WASHINGTON – The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) announced this week that Legal Services Alabama will receive a $24,999 Technology Initiative Grant to improve its use of technology in assisting low-income Alabamans with civil legal needs. Established in 2000, LSC’s Technology Initiative Grants program supports legal aid organizations in developing and replicating technologies that improve efficiency and …

Our September 2018 Advocate of the Month is Rachele Reis. After graduating from Washington and Lee University School of Law, Rachele joined LSA’s Mobile Regional Office in August of 2016. Rachele is active in most of LSA’s core service areas including: family, consumer, housing, and public benefits law. Since starting at LSA, Rachele has proved …

In every criminal trial, judges instruct juries that indictments are not evidence; an indictment alone is insufficient to deprive an individual of liberty or property. (An indictment without more is not enough to deny bail or sustain pretrial forfeiture of property.)  To make an indictment unsupported by other proof a basis for terminating a vital …

LSA welcomed Lee Jordan, Elder Law Staff Attorney, to the Montgomery Regional Office on Sept. 4. A graduate of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Jordan has been in private practice for the past 18 years, with extensive legal experience in criminal, juvenile, probate and family law. Jordan, a Montgomery native, believes law is …

Our August 2018 Advocate of the Month is Laurie McFalls. Laurie first joined LSA as part of the Tuscaloosa Regional Office, providing legal help to tornado victims in 2011. In 2012, Laurie transferred to the Huntsville Regional Office, where she currently works in a wide range of areas including: consumer, public benefits, housing and domestic …

Legal Services Alabama is excited to announce that they have reached a successful resolution to a lawsuit filed by LSA against the Department of Human Resources last November in Alabama federal court. This case involved LSA’s contention that the Department violated the due process rights of Alabama citizens when it failed to provide notices which …

Oakley, who began with LSCA in June 1983, currently serves as Economic Empowerment Practice Group Chair and as a member of the High Impact Litigation Unit. Our July 2018 Advocate of the Month is Mary Jane Oakley. Mary Jane joined LSA in June of 1983. Oakley’s specialty practice areas include: public benefits, consumer and housing …

At Legal Services Alabama we meet veterans where they are. Since March 2018, we’ve been helping veterans of low income across South Alabama with their civil legal needs. Tim Kingston, Mobile Regional Office Staff Attorney, meets with veterans the first Thursday of each month at the Mobile Office, located at 104 St. Francis Street, Suite …

byLori DuBose, WABF 1480 AM Tim Kingston, LSA Mobile Regional Office Attorney, recently appeared on WABF 1480 Fairhope to discuss the services offered by the Mobile Regional Office and our Veterans’ Civil Legal Clinics in partnership with the VA Gulf Coast. Audio Archives

Our June 2018 Advocate of the Month is Michael Letson. After working in LSA’s Florence Office from 2005 until 2012, Michael re-joined LSA in June of last year. Michael’s work focuses on housing, consumer, domestic and elder law. Michael has served on a number of community organizations such as the Inner City Council (Lawrence County), …