PRINTER'S NO. 3594
No. 601 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY WALKO, DeWEESE, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BISHOP,
BEYER, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CRUZ,
DeLUCA, DENLINGER, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FORCIER, GEIST,
GEORGE, GERGELY, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARHART, HERSHEY, JAMES,
LEACH, LEDERER, MANDERINO, MANN, McGILL, MILLARD, MUNDY,
MUSTIO, PALLONE, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, ROEBUCK,
RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, SONNEY,
STABACK, THOMAS, TIGUE, VITALI, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD,
FABRIZIO, FREEMAN AND GRUCELA, FEBRUARY 15, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 15, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring March 18, 2006, as "Neighborhood Legal Services
2 Association Day" in the Commonwealth.
3 WHEREAS, The mission of the Neighborhood Legal Services
4 Association (NLSA) is to meet the civil legal needs of poor and
5 vulnerable individuals through effective legal representation
6 and education; and
7 WHEREAS, NLSA, a section 501(c)(3) corporation incorporated
8 on March 18, 1966, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has
9 provided free civil legal services and education to nearly 1
10 million residents of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence
11 Counties within Pennsylvania during the past 40 years; and
12 WHEREAS, Each year thousands of low-income, elderly and
13 abused families and individuals turn to NLSA to resolve serious
14 and often life-threatening disputes involving family, housing,
1 essential benefits, employment, consumer practices and other
2 civil legal matters; and
3 WHEREAS, In 2004 through 2005 alone, NLSA handled 11,386
4 cases affecting more than 34,000 people who had no other place
5 to turn; and
6 WHEREAS, NLSA has partnered throughout its 40-year history
7 with private bar, judiciary, legislators and community
8 organizations to provide additional civil legal services at no
9 cost through individual attorney and paralegal volunteers,
10 Protection From Abuse Teams, People's Law Clinics, Lawyers on
11 Loan, Older & Wiser and Helpline; and
12 WHEREAS, NLSA has been the incubator for scores of wise and
13 talented jurists who have moved on from the public interest
14 organization to serve the Statewide justice community and
15 beyond; and
16 WHEREAS, Neighborhood Legal Services Association, in 2006, is
17 celebrating its 40th anniversary of providing access to equal
18 justice; therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives, in recognition
20 of the essential community services and continuing commitment to
21 access to equal justice provided by the Neighborhood Legal
22 Services Association for the past 40 years, declare March 18,
23 2006, as "Neighborhood Legal Services Association Day" in the
24 Commonwealth.
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