Sunday, February 18, 2018

Trump's budget proposal would eliiminate all funding for the largest single funder of civil legal aid for low-income people

At a time when the legal profession continues to debate how to best provide access to legal services for those who can't afford it, the Trump's administration budget proposal is trying once again to eliminate funding for the Legal Services Corp., the largest single funder of civil legal aid for low-income people.

ABA President Hilarie Bass issued a statement Friday saying the administration’s latest proposal to defund the LSC “is unwarranted and should be dead on arrival.”

The president also sought to cut all funds to the LSC last year but Congress kept the LSC budget at last year’s level, and at one point added $15 million to fund legal services for victims of natural disasters.

Go to the ABA Journal for more details.

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