In 1987, one attorney met with one client in a hospital room at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital. From that attorney’s vision, the Legal Clinic for the Disabled was born.
Now, after 30 years, LCD has served thousands of low-income people with disabilities in the Philadelphia area. With generous support from Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, we no longer operate […]
A cancer diagnosis is life altering. For Jack, his diagnosis of stage IV cancer in his kidneys, colon and adrenal gland did not just mean he would have to go through treatment. It meant that he had to stop working and would lose his source of income. Now, at 56 years old and grappling with […]
On March 20 from 1 – 4 pm, LCD Executive Director Linda Peyton and representatives from other non-profit legal services agencies and human services organizations testified during a City Council Hearing on the Philly Eviction Crisis. Eviction, and eviction without legal representation, is at a crisis point in the City of Philadelphia. It has a particular impact on […]
At 25 years old, Caitlin had been through more than most people go through in their lifetime. She had been in a catastrophic car accident which claimed the lives of her fiancé and two of her four children. Following the accident, Caitlin suffered a traumatic brain injury, partial paralysis of her right arm, burns and […]
