Talk Justice An LSC Podcast

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, based at The George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. This Talk Justice episode explores the movement to connect health and justice through medical-legal partnerships, including Kaiser Permanente’s investment in scaling this approach and improving housing stability.

Jason Tashea joins Cat Moon to discuss his recent article “A Research Agenda for Justice Technology,” included in a volume published by the American Bar Foundation called “Global Perspectives on People-Centered Justice, Exploring the Evidence” on Talk Justice. They speak about knowledge gaps and critical areas for expanding research into technology initiatives of the justice system, courts and legal aid organizations.

Leaders of nonprofit law firms in Florida, Massachusetts and Michigan discuss the rise in consumer legal issues on Talk Justice. The Legal Services Corporation has seen that the number of consumer legal cases are growing across the 129 legal services organizations that it funds nationally. From 2024 to 2025, the volume of consumer and finance cases increased by nearly 14%.  Attorneys at these organizations are helping clients fight fraud, challenge predatory lending or unfair debt collection, and navigate bankruptcy and other financial disputes.

Talk Justice  spotlights Kentucky’s efforts to boost the state’s workforce and help people thrive in the aftermath of the opioid epidemic through the Kentucky Comeback initiative. Workforce participation rates in Kentucky have been among the lowest in the nation. In response, the Kentucky Chamber and it's foundation launched the Kentucky Comeback initiative and the Fair Chance Academy to encourage businesses to remove barriers for job seekers in recovery.  Richmond Baking, based in Versailles, Kentucky, was one of the first businesses to participate and has seen amazing results.

A new toolkit provides resources for law firms, legal services organizations and volunteer lawyers interested in providing holistic legal assistance for veterans. Talk Justice brings together some of the experts behind the toolkit's creation to discuss the significant legal needs veterans experience and free legal clinics can address them.

Talk Justice explores American’s desire to “age in place” amidst rising housing instability among seniors and how civil legal services can help.  An AARP expert and the Executuve Director of their affiliate, Legal Counsel for the Elderly (LCE), join to discuss.  AARP found that 75% of people 50 and older want to stay in their homes and communities as they age, though 44% expect to move due to challenges like cost, accessibility and natural disasters. LCE helps seniors avoid evictions through social work and legal representation in Washington, D.C.

This episode was originally published on May 28, 2024. Guests from a successful St. Louis collaboration discuss Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s (LSEM) Neighborhood Advocacy Program on Talk Justice. There are 24,000 vacancies and abandoned properties in St. Louis. LSEM was inspired by Legal Aid of Western Missouri’s Adopt-a-Neighborhood program in Kansas City to start their own revitalization project. In 2018, they launched the Neighborhood Advocacy Program to start tackling the legal problems that create lingering neighborhood blight.

This episode of Talk Justice  explores an Ohio county’s efforts to bring service providers together to ensure that families in crisis receive the help they need. The “No Wrong Door” model is already making big impacts in Washington County, Ohio, where the Family and Children First Council (WCFCFC) is building partnerships that raise awareness of community resources. Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio (LASCO) partners in the effort to help local families.

This episode of Talk Justice  spotlights “justice buses” in Florida, Louisiana and Oklahoma that bring legal help to communities in need, especially in the wake of natural disasters. The guests describe these vehicles, also called Mobile Intake Units, as gamechangers for supporting their local communities and raising awareness.  When lawyers have wheels, legal help can meet clients where they are.

This episode of Talk Justice highlights one Texas nonprofit law firm’s efforts to build artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) developed three different chatbots to improve internal efficiency, centralize information needed by lawyers, and make legal information more easily accessible for the public. Listen to learn more about LSLA’s AI Chatbot Project, and discover a community of similar organizations working to leverage technology for legal services at lsc.gov/learninglab.