Old news: legal aid layoffs, and the press didn’t get it right 

Posted: 11:17 am Fri, January 27, 2012
By Barbara L. Jones

Legal Aid Layoffs Last November the Congress slashed legal services funding by 14 percent, or about $56 million.  Funding is now at its lowest level since 2007.   The Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports that a Legal Services Corporation survey shows that organizations expect to lay off 393 employees in 2012, including 163 attorneys. That makes ...