Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s Dan Glazier has been elected Midwest Representative for the National Legal Aid & Defender Association.

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Missouri Supreme Court Judge Michael Wolff tried to open a morning discussion on financial pressures facing the state’s justice system with a joke or anecdote this morning. But he couldn’t. “It’s not a joke. There isn’t one,” Wolff said at ...

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After 30 years of serving the poor and underprivileged, Ann B. Lever is retiring from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. Lever began working for LSEM while still in law school and was hired in 1979 when she graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law. In April 1985, Richard B. Teitelman, then LSEM's executive director, promoted Lever to the position of director of legal education. "She was the heart of my program," Teitelman, now a Missouri Supreme Court judge, said. "Probably the best thing I ever did as a lawyer was hire Ann Lever as program director. "

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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri announced this afternoon that it will indefinitely suspend operations of its Pinnacle Arbitration and Mediation Services. LSEM Executive Director Dan Glazier said in a statement that “with demand for LSEM’s services growing during these difficult ...

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Legal aid groups, long forbidden from taking on certain types of work, could see a change under next year’s federal budget. President Barack Obama last month called for Congress to do away with three restrictions enacted on legal aid groups ...

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Legal Services of Eastern Missouri said it had received a three-year commitment from the law firm Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP to provide $55,000 annually for ongoing advocacy for St. Charles County victims of domestic violence. “Husch recognizes that legal work ...

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They’re still totaling up the take from the Justice for All Ball. But, given the economy, organizers of what is perennially one of the St. Louis legal community’s biggest charity event are happy. Dan Glazier, executive director of Legal Services ...

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Helping a single mother get food stamps to feed her children. Getting treatment for a mentally ill child so he can remain at home with his family. Assisting a new U.S. citizen in bringing relatives to the country. This is ...

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