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July 23, 2024

Talk Justice: Episode 87

Guests from Kansas and Tennessee discuss the growth of medical debt lawsuits, their impact on patients, and efforts to mitigate these suits on Talk Justice. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on this issue in Kansas in an article, 鈥淚n This Kansas Courtroom, the Hospital Dominates the Docket.鈥 A hospital sued 400 of the 9,000 people living in Pratt County over a period of less than a year. Meanwhile, a Tennessee pilot program gives patients a better option through online dispute resolution.
Health & Medical
July 09, 2024

Talk Justice: Episode 86

Legal aid leaders from Florida and Illinois reflect on four years of remote court and consider the benefits and limits of virtual appearances, as well as the inconsistent policies surrounding them on Talk Justice.
Technology
June 26, 2024

Proposed House FY 2025 Budget Cut Would Impair Already Under-Resourced Legal Aid Programs

This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science proposed a budget for FY 2025 that would cut the Legal Service Corporation鈥檚 (LSC) funding, impairing the ability of 130 legal aid programs to serve low-income Americans facing critical issues such as evictions, veterans benefits and domestic violence. The House Subcommittee鈥檚 proposed budget cuts LSC鈥檚 funding by $71 million to $489 million.
June 25, 2024

Talk Justice: Episode 85

United States Senator Ben Cardin joins LSC President Ron Flagg to discuss his perspective on access to justice as a legislator and lawyer on Talk Justice. The Maryland Senator shared about his time in the state鈥檚 general assembly chairing Maryland 成人抖阴, as well as the 鈥淐ardin Requirement鈥 at the University of Maryland鈥檚 Francis King Carey School of Law and his thoughts on the justice gap.
June 13, 2024

Senior Citizens Law Project Staff Attorney

Atlanta Legal Aid Society (鈥淟egal Aid鈥) seeks a Staff Attorney to work in its Senior Citizens Law Project (鈥淪CLP鈥) located in downtown Atlanta. Our non-profit law firm represents low-income people in a variety of civil legal matters including family, housing, consumer, employment, health, public benefits, and education law. Since 1975 SCLP has been representing seniors (60 years of age and older) in Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett and Clayton counties. SCLP aims to improve the health and financial stability of seniors.