The Legal Services Corp., the single largest funder of civil legal services in the country, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Friday.
July 25, 2014 at 02:39 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legal Times
The Legal Services Corp. on Friday celebrated 40 years of funding civil legal services for low-income clients across the United States.
The need for free legal assistance has remained high since President Richard Nixon signed legislation creating the Legal Services Corp. on July 25, 1974. The agency estimates that nearly 21 percent of Americans qualify for civil legal aid, and resource-strapped legal services organizations continue to struggle to meet the demand.
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