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The Seattle Times, AP, August 28, 2012
ACLU lawsuit against Border Patrol moving forward

The Seattle Times, Sanjay Bhatt, August 17, 2012
State's high court: Mortgage registry can't foreclose
 
 
NPR, Carrie Johnson, June 15, 2012

KUOW, Liz Jones, April 27, 2012
 
The Seattle Times, Mike Carter, April 26, 2012

The Justice Blog, Tracy Russo, April 24, 2012

The Congress Blog, John G. Levi, April 20, 2012
 
Legal Services Corporation, Carl Rauscher, April 17, 2012
 
The Seattle Times, Jerry Large, April 4, 2012
 
The Daily World, Sarah Glorian, March 20, 2012
 
The Seattle Times, Op Ed by King County Superior Court Judge Richard McDermott and Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara Madsen, February 29, 2012
 
The Wenatchee World, Op Ed by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen and Superior Court judge Lesley Allan, February 9, 2012

Seattle Weekly, Keegan Hamilton, January 25, 2012
 
The News Tribune, AP, January 9, 2012
Gonzalez joins Washington state Supreme Court
 
The Wenatchee World, Rufus Woods, November 29, 2011
Even the rich (in experience) need a little help sometimes 
 
KCTS 9 Connects, November 18, 2011
 
The Seattle Times, Steve Miletich, November 15, 2011
 
Seattle PI, Blog, Joel Connelly, November 15, 2011
Judge González named to State Supreme Court
 
The Daily News, Cathy Zimmerman, November 7, 2011
 
Seattle Weekly, Nina Shapiro, November 4, 2011
 
Seattle Weekly, Keegan Hamiltion, October 20, 2011
The Case of the Concerned Citizen, The Harmless Korean, and the Port Angeles Border Patrol
 
King 5 News, Up Front, October 9, 2011
State Supreme Court Justice Mary Fairhurst believes in miracle
 
Civil Rights Law Review, Noah Kaplan, September 12, 2011
In Their Own Words: Civil Gideon: Becoming a Reality?
 
KUOW, Phyllis Fletcher, September 9, 2011
Number Of Homeless Students In Washington Tops 21,000
 
The Seattle Times, Jerry Large, September 9, 2011
Homeless kids find kind allies
 
The Puget Sound Business Journal, Kelly Gilblom, August 26, 2011
Justice denied: Legal aid funding plunges
 
USA Today, Elizabeth Crisp, August 30, 2011
Legal aid programs for poor deal with deep cuts
 
New York Times, Editorial, August 23, 2011
Addressing the Justice Gap
 
NPR, Olympia, WA, Austin Jenkins, May 8, 2011
Chase Bank collecting Hundreds of Thousands in ATM Fees from Welfare Clients
 
The Seattle Times/The Washington Post, Jerry Markon, May 7, 2011
Huge backlog of cases strains federal ‘Veterans Court’
 
The News Tribune, Bob Shirley, May 5, 2011
Don’t close the state’s law library
 
The Daily News, Leslie Slape, May 3, 2011
Area students study the courtroom with mock trial
 
The Daily News, Guest Column: Judge Stephen M. Warning, May 1, 2011
Keeping the courthouse doors open
 
The Olympian, Guest Column: Judge Stephen M. Warning, April 30, 2011
With budget cuts, courts may struggle to retain order in society
 
The Seattle Times, Guest Column: Judge Laura Inveen, April 29, 2011
Washington lawmakers must remember justice is the business of government
 
Bellevue Reporter, April 29, 2011
Microsoft official to speak at fundraising legal event [ELAP]
 
The Seattle Times, Andrew Garber, April 15, 2011
Gregoire says special legislative session needed to finish budget
 
The Bellingham Herald, Katie Schmidt, April 15, 2011
Law to help Washington homeowners facing foreclosure
 
The Seattle Times, Sanjay Bhatt, April 13, 2011
Homeowners facing foreclosure win right to mediation
 
The Blog of the Legal Times, David Ingram, April 12, 2011
Budget Deal Cuts $15.8M from Legal Services
 
Boston Globe, John Broderick & Martha Minow, April 4, 2011
Budget cuts threaten justice
 
Quad-City Times, Dustin Lemmon, April 4, 2011
Legal aid cuts leave more without representation (Illinois)
 
The Wall Street Journal, Louise Radnofsky and Danny Yadron, April 4, 2011
Groups Facing Fund Cuts Tailor Right-Leaning Pitch
 
Washington Post, Paul Kane, April 3, 2011
Government shutdown looms over talks as crunch time for 2011 budget nears
 
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, April 3, 2011
Life-saving Legal Aid facing increased need, decreased budget
 
The News Tribune, Brad Shannon and Jordan Schrader, April 3, 2011
House to cut state budget in 1st round
 
The Dallas Morning News, Editorial, April 1, 2011
Editorial: House should back new revenue source for legal aid
 
The Blog of Legal Times, April 1, 2011
It’s Crunch Time for Legal Services Corp. Funding
 
The News Tribune, Editorial, April 1, 2011
Let lawmakers – not judges – write the budget
 
Asbury Park Press, Bruce Springsteen, March 31, 2011
Bruce Springsteen Letter to the Editor: Story on poverty, aid cuts gives voice to voiceless
 
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Levi & Frank B. Strickland, March 31, 2011
Legal aid cuts will harm justice
 
Real Change, Celina Kareiva, March 30, 2011
Ever been convicted of a felony? [ ] Yes [ ] No
 
Seattle PI, Robin Hindery, March 27, 2011
State: If we can’t cut budget, then what?
 
The Seattle Times, Robin Hindery, March 27, 2011
Challenge to WA budget cut raises govt concerns
 
Seattle Weekly, Curtis Cartier, March 24, 2011
U-Visa Program Gives Illegal Immigrants Legal Status When They are Victims of Crime
 
Puget Sound Business Journal Blog, George Erb, March 24, 2011
Jeffrey Toobin addresses sell-out crowd
 
The News Tribune, Brad Shannon and Katie Schmidt, March 22, 2011
State’s budget gap grows to $5.3 billion
 
The New York Times, Letter to the Editor/Stephen N. Zack, President, ABA, March 20, 2011
Legal Aid in Hard Times
 
The Hill’s Congress blog, Stephen N. Zack (ABA President), March 17, 2011
Justice in Jeopardy
 
Seattle PI, Venna Ho, March 16, 2011
Seattle wants to protect ex-criminals from housing, job discrimination
 
The National Law Journal (multiple authors), March 14, 2011
The Power of Hope – an in-depth report examining the impact of legal aid programs on clients and the politics surrounding funding
 
The New York Times, Editorial, March 8, 2011
Slashing Civil Legal Aid

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jay Bookman, March 4, 2011
Immigrant labor- legal or illegal – offers a temptation to cheat
 
The Puget Sound Business Journal, George Erb, March 2, 2011
Norm Rice condemns our civic divisiveness [at the Goldmark Luncheon]
- Read Norm Rice’s speech at the 2011 Goldmark Luncheon
 
The Spokesman Review, John Craig, March 2, 2011
County adds fee for court facilitator
 
The Seattle Times, Christine Clarridge, March 2, 2011
Task force critical of Sanders’ comments on racial bias
 
New Observer, Gene Nichol, February 28, 2011
Legal services, down and nearly out
 
MinnPost, Jessie van Berkel, February 28, 2011
Minnesota’s resources for legal aid are drying up fast
 
Bellevue Reporter, Judge Steven Gonzalez & King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn, February 27, 2011
Supreme Court action expands access to justice
 
Los Angeles Times, Andrew Becker, February 24, 2011
Immigration agency pays Army veteran $400,000 for wrongfully detaining him
 
Nonprofit Quarterly, Lonnie Powers, February 23, 2011
Tied to the Railroad Track Once Again: The Perils of Legal Aid Funding
 
ABA Journal, Debra Cassens Weiss, February 22, 2011
ABA President Criticizes House Vote to Cut Legal Services Funding
 
San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko, February 22, 2011
Mom’s route to legal residency – her partner beat her kids
 
The Spokesman-Review, Jim Camden, February 19, 2011
Short-term budget cuts $236 million Washington state spending
 
The New York Times, Bob Herbert, February 19, 2011
The Human Cost of Budget Cutting
 
The News Tribune, Katie Schmidt, February 18, 2011
Foreclosure bill creates mediation process
 
Seattle PI, Vanessa Ho, February 18, 2011
Bad news for poor people: 17,000 kicked off Basic Health
 
The Seattle Times, Manuel Valdes (AP), February 18, 2011
Washington governor signs deficit cutting package
 
King 5 News, Drew Mikkelsen, February 18, 2011
Health care, education cut in state budget
 
The Spokesman-Review, Jim Camden, February 18, 2011
Short-term state budget passes both houses
 
The Nonprofit Quarterly, Ruth McCambridge, February 17, 2011
Texas Budget for Legal Aid a Shadow of its Former Self
 
Texas Bar Blog, Patricia L. Garcia, February 16, 2011
ATJ Commission proposes legislative plan to legal aid funding crisis
 
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Ashby Jones, February 14, 2011
Obama Bucks Calls for Legal Services Cuts, Boosts Budget
 
Mother Jones, Kat Aaron, February 14, 2011
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/legal-services-corporation-recession
 
Mother Jones, Kat Aaron, February 14, 2011
The GOP Plot to Destroy Legal Aid
 
The New York Times, February 12, 2011
Counsel for Foreclosures – Letter to the Editor
 
Wenatchee World, Molly Rosbach, February 12, 2011
Lawmakers introduce bill to combat legal fraud
 
Washington Courts, February 10, 2011
Washington State Office of Public Defense Program Helps Children and Families in the Child Welfare System
 
The Daily News, AP, February 9, 2011
Judges (national) warn of impact of funding cuts
 
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Poverty Scorecard – Washington
 
Sun Herald, February 9, 2011
Proposed $75 Million Budget Cut Would Devastate Legal Aid to Poor
 
The News Tribune, Jordan Scrader, February 6, 2011
Legislators want more say on budget
 
The Seattle PI, Molly Rosbach, February 5, 2011
Washington notarios bill combats immigration fraud
 
The Washington Post, Lori Montgomery, February 3, 2011
House Republicans propose $32 billion in budget cuts
 
The New York Times, David Streitfeld, February 2, 2011
Foreclosed Homeowners Go to Court on Their Own
 
MyNorthwest.com, Alex Silverman at KIRO Radio, February 2, 2011
- Woman charged 300% interest sues payday loan company
- AUDIO
- Ross & Burbank Interview Fred Corbitt (at minute marker 22:50)
 
The Spokesman-Review, Kevin Graman, February 1, 2011
State assistance terminated for 5,000 families
 
King5.com, Eric Wilkinson, February 1, 2011
Woman charged 1,052% interest sues payday loan company
 
The News Tribune, Jordan Schrader, January 31, 2011
Washington welfare cuts get reprieve
 
The Columbian, Carrie Vanzant Opinion, January 30, 2011
Local view: Will state protect – or abandon – vulnerable residents?
 
Houston Chronicle, Editorial, January 27, 2011
Desperate times: state cuts to legal aid put families at deadly risk. And that’s just the half of it.
 
KUOW.org, Brianna Butterfield, January 27, 2011
Court Hears Arguments On Foster Children’s Right to Legal Representation
 
Daily Record News, Mary Swift, January 26, 2011
Lawyer: Arrests may be result of error while filling out paperwork
 
Yakima Herald, Ross Courtney, January 25, 2011
Harassment case lawyers visit Granger
 
New York Law Journal, Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge, State of New York, January 24, 2011
Why We Must Fund Civil Legal Services
 
The Olympian, Editorial, January 23, 2011
Expect more tragedies amid state health care cutbacks
 
The Economist Blog, January 21, 2011
A very canny set of cuts
 
Campus Progress, Nicolas Mendoza, January 21, 2011
Republicans Say No Lawyers for the Poor
 
U.S. News, Paul Bedard, January 20, 2011
House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts [including LSC funding]
 
TPMDC, Brian Beutler, January 20, 2011
Conservative Republican Study Committee Outlines $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts
 
The Daily News, Leslie Slape, January 18, 2011
New Superior Court clerk makes good on promise to reopen doors
 
TriCity Herald, Michelle Dupier, January 16, 2011
Mental health advocates prepare for big cuts
 
The Wenatchee World, Mike Irwin, January 14, 2011
Attorney for disadvantaged has fought for ‘fair chance’
 
The Olympian, Katie Schmidt, January 12, 2011
Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara Madsen gives State of the Judiciary Address
 
Public News Service.org, January 10, 2011
To Balance State Budget, Raise Revenue or Cut Services?
 
Tri-City Herald, Cathy Kessinger, January 9, 2011
State lawmakers brace for tough session
 
The Seattle Times, Andrew Garber, January 8, 2011
The budget breakdown: How will state lawmakers slash the budget when much of it is untouchable?
 
VIDEO: The Power of Pro Bono Net
 
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Ashby Jones, January 7, 2011
Lean Times at Legal Aid
 
Real Change, Ian Burns, January 5, 2011
First settlement reached under Domestic Violence Leave Act
 
Herald Net, Sharon Salyer, January 5, 2011
State makes cut to Disability Lifeline
 
The Spokesman-Review, Spin Control, January 5, 2011
Stephens ‘most influential’ on high court
 
The Seattle Times, AP, January 4, 2011
Legislators don’t want Basic Health eliminated
 
KIROTV.com, Essex Porter, January 4, 2011
Gov. Gregoire, Democrats Face Off Over Social Cuts
 
The National Law Journal, Karen Sloan, January 3, 2011
Perfect storm hits legal aid
 
The Olympian, Op-Ed, January 3, 2011
Wednesday’s open house gives public inside look at the courts
 
The Washington Post, Ed O’Keefe, January 3, 2011
D.C. schools general counsel tapped to lead Legal Services Corp.
 
Seattle PI/AP, Rachel La Corte, January 1, 2011
Charities not likely to fill Wash. Budget gap