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Funding Civil Legal Aid: Protecting a Core American Value, Providing Critical Constituent Services
Talk Justice An LSC Podcast
English - October 01, 2020 19:00 - 50 minutes - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsNews legal aid legal services legal technology access to justice lawyers attorneys civil legal aid justice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode of Talk Justice, Legal Services Corporation President Ron Flagg discusses the importance of civil legal aid with the co-founders of the bipartisan Congressional Access to Civil Legal Services Caucus, Reps. Susan Brooks of Indiana and Joe Kennedy of Massachusetts. Reps. Brooks and Kennedy recount how they formed the caucus and the role it has played in advocating for federal funding of LSC. They also explore how the pandemic has sparked a surge in the demand for civil legal aid and how such assistance can address other problems such as racial injustice.