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| “The real solution to legal services for the poor is to fund legal service organizations as well as committing to an aspirational goal to do pro bono work.” Anonymous. “If someone wants to do pro bono – then GREAT! They will probably work hard and do a great job. If you are telling someone they . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week It’s true, in order to apply to the New York Bar, as of 2013 applicants will be required to have completed 50 hours of pro bono work. The initiative is aimed at helping low-income residents of New York who cannot afford legal help. You can read the whole story on the USA Today webpage here. . . . → Read More: Pro Bono Work a Requirement Before Passing the N.Y. Bar? 
GiveBIG is a community-wide day of giving hosted by The Seattle Foundation that will increase the size of your donation to KCBF. Last year during GiveBIG, $4.1 million was raised to support over 900 nonprofits in our community. We plan to be a part of this success again in 2012! GiveBIG will grow your gift! . . . → Read More: GiveBIG to Support Pro Bono Services! “Our company credo calls for us to share our success with our communities, which is why our pro bono work is such an important part of what we do,” said Randy Milch, executive vice president and general counsel of Verizon. “This award is a testament to the efforts of Verizon’s volunteers, who took the time during . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week 
A Photographic Journey into the Death Penalty with Human Rights Photojournalist Scott Langley The Ku Klux Klan rallying in support of a black man’s execution, a death row warden wheeling a gurney into the execution chamber the moment Troy Davis was executed. These and other dynamic photographs will be shown on . . . → Read More: Death Penalty Alternative & Answer to Letter Drop Puzzle The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance is gearing up for its annual conference to be held in Yakima from May 16th – 18th. This year’s theme, “The Changing Face of Homelessness,” started me thinking about some of the changes that folks working on the frontline have been seeing. I have had the opportunity to work . . . → Read More: Changing Face of Homelessness KCBA is looking for someone to join their team as a Membership Manager. For more details or to apply visit http://t.co/vrudctpD 
By: Harry Higgins, HJP Kent Program Coordinator Are you a volunteer attorney working for a pro bono service that seems to just be getting busier and busier? Are you seeing more clients than ever before, with a wider variety of problems? Volunteer attorneys at the Housing Justice Project clinics in Kent and Seattle have seen . . . → Read More: Help us help you help them! 
This post is the second in a monthly series focusing on KCBA’s Neighborhood Legal Clinics. On Tuesday, April 2nd, I visited the Greenwood Neighborhood Legal Clinic to talk to the volunteers and see just what goes on at a clinic. The Greenwood clinic takes place in the Greenwood office of Volunteers of America, a one-story . . . → Read More: Clinic Companion – A Quiet Night at the Greenwood Clinic 
“The Words We Live By” by Linda R. Monk The subtitle for this book is “Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution” and author Linda Monk gives us a one-volume introduction to the U. S. Constitution. This paperback looks deceptively simple: it is just over 250 pages. The Words We Live By is divided . . . → Read More: The Words We Live By & Letter Drop Puzzle |
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