Around 200 legal department leaders have urged Congress to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation as lower and middle income Americans search for help dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
The high-powered lawyers wrote to request more cash in the FY2021 federal budget for LSC, a nonprofit dedicated to helping Americans access legal aid.
“Strong support for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) will enhance the ability of civil legal aid organizations to respond to the widespread economic, social, and health-based hardship this pandemic is likely to cause,” said the letter, dated June 19.
The pandemic has exacerbated ...
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