Temporary reprieve for the LSC

Article Abstract:

The Legal Services Corp (LSC) bucked long odds to survive the 1996 congressional funding process, but its prospects next year remain uncertain. The House bill gives the LSC $278 million in fiscal 1996, the Senate, $340 million; its 1995 funding was $400 million. Both also impose strict limits: grantees cannot spend any funds from any source on litigation for prisoners, class action lawsuits against the government, challenges to welfare reform laws, and more. LSC advocates say they make a huge difference, but few realize it.

United States. Legal Services Corp., Legal aid

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Nobody's perfeck: for lawyers who think they must always be invincible, acknowledging an error and taking corrective action go hand in hand

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Lawyers often make mistakes despite a legal culture that pretends to be immune to them, but the best lawyers deal promptly and effectively with their errors. Most mistakes do not threaten the outcome of a transaction or trial, and will not destroy a lawyer-client relationship founded on trust, full communication, and an understanding of the legal process. Criminal trials have higher stakes for lawyer error, but constitutional protections also permit more remedies. Corrective action and communication are vital.

Management, Attorneys, Lawyers, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Practice of law, Attorney and client

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Earning for learning: college costs are on the rise, but the IRS has help for beleaguered parents

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Lawmakers wrote the 1997 tax law to benefit parents of college-bound children. The education IRA, the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit are three strategies created to aide educational pursuits. Since the tax laws are complicated, parents need to make careful, long-term planning decisions to make these strategies pay off.

Laws, regulations and rules, Tax planning, Education

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