Public Funding for Civil Legal Services
Civil legal services play a vital role in ensuring that low-income District residents receive assistance with critical legal issues. The need for these services has increased due to the recession, rising unemployment, and loss of affordable housing. Read more...
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SAILS (Senior Attorney Initiative for Legal Services) Project
The Commission and the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program, together with eleven leading District law firms, launched the SAILS Project, which seeks to harness the experience and talent of senior law firm attorneys to assist thinly stretched legal services organizations. Read more...
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Raising the Bar in D.C.
To address the serious shortage of funding for legal services, the Commission joined with eight leading law firms in December 2010 to launch the Raising the Bar in D.C.: A Funding Campaign for Legal Services. Read more...
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