ABA president advocates a $450M budget for LSC in letter to Senate
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Court-appointed lawyers in Maine will have to wait for payment because of budget shortfall
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Budget cuts threaten to slam the courthouse door on many Alabama residents
By Linda A. Klein, president of the American Bar Association and a senior managing shareholder at Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, based Atlanta; and Rebekah Keith McKinney , a partner with Watson McKinney LLC in Huntsville. When ordinary Americans need help with life's big problems, the Legal Services Corporation is there. Foreclosure News
Trump’s Budget Would Cut Legal Aid Agencies
Legal Aid agencies face losing a large percentage of their funding under President Donald Trump's budget proposal, which could hurt some poor people's ability to get legal assistance for issues like domestic-violence restraining orders or home foreclosures. Trump recommends eliminating funding for Legal Services Corp., which is currently appropriated $ 385 million . Foreclosure News
Ask Daliah: How to market on a budget
Dear Daliah: How do you find clients using methods that don’t cost more than $ 1,000 and don’t demand your every-day (every week?) attention? A simple plan to implement a marketing strategy. Karen Guthrie Dear Karen: Not all firms are alike, and not all firms can implement the same marketing strategies. However, all firms, regardless […]
Trump budget eliminates Legal Services Corp. funding
President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget eliminates funding for the Legal Services Corp. In his first budget proposal released Thursday, Trump is cutting discretionary spending to pay for an increase in defense spending and the wall on the Mexican border, the Washington Post reports. ABA Journal Daily News
Housing Group Warns of Steep Losses for NJ Under Trump Budget
Following news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will see a $ 6 billion cut under President Donald Trump's proposed budget, a housing group in the state is warning of sharp losses for New Jersey's poorest cities. Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey President Staci Berger predicted that the loss of […]
ABA will cut $10.7 million from general operations budget, a savings of more than 10 percent
The ABA Board of Governors on Thursday authorized ABA Executive Director Jack Rives to proceed with a plan to cut $ 10.7 million from the association’s general operations budget for fiscal 2018. ABA Journal Daily News
As Illinois budget impasse continues, state AG’s court motion seeks to stop paying state employees
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Billable hour pricing is effectively dead because of budget caps, report says
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