Unlike in criminal cases, there is no constitutional right to an attorney in civil legal matters. This can affect low-income ...

Vikram Swaruup is the second-highest-ranking official in the D.C. attorney general’s office. He’s becoming the next executive director of D.C. Legal Aid.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with ProPublica's Jodi Cohen about a new report that found dozens of parents are giving up their guardianship of their kids so they can get financial aid for college.

When Hawaii’s Covid-19 shutdown order took effect last year, Cynthia Merrick’s Oahu-based fitness business all but dried up. Tomoko Otani lost her job at a Honolulu-area restaurant. Facing ...

For every 10,000 Americans living in poverty, fewer than three civil legal aid attorneys are available to provide free legal help, ... up 52% from 4,306 in 2013. Read more: ...

“We have determined that we should stand up once again, an independent, ... Section A, Page 15 of the New York edition with the headline: Justice Dept. Revives Office Offering Access to Legal Aid.

Legal Aid wrote in its letter that the NYPD’s overall “reckless and militaristic response” to the campus protests should be part of the DOI’s probe, too.