ABA Urges Funding Increase for the Legal Services Corporation.

ABA President Dennis W. Archer on June 14, 2004 and June 17, 2004 urged the House and Senate Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary to increase the Legal Services Corporation's FY 2005 appropriation to the level necessary to put the Corporation in the same position it was prior to drastic funding cuts in the mid-90s. Citing wide bipartisan support and an overwhelming need, the ABA recommends that Congress fund LSC at $396.1 million, but no less than the Corporation's budget request of $352.4 million. Funding for the Legal Services Corporation is a legislative priority for the ABA and many state and local bar associations.