Kentucky

Legal Services Get Modest Increase in State Budget
State funding for legal services organizations hurting from a drop in grants from interest on lawyer trust accounts increased only $526,000 in the state budget process last week, said Samuel Milkes, executive director of Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, the statewide coordinating organization for 10 regional legal services programs and six specialized legal resource programs...

BUDGET: Public Advocacy chief says budget cuts is unconstitutional
Blog post by Brandon Ortiz, Herald Leader, at Polwatchers Blog addresses more issues on the court's budget: Legal issues seen in state budget The state's chief public defender said Wednesday that the proposed state budget is unconstitutional because it would leave thousands of poor criminal defendants without legal representation...

Legal Aid Programs Facing Huge Budget Cuts
From the National Law Journal: "Legal aid programs throughout the country are facing budget cuts of up to 50%. With the economy likely headed into a recession and coastal areas in Texas and Louisiana still struggling with the aftermath of...

NY Cuts Funding for Treatment Programs Aimed at People Who Have Been Incarcerated
N.Y. Cuts Funding for Treatment Programs Aimed at Ex-Offenders November 10, 2008 Massive state budget cuts are leaving some New York ex-convicts without addiction treatment, the New York Times reported Nov...

Kentucky Legal Aid Programs Face Fin'l Squeeze As Governor Puts Hatchet To State Funding; Federal, Private, IOLTA Funding Also Down
In Lexington, Kentucky, the Lexington Herald Leader reports: [T]he state typically provides $1.5 million in funding for four legal aid organizations in Kentucky [...].(1) But this fiscal year that was cut to $500,000 divided among the four agencies...

Legal Services of New Jersey Hit Hard by Economic Downturn:Must Raise $9 Million to Avoid Cuts in Staff and Services
In the July 10, 2008 issues of The Star-Ledger, Kate Coscarelli reports: "The primary funding source for Legal Services of New Jersey has dropped at a more precipitous rate than anticipated, and it is already projecting a $21...

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What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Legal Forms
Business and Commercial Legal Forms

Best Law Movies
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Law & Order Depicts Police Procedures and Criminal Justice
Accuracy of Criminal Justice Depiction on Television

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Legal Malpractice
legal malpractice lawsuits.

Consumer Funding
BlueHippo Funding agrees to set up $5 million restitution fund after modifying its computer sales program.

Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit
Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
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Viviendas, Inquilinos y Dueños
legal issues.

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