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Legal Services of Northern California's
Education Empowerment Project
Legal Services
of Northern California launched the Education Empowerment Project:
Legal and Community Solutions to deliver legal information and services
on education issues to parents, students, and educators in Yolo
County, California. Coordinated by an Equal Justice Works Fellow,
this project seeks to empower parents, students and educators through
a two-pronged approach that provides direct services to parents
and students as well as a public education component offered through
the local school system.
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"A Question of Quality"
by Jeanne Charn and Randi Youells
Jeanne
Charn of Harvard Law School and Randi Youells, LSC's Vice President
of Programs wrote "A Question of Quality" to begin a discussion
on approaches to ensuring the delivery of high quality legal services.
Charn and Youells identify several core and expanded components
of a "Quality Matrix" and discuss how these components
provide a starting point for a larger discussion in the legal services
community on program quality issues.
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Ohio State Legal Services Association's
Loan Repayment Assistance Program
Ohio State
Legal Services Association (OSLSA) operates a loan repayment assistance
program (LRAP) to assist attorneys, paralegals, and select technology
staff in repaying certified educational loans that accumulated while
pursuing a law degree, paralegal certification, or technical training.
Full-time eligible employees may receive up to 50% of their monthly
loan obligation up to $200.00 per month.
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Community Voice Mail
Working with
social service agencies around the country, CVM distributes free,
personalized voice mail numbers, directly linking individuals to
jobs, housing, and stability. CVM has found that a reliable, local
message number is critical for people who are seeking work, housing
and/or fleeing domestic violence. Community Voice Mail has also
become an important tool for social workers, case managers and legal
service providers - allowing them to stay connected and deliver
services to clients who would otherwise be hard to reach. Learn
how your program can collaborate with CVM to offer this service
to your client community.
