Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille, in a letter dated January 7, 2011, has issued a call to the Commonwealth’s 70,000 attorneys to volunteer more of their time and money to help ensure Pennsylvanians with limited financial means receive needed civil legal representation. Saying the

The 2011 Equal Justice Conference , sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, will be held form May 19-21, 2011 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, NV. The Equal Justice Conference brings together all components of the legal community to discuss

The Internal Revenue Service opened its 21st season of electronic filing on January 14, 2011 with a reminder to taxpayers that e-file remains the best way to get fast refunds and ensure accurate tax returns, particularly following several tax law changes in December. The opening of IRS e-file also

The Sargent Shriver National Center of Porverty will be presenting a webinar entitled, The Next Frontier in Public Benefits: Electronic Benefit Cards , on Thursday, February 3, 2011 from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern. Last month, the U.S. Treasury finalized a new regulation that requires federal public

The December 2010 edition of Senior Health News is available on the website of the Pennsylvania Health Law Project . Articles appearing in this edition include: Important Medicare Changes Start January 1 Changes to Medicare Costs in 2011 Slight Increase to Asset Limits for LIS and MSP in 2011 Will

The ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education will be presenting a free webinar entitled, Veterans Benefits: A Closer Look at the Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) , on January 26, 2011 at 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter on January 6 to Shaun Donovan, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), urging HUD to release $1 billion in funds Congress authorized last year to help unemployed homeowners. The Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP)

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced a joint partnership between the two agencies to help nearly 1,000 non-elderly Americans with disabilities leave nursing homes or other healthcare facilities