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NOTICE: If you received a reassessment notice from Luzerne County

If you received a reassessment notice from Luzerne County and you believe the reassessed value is inaccurate, you may file an appeal within 40 days of your reassessment notice. Please click here for instructions on how to file an appeal....more

NPLS Receives $10,000 Grant From The Northumberland County Bar Association

WThe Northumberland County Bar Association awarded a $10,000 grant to North Penn Legal Services (NPLS) to develop a bar referral service for the county....more

Summer Interns Provide Valuable Help to NPLS

We are grateful to the following students for spending their summer at NPLS. The hours they worked at NPLS helped us to provide additional services to low-income persons....more

Public Benefits and Employment Workshop A Success!

More than 55 people from area social service organizations attended NPLS’ Public Benefits and Employment Workshop on April 30. Participants had the opportunity to understand their clients’ rights regarding public benefits and employment....more

NPLS Pro Bono Honor Roll

NPLS is pleased to announce our Honor Roll of attorneys who accepted pro bono cases this past year. Because of their time and efforts, we provided 262 hours of service to low-income clients in Lehigh and Northampton counties....more

NPLS is Sponsoring a Public Benefits and Employment Workshop on April 30, 2008

NPLS is sponsoring a Public Benefits and Employment Workshop to help representative from local organizations understand their clients’ rights regarding public benefits and employment....more

David B. Tilove, Esq. Receives Excellence Award from The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network

The 2008 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards were presented at the annual awards dinner on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers....more

NPLS Paralegal, Michele Livigne Honored by Shirely Futch Center

Michele Livigne, Paralegal at NPLS’ Stroudsburg office, received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Shirley Futch Center—a high rise apartment center in East Stroudsburg for low-income citizens. Representatives from the Shirley Futch Center recognized Michele’s years of service to their elderly clients....more

Seniors Receive Free Living Wills

The Blue Ribbon Foundation awarded NPLS $29,000 to provide seniors with free living wills. NPLS is providing seniors with living wills through outreach and education. NPLS’ "Living Will Outreach Project" will offer 36 educational programs to senior consumers at senior sites in the 9 county project area...more

Food Stamp Estimator Now Available on PALawHELP.org

A new Food Stamp Estimator is now available on PALawHELP.org. The estimator was designed in the HotDocs document assembly program by Sheila J. Fisher, Esq. of North Penn Legal Services (NPLS)....more

Attorneys Honored at Wilkes-Barre Bench/Bar Event

NPLS honored attorneys who accepted pro bono cases at the Wilkes-Barre Bench/Bar event on November 8, 2007....more

Recent Letter-to-the-Editor: Make Pro Bono A Priority

When reading the “comment” section following articles in The Morning Call, I am painfully conscious of the negative attitude that many people have toward attorneys. Given that most press and commentary is not favorable, I wanted to take a moment and point out the positive community services performed by local lawyers in the Lehigh Valley....more

NPLS to Conduct Focus Group Meeting

North Penn Legal Services (NPLS) will conduct a focus group meeting on September 10, 2007 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley (CACLV)—1337 East Fifth Street in Bethlehem, PA. NPLS would like participants to discuss their civil legal problems such as housing, utilities, government benefits, child custody/support....more

NPLS Launches Computer-Assisted Custody Documents

North Penn Legal Services has created legal forms for low-income parents to use to start a custody case or change a custody order through the use of innovative software called "HotDocs," a product of LexisNexis. Parents answer a series of questions over the Internet, and their answers are used to produce legal documents for their particular situation...more

NPLS Hosts First Annual Pro Bono Recognition Breakfast for Attorneys in Northampton County

North Penn Legal Services (NPLS) hosted its first annual recognition breakfast for attorneys who accepted pro bono cases in Northampton County. To honor their commitment to NPLS, a breakfast was held on May 1, 2007 from 7:30 to 8:30 AM at the Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel & Conference Center on Route 512 in Bethlehem....more

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