March 08 2023 Community | Press Release
Legal Services Alabama (LSA) recently added four new members to the organization’s Board of Directors – Tiffanie Agee, Interim Dean of Miles Law School, Alexia Borden, general counsel at Alabama Power Company, Rose Garner from the Black Belt Community Foundation and Josh Hayes from the Prince, Glover, & Hayes law firm. Tiffanie Agee Agee …
February 27 2023 In the News | Press Release
ALABAMA – Legal Services Alabama (LSA) announced today that it has received a grant award from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta), one of the 11 district banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System. The award is through the FHLBank Atlanta Heirs’ Property Prevention and Resolution Grant Initiative, announced last August. …
February 20 2023 Community | Press Release
HUNTSVILLE – Legal Services Alabama (LSA) is expanding its Road to Redemption series of expungement clinics with a new virtual offering for residents of Madison, Limestone, Jackson, Marshall, Dekalb and Morgan counties. LSA attorneys and pro bono volunteers will virtually provide free expungement services for people with certain misdemeanor charges. Beginning February 22, the clinics …
February 01 2023 Community | Press Release
Legal Services Alabama (LSA) and Blank Space Bham are partnered on a new mural of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth to be hosted on a wall of the LSA Birmingham office at 1820 7th Ave. A civil rights activist instrumental in the Freedom Rides and co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Shuttlesworth was chosen as the …
January 23 2023 Community | Press Release
Legal Services Alabama is responding to recent disaster relief needs by offering free pro bono legal clinics to people in the Montgomery and Selma areas struggling to recover from storm damage. The clinic series is being supported by the LSA John Lewis Legal Fellowship program. With people who are low-income carrying the biggest burden after natural disasters, …
January 09 2023 Community | Press Release
Legal Services Alabama has launched a new, online legal empowerment tool in Alabama for people representing themselves in court to prepare their own legal documents online for free. Funded by the Legal Services Corporation Technology Initiative Grant program (TIG), the new LSAutomation site allows clients managing their legal issues to complete a survey that automates …
December 20 2022 Community | Press Release
Legal Services Alabama (LSA) has partnered with Adams and Reese LLP to offer a free, monthly virtual legal clinic dedicated to supporting Black-owned small businesses and nonprofit organizations in Mobile. Interested business and nonprofit owners can register for an intake appointment to determine eligibility, available resources and services. LSA will conduct the initial screening and …
October 11 2022 Community
Coming up October 17th from 5 – 7 PM you can join a free workshop with the Mobile Area Interfaith Conference, the League of Women Voters of Mobile, St. Vincent de Paul, the Campaign Legal Center, & LSA to get assistance with criminal record expungements, pardon applications, and voting rights restoration.
October 05 2022 Uncategorized
The Fall issue of LSA’s legal journal, The Advocate, is available to read online! Check out this issue to #CelebrateProBono with ASB President Gibson Vance, learn about LSA’s partnership with the Bradley firm to support Black owned businesses and nonprofits, how LSA is advancing pro bono initiatives with technology, and updates on grant funding …
September 09 2022 Community | In the News
