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Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Executive Budget Hearing on Human Services

Testimony before the Joint Legislative Committees on human services in the 2010-2011 ...

Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Public Protection Hearing for 2010-2011

Most years we confront the need to restore state funding to the budget. This year we...

NEWSLETTERS

Winter 2009-2010 :

Empire Justice Center's quarterly newsletter for advocates. Read More


Letter from Robert Gross Senior Program Counsel for State Planning
August 16, 2002
Letter Regarding NY's Plan for Justice and LSC Program Configuration Read More

Legal Services Restructuring Plan Submitted to LSC
August 1, 2002
After almost a year of intense planning, the New York State Planning Steering Committee submitted its restructuring plan to the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in July. LSC has promised a thorough review and a formal response by early September. Read More

State Planning for the Future of Legal Services
Recommitting to Access to Justice
February 1, 2002
As part of New York’s ongoing planning process for reviewing and potentially restructuring the State’s legal services delivery system, over 100 project directors, staff attorneys, paralegals, community groups, pro bono programs, members of the judiciary, members of the private bar, and leaders from the New York State Bar Association gathered recently to “Help Create the Vision, Build the Reality of Equal Access to Justice.” Read More

LSC Programs Submit Regional Plans
March 1, 2001
Driven by the Legal Services Corporation to develop regional approaches to the delivery of legal services and to look at reconfiguring the current LSC gant structure, the LSC-funded programs in the state have been engaged in intense strategic planning for the past few years. Read More