🔸Join the National Pro Bono Celebration locallly! 🔸 The 2025 Pro Bono Month calendar is out, with CLEs, celebrations & volunteer opportunities in Bucks, Chester, Delaware & Montgomery counties. ✅Details + registration links are on LASP's #probono webpage: lasp.org/pro-bono. @americanbar.org

NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery Bar Association's Pro Bono, Access to Justice & Community Service Committee is hosting a CLE, "Update on Montgomery County Housing Issues." 🗓️Tue, Sept, 30, 2025 from 12-1:30 p.m. 📍MBA, 100 W. Airy St., Norristown 19401 Register: bit.ly/MBA-9-30-2025

Join us Thursday, Oct. 16 in Lansdowne for free help with wills, powers of attorney and/or healthcare directives. lasp.org/events

Free Advanced Planning Legal Clinic for eligible Montgomery County residents age 60+. 🗓️Thur, Oct. 9, 2025, 10am-2pm 📍Salem Adult Citizens Senior Center, 1250 Easton Road, Abington 19001 Host: @senatorhaywood.com Register (required): Sen. Haywood’s ofc 215-242-8171

Virtual Clean Slate & Expungement Workshops with LASP attorney! Host: Coatesville Center for Community Health Thursdays (about 1 hour) * Sept. 25, 4:30p * Oct. 2, 11a * Oct. 23, Nov. 6, Dec. 4 @ 4:30p Register: bit.ly/expungement-workshop Details: lasp.org/events

Free outreach events in Lansdale! 📍Manna on Main Street / North Penn Commons, 606 E. Main St., Lansdale 19446 🗓️Thur, Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 20 & Dec. 18, 2025, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Just stop by LASP's table! No appt needed. #mannaonmain #LegalAidMatters

Free Clean Slate Expungement Clinic Host: @RepLeanne 🗓️Thur, Sept. 25, 2025, 6–8pm 📍Brookhaven Municipal Center, 2 Cambridge Rd, Brookhaven 19015 ✅Reservations required. Info/save your spot: 610-534-6880 or [email protected] #LegalAidMatters lasp.org/events

LASP proudly provided disaster legal services following Hurricane Ida in 2021-25, through a grant from Legal Services Corp. Staff assisted survivors with FEMA appeals & other short- and long-term legal issues stemming from the storm. #LegalAidMatters @RepBrianFitz @scanlon.house.gov

LASP staff gathered at the PA Legal Aid Network (PLAN) Statewide Training Conference in Harrisburg Sept. 9-10, 2025. LASP'S team was among 350+ advocates joining PLAN for 50 sessions in 15 tracks—covering substantive law topics and language access to communications and AI. #LegalAidMatters

Updated! Delco #probono opportunity: attorneys, paralegals & notaries! Senior Legal Clinic w/ Sen. Tim Kearney & Rep. Gina Curry Thur, Oct. 16, 2025 9a Training 10a-2p Clinic 20th Century Club | 84 S. Lansdowne Ave. | Lansdowne 19050 [email protected] / 610-230-6074 @senatorkearney.com

Some of LASP's summer interns gathered in Norristown for a lunch celebrating their impactful work.☀️From left: Kit Kringel, Fania Charles, Camryn Williams-Babu, Allison Rhinelander, Áine Lowndes, and Cameron Chisholm. #LegalAidMatters [July 31, 2025]

Updated! Montco #probono opportunity for volunteer attorneys, paralegals & notaries for Senior Legal Clinic with @senatorhaywood.com Thur, Oct. 9, 2025 9a Volunteer training by PBA 10a-2p Clinic Salem Adult Citizens Senior Center, 1250 Easton Rd, Abington 19001 Info: [email protected]

POCONO MANOR - Kimberly Hollenback (at right), VOCA Supervising Attorney, connected with LASP alumna Mitchi Shafer at the 2025 Pathways for Victim Services Conference. Kimberly presented "The Trauma Informed Legal Practice" on Sept. 12 at the at the conference in Pocono Manor.

Join Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (LASP) for an outreach event Sept. 16-25, 2025! 🌻Details & registration info: lasp.org/events #LegalAidMatters United Way of Bucks Co. Chester Co. United Way PA CareerLink of Chester Co. Manna on Main Street Coatesville Center for Community Health @repleanne.com

EXTON - A free monthly legal clinic will be at Chester County United Way Wed., Sept. 17, Oct. 8, Nov. 12 & Dec. 10, 2025, 9am-12pm. 📍150 John Robert Thomas Drive, Exton 19341 Schedule 30-min appt w/ LASP attorney: 610-429-9400 x4115 / [email protected].

EXTON - Jump start your job search at the PACareerLink Awareness Day Resource Fair & Open House! 🗓️Thur, Sept. 18, 2025 📍PA CareerLink of Chester County, 479 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 500, Exton 19341 Stop by our table @ resource fair, 11:30am-2:30pm ✅Schedule/info: lasp.org/events

BRISTOL - Need help with a civil legal issue? Stop by LASP’s table at the HELP Center in Bristol. 🗓️Tue, Sept. 16, Sept. 30, Oct. 21 & Nov. 18, 2025, 11am-1pm (No appointment needed.) 📍United Way of Bucks County's HELP Center, 194 Commerce Circle, Bristol 19007 Qs? [email protected] / 215-781-1111

“Legal Services Corp. Awards $5.5M To 19 For Pro Bono Work” by Jack McLoone | @law360.bsky.social | Sept. 11, 2025 @legalservicescorp.bsky.social #LegalAidMatters #probono bit.ly/Law360-9-11-...

Delco #probono opportunity🔶for attorneys, paralegals & notaries! Senior Legal Clinic with Sen. Tim Kearney & Rep. Gina Curry. Thur, Oct. 16, 2025 9a Training 10a-2p Clinic 20th Century Club | 84 S. Lansdowne Ave. | Lansdowne 19050 [email protected] / 610-230-6074

#probono volunteer attorneys, paralegals & notaries are needed for upcoming Senior Legal Clinic with Sen. Art Haywood. Thur, Oct. 9, 2025 9a Volunteer training 10a-2p Clinic Salem Adult Citizens Senior Center 1250 Easton Rd, Abington 19001 Info: 484-275-0463 / [email protected] lasp.org/pro-bono

FREE Senior Estate Planning Clinic for seniors 60+ 🗓️Thur, Oct 16, 2025, 10a-2p 📍20th Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Ave, Lansdowne 19050 Hosts: Sen. TimKearney & Rep. Gina Curry, w/ LASP Register: [email protected] | 610-230-6074 🔷Also #probono opportunity: [email protected]

Free Advanced Planning Legal Clinic for eligible Montco 60+ 🗓️Thur, Oct. 9, 2025, 10am-2pm 📍Salem Adult Citizens Senior Center, 1250 Easton Rd, Abington 19001 Host: @senatorhaywood.com w/ LASP ✅Register: 215-242-8171 🔶LASP also invites #probono volunteers.🔶Email [email protected].

@SenatorHaywood-LASP free Advanced Planning Legal Clinic for eligible Montco 60+ 🗓️Thur, Oct. 9, 2025, 10am-2pm 📍Salem Adult Citizens Senior Center, 1250 Easton Rd, Abington 19001 ✅Register: 215-242-8171 🔶LASP also invites #probono volunteers.🔶Email [email protected].

HARRISBURG - LASP is part of the 2025 PLAN Statewide Training! 🗓️ Sept. 8: Erika Becker, Pro Bono Director | “Compliance Training Outcomes” 🗓️ Sept. 9: Mary Jacob, Staff Attorney | “Responding to the Growth of Non-Judicial Foreclosures" @palegalaidnetwork.bsky.social #LegalAidMatters

Our Statewide Training Conference kicks off next week! We’re excited to come together with colleagues from across Pennsylvania to share ideas, learn from one another, and strengthen our network’s collective impact as civil legal aid providers.

HARRISBURG - Heading to the 2025 PLAN Training Conference? Join NLS & LASP for “Creating Impactful & Accessible Materials with Canva” 🗓️ Tue, Sept. 9 | 3:45-4:45pm Presenters: Giselle Martinez, Julia Marasco & Marion Fraley #LegalAidMatters @palegalaidnetwork.bsky.social @nlsapgh.bsky.social

How can retired Pennsylvania lawyers continue to serve their communities? Explore FAQs and download an application for the Disciplinary Board's emeritus status for retired PA attorneys on our website: bit.ly/3AFnZtO #ProBono

Retired attorneys:💚Emeritus status allows you to provide #probono service! The PA Rule of Disciplinary Enforcement 403 @dboardpa.bsky.social creates emeritus status for retired attorneys to provide pro bono service to LASP & other nonprofit legal aid programs. lasp.org/pro-bono

WEST CHESTER - Brian Doyle, Staff Attorney, presented at the Sept. 3, 2025 LASP Board of Directors meeting. He shared highlights from the Chester County Mobile Home Tax Reassessment Project, Trial Run 5K on Sunday, Oct. 26, #probono efforts, & more. #LegalAidMatters

Have a civil legal issue? Meet with a LASP attorney at Phoenixville Public Library: 🗓️Tue, Sept. 2, Oct. 7, Nov. 4 & Dec. 2, 2025, 10am-12pm 📍Harrop Room, 183 Second Ave, Phoenixville 19460 ✅Register: ccls.libcal.com/calendar/Pho... / 610-933-3013 x132 #LegalAidMatters lasp.org/events

Have a civil legal issue? Meet with a LASP attorney at the Phoenixville Library. 🗓️Tue, Sept. 2, Oct. 7, Nov. 4 & Dec. 2, 2025, 10am-12pm 📍Harrop Room, 183 Second Ave, Phoenixville 19460 ✅Register: ccls.libcal.com/calendar/Pho... / 610-933-3013 x132 #LegalAidMatters lasp.org/events

Free, virtual Expungement Workshops Host: Coatesville Center for Community Health (CCCH) Presenter: Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (LASP) atty * Sept. 4, 2025, 11am, Register: bit.ly/expungement-... * Sept. 25, 4:30pm * Oct. 2, 11am * Oct. 23, 4:30pm * Nov. 6, 4:30pm * Dec. 4, 4:30pm lasp.org/events

✨Fond farewell to Erica Briant!✨ LASP staff & former & current interns gathered Aug. 28, 2025 to celebrate Erica Briant, Director of Community Engagement & Training, as she departs LASP Sept. 2 for her next adventure. Three current LASP attorneys started first as Erica's interns.

New SNAP rules start in September! Most adults must now work 20+ hours/week to stay on SNAP unless exempt. Those who aren’t exempt or don’t meet the requirement can only get 3 months of SNAP every 3 years. Need help? Check out this guide from @clsphila.bsky.social: clsphila.org/SNAPchanges

Millions rely on LSC for civil legal help. Proposed cuts would leave vulnerable Americans without support when they need it most. See how your community would be affected: lsc.gov/fundingcalculator #LSCMatters #a2j