tamales By the Bay with Margaritas Rock!: An A-Maize-ing Benefit Event for Benchmark Institute
- By: Benchmark Institute
- 04/10/2007
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A do-it-yourself courtroom
- By: Sacramento Bee
- 04/09/2007
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In Inland Empire, a New Push to Attract Minority Judges
- By: Daily Journal
- 04/09/2007
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MacArthur Recognizes Oakland-based National Housing Law Center Among 2007 Winners of Award for Creative, Effective Nonprofits
- By: Philanthropy News Digest
- 03/30/2007
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Children Confined - Immigrant Detention at Hutto
- By: ACLU Freedom Files
- 03/29/2007
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$5 Million Gift Will Aid UCLA Law Graduates
- By: Daily Journal
- 03/28/2007
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In civil society, poor have measure of justice
- By: Pioneer Press
- 03/20/2007
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LAFLA and pro bono firm Munger Tolles & Olson represent low-income tenants in housing battle in San Fernando Valley
- By: LA Daily News
- 03/20/2007
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Op-Ed:Retirement Programs Discourage Diversity on the Bench
- By: Daily Journal
- 03/15/2007
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Public Counsel names clinic after Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- By: Public Counsel
- 03/15/2007
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Order in the Court
- By: Appellate Court, Connecticut
- 03/14/2007
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Nominations for State Bar Pro Bono Awards - March 30 deadline
- By: State Bar of California
- 03/14/2007
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Asian American Justice Center Releases Groundbreaking Report on Adult Literacy Education in Immigrant Communities
- By: The Asian American Justice Center
- 03/08/2007
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Boom times for young NYC lawyers
- By: American Public Media
- 03/08/2007
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Time for action to close the justice gap
- By: California Bar Journal
- 03/08/2007
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Public Counsel Thanks Legal Community for Breaking a Record at L.A. Marathon
- By: Public Counsel
- 03/06/2007
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Bet Tzedek raises $2.7 million at 19th Annual Dinner Gala
- By: Bet Tzedek Legal Services
- 03/06/2007
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Pro bono attorney works with LSNC and students to set up Legal Clinic of Yolo County
- By: Daily Democrat Online
- 03/04/2007
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394 million 'justice gap' plagues legal services
- By: CalBarJournal
- 03/02/2007
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Bill Aims to Lure New Lawyers to Public Sector
- By: Daily Journal
- 03/01/2007
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Medicare clients sue state over computer flub
- By: Examiner
- 02/28/2007
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ABA Sec of Dispute Resolution Announces 2007 Mini-Grants for Pro Bono Projects and Availability of New Resources
- By: ABA
- 02/28/2007
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New Pro Bono Service: Ask An Expert
- By: Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni Consulting Team (ACT)
- 02/23/2007
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Former Lafayette councilman helps Sonnenschein win $19 million case for three Haitian women against paramilitary squad leader
- By: Contra Costa Times
- 02/11/2007
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Former Lafayette councilman helped win $19 million case for three Haitian women against paramilitary squad leader
- By: Contra Costa Times
- 02/10/2007
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Bingham McCutchen lawyer honored for work on human trafficking case
- By: India West
- 02/02/2007
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2007 LAAC Awards of Merit - Submit your nominations now!
- By: Legal Aid Association of California
- 02/02/2007
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A betrayed bride cries out for help - and Latham & Watkins answers
- By: Orange County Register
- 02/01/2007
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House Approves $348.5 Million For LSC in FY 2007
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 02/01/2007
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State Bar deadlines for proposed revisions to the MCLE rules and for committee and commission applications
- By: State Bar of California
- 01/31/2007
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Crowded Riverside Court Begins Dismissing Criminal Charges
- By: Daily Journal
- 01/29/2007
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LRAP back on the legislature's plate: County Counsel Have Debts, Too
- By: The Recorder
- 01/29/2007
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Contenders Jockey to Become Judicial Appointments Secretary
- By: Daily Journal
- 01/23/2007
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New Hampshire Chief justice makes pro bono plea to lawyers
- By: Portsmouth Herald
- 01/17/2007
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State Bar's legal services awards nominations will be available in mid-January
- By: State Bar of California
- 01/16/2007
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A new breed of young Bay Area philanthropists redefines the meaning -- and methods -- of giving
- By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
- 01/14/2007
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Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill Reviews the Governor's Proposed Budget
- By: LAO
- 01/12/2007
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Governor Adds 50 Judges to Budget: Lawmakers Want Diversity or They Say They Will Block Proposal
- By: Daily Journal
- 01/11/2007
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Battling Deportation Often a Solitary Journey
- By: Washington Post
- 01/10/2007
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Schwarzenegger’s Plan for Universal Care Draws No Universal Agreement
- By: New York Times
- 01/10/2007
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Link to the Governor's Proposed Budget
- By: California Department of Finance Website
- 01/10/2007
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Many California Workers Are Struggling to Find Work
- By: California Budget Project
- 01/06/2007
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Kids' chances for success not great in CA
- By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
- 01/05/2007
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National Public Service Award -- Deadline 01/19/2007
- By: ABA Section of Business Law Committee on Pro Bono
- 01/03/2007
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