83rd Legislative Session News

• Texas Legislature Provides Funding for the State's Legal
  Legal Aid System
• Follow our bill in the Senate (SB 635)
  and in the House (HB 1445).
• Texas legal aid increase signed into law -
  Austin Business Journal

• May 17, 2013 --  SB635 and HB 1445 become
  known as the "Chief Justice Jack Pope Act" 
• Legal Aid in Texas - by Andrew Kerr, TAJF Board Member and San Antonio Bar President, June 2013
• Legal Aid Needs Unmet - San Antonio Express-News editorial
• Legal Aid Funding Shortfall Creates Risk for Low-Income Texans and the State press release 2-20-13
  • Austin American-Statesman
  • Austin Business Journal
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Houston Press blog
  • Quorum Report
  • Texas Bar Blog
  • Texas Lawyer 3-20-13
  • Texas Observer
  • Texas Tribune

• Watch the Feb. 20 press conference at the Capitol

• Read the new report -- Current and Potential Economic Benefits of Legal Aid Services in Texas: 2013 Update -- by The Perryman Group

• Access to Justice Fact Sheet

• Access to Justice in Texas (brochure)

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