WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today received the Champion of Justice Award from the national Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in recognition of his decades of work increasing access to justice for Americans.
LSC is the largest funder of civil legal assistance in the country, supporting 130 local legal aid organizations that provide free assistance to low-income Americans. Nationally, LSC grantees served 1.8 million people in 2024. In Illinois, LSC funds Legal Aid Chicago, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, and Prairie State Legal Services, which served 66,927 people in 2023 and closed 28,511 cases in 202...