ABA Annual Meeting 2018: The Legal Services Corporation in Concert

In an effort to bring more awareness to funding legal services for the underrepresented, Legal Services Corporation hosted their second annual concert. In this report from On The Road at ABA Annual Meeting 2018, host Laurence Colletti talks to Marty Balogh, John G. Levi, E. Faye Butler, Zachary Stevenson, and Judge Lora J. Livingston about the importance of properly funding legal services. They discuss the kinds of issues the Legal Services Corporation addresses and opportunities to volunteer legal representation to those who can’t afford it.

Marty Balogh is the associate executive director of Meetings and Travel Group at the American Bar Association.

John G. Levi is a partner in Sidley’s Chicago office and was confirmed by the Senate and elected as chairman of the Legal Services Board of Directors on April 7, 2010.

E. Faye Butler is an accomplished and decorated theater actress and singer who is proud to call Chicago her home.

Best known for his acclaimed tribute to Buddy Holly, Vancouver Island native, Zachary Stevenson, channels the spirit and sounds of the past in dynamic performance that is uniquely his own.

Honorable Lora J. Livingston is the judge of the 261st District Court in Travis County, Texas.