Legal Services Corporation

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a private, non-profit corporation established by Congress to seek to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil legal assistance to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it. LSC was created in 1974 with bipartisan congressional sponsorship and the support of the Nixon administration, and is funded through congressional appropriation. The mission of LSC is to promote equal access to the courts by making grants to provide high-quality civil legal assistance for those who would otherwise by unable to afford it.