May 2018 Issue

      May 2018

    Pro Bono

    ABA urges House and Senate to appropriate $482 million for the Legal Services Corporation

    The House Appropriations Committee included $410 million for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill the panel approved May 17. The funding package maintains the LSC funding level at its fiscal year 2018 amount, which reflected a $25 million increase for the corporation.

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