Legal Services Funding Alliance

Clyde Card – Chautauqua County Legal Services

Anne Erickson - Empire Justice Center

Robert Elardo – Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.

Lew Papenfuse – Farmworker Legal Services

Susan Horn – Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society

Alex Burnsztein – Legal Aid of Rockland County

Paul Lupia – Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York

Lillian M. Moy – Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New
York

Alan Harris – Legal Aid Society of Rochester

David Schopp – Legal Assistance Bureau of Buffalo

Ken Perri – Legal Assistance of Western New York

Karen Nicolson – Legal Services for the Elderly, Disadvantaged or Disabled of Western NY, Inc.

Dennis Kaufman – Legal Services of Central New York

Barbara Finkelstein – Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Jeffrey Seigel – Nassau/Suffolk Law Services

William Hawkes – Neighborhood Legal Services

Susan Patnode – Rural Law Center

Lisa Frisch – The Legal Project

Sheila Gaddis – Volunteer Legal Services of Monroe

Joe Kelemen – Western New York Law Center

Help Preserve New Yorker's Access to Justice

CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUNDING IS AT RISK OF ELIMINATION. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TO ASK THEM TO SUPPORT CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUNDING!

The Situation: TWO OF THREE CORE FUNDING SOURCES FACE VIRTUAL ELIMINATION -

At the very same time, increasing numbers of New Yorkers are in need of civil legal services as their homes go into foreclosure, they lose their jobs are denied Unemployment Insurance or Public Assistance, they face eviction or seek an order of protection from an abuser and can't afford to hire a lawyer to help them.

We need your help to preserve these critical services! Take Action Now!

About LSFA

Updated Chart Showing Civil Legal Services Funding Streams 1992 - 2009
February 23, 2010
Chart showing funding levels for civil legal services. Read More

Legal Services Funding Alliance Locations and Counties Served
February 12, 2010
A listing of members of the Legal Services Funding Alliance and the counties they serve. Read More

More About LSFA

In the News

One in Every Seven (Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson)

December 7, 2009

Senator calls for New Yorkers to pay attention to IOLA crisis and the need to invest in civil legal services.

Articles

Access to Justice is a Core Value, Not a Special Interest
February 22, 2010
The Statewide Campaign for Civil Legal Services urges the Governor and Legislature to support IOLA rescue funding and maintain all State funding. Read More

Civil Legal Services in Crisis
March 3, 2009
Legal services programs across New York State are in crisis mode. State funding stood at $15.85 million in 2007. This year there is just $1 million in the proposed Executive Budget. Interest based revenue from the Interest on Lawyer Account (IOLA) Fund, a core funder of civil legal services, is in free fall. Read More

Testimony

Legal Services Funding Alliance Testimony at the Hearing on Public Protection in the 2010-11 Executive Budget

Alan Harris testifies before the Joint Committees on funding for civil legal services on the 2010 - 2011 Executive Budget. Read More

Testimony at the Western NY Senate Hearing on IOLA and the Future of Civil Legal Services in New York

Discussion of funding sources for civil legal services in New York Read More

More LSFA Testimony