Members of Congress and leaders from the legal and business communities will join the Legal Services Corp. (LSC) on Thursday, April 28, for the release of “The Justice Gap: The Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low-income Americans.”
The report examines the nation’s “justice gap” — the difference between the civil legal needs of low-income Americans and the resources available to meet those needs.
The new report updates and expands LSC’s 2017 Justice Gap Study, providing a fresh assessment of the state of civil legal justice for low-income Americans.
The speakers joining LSC for the release include:
• Senator Ben Cardin (MD)
• Senator Tim Kaine (VA)
• Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5), co-chair of the Congressional Access to Legal Aid Caucus
• Representative Tom Emmer (MN-6) [recorded remarks]
• United States Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta
They will be joined by LSC leadership and members of LSC’s Leaders Council, including:
• LSC Leaders Council Co-Chair Kenneth C. Frazier, executive chairman of Merck & Co. Inc.’s board of directors
• LSC Leaders Council Co-Chair Harriet Miers, chair of the Texas Access to Justice Commission and a partner with Locke Lord LLP
• University of Michigan Football Coach Jim Harbaugh, a member of the LSC Leaders Council
• LSC Board Chair John G. Levi
• LSC President Ronald S. Flagg
A panel discussion, “The Justice Gap in America Today and Why it Matters,” will discuss the effect of the justice gap on the lives of low-income Americans and the operations of American courts.
Speakers will include Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, and Rhodia D. Thomas, executive director, MidPenn Legal Services.
The event will be held at 2 p.m. and will also be livestreamed on LSC’s Facebook page.
The report itself will go live on LSC’s website (www.lsc.gov) during the event.
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