I.	Name of Organization	District of Columbia Law Students in Court Program, Inc.
	Federation Name	United Way of the National Capital Area   CVC Code 8193
	Organization Homepage	http://www.dclawstudents.org
	Organization was founded on	01/01/1980
	Name AS IT APPEARS in VDAC listing	VDACS PENDING Registration Status: Pending (100P, 102P)
	Mailing Address	616 H Street, NW - Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001
	Telephone No.	(202) 638-4798
	Fax No.	(202) 638-0304
	Contact person	Brittingham, Mary ( Email Address: mbrittingham@dclawstudents.org )
II.	State the services provided by your organization in 25 words or less: Provides free, high quality legal representation and assistance to low-income persons with housing, consumer, juvenile and misdemeanor matters in DC courts and agencies.
III.	Please provide a comprehensive extended statement of services that will clearly demonstrate to the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign Advisory Council your qualifications for participation in the CVC as related to the services listed below. Additionally, discuss the eligibility requirements for an applicant to receive services. What determines the amount of aid provided? If charges are made for services rendered, how are levels determined and in what cases are the charges waived, if any? Our mission was, and continues to be, to provide free, high- quality legal assistance to low-income Washington, D.C. residents who are unable to afford a lawyer, to train third-year law students in courtroom advocacy skills and imbue in them a commitment to pro bono service, to help the courts by providing assistance and representation to indigent persons, to assist the legal profession by participating in educational and mentoring programs for volunteer lawyers in the areas of housing, consumer and criminal law, and by referring clients to appropriate legal counsel. While other non-profits address homelessness in different ways, LSIC intervenes in crises to prevent homelessness one person and one family at a time, employing legal defenses available in the courts and administrative tribunals. LSIC clients are mainly African-American and Latino whose incomes often fall well below the federal poverty guidelines. Many are women heads of households with young children or heads of extended families either on public assistance, disability assistance or in welfare-to-work situations. Since 1968, LSIC has tried more than 10,000 cases, has trained more than 2,500 lawyers and has assisted more than 250,000 low-income individuals. LSIC is particularly proud of its role in training students who have not only gone on to distinguished legal careers, but who have also excelled in their pro bono commitment to help the underserved in their communities. Many alumni have had or have careers in government and public interest work.
IV.	Services: Categories that describe the mission of your charity. (This information will be used to assist our donors in their search efforts.) [  ] Addiction and Substance Abuse [  ] Aging [  ] Animal Protection and Services [  ] Arts, Culture and Humanities [  ] Child and Youth Development [  ] Civil Rights and Liberties [  ] Community Improvement [  ] Conservation [  ] Disabilities [  ] Disaster Relief [  ] Disease and Disease Research [  ] Domestic Violence [  ] Education [  ] Emergency Relief and Shelter [  ] Employment [  ] Environmental Beautification and Horticulture [  ] Environmental Conservation or Preservation [  ] Faith-Based Services [  ] Health [  ] Health Care Facilities and Programs [  ] Health Education [  ] Health Research [  ] Historical Preservation [  ] Homeland Security [  ] Homeless [X] Housing [  ] Human Rights [  ] Hunger [  ] International Development and Relief [  ] International Human Rights [  ] International Peace and Security [  ] Jails/Prisons [X] Legal Services [  ] Libraries [  ] Literacy [  ] Mental Health [  ] Museums [  ] Natural Disasters and Catastrophes [  ] Needy Families [  ] Peace [  ] Performing Arts [  ] Poverty [  ] Preparation or delivery of meals [X] Public Safety [  ] Recreation and Sports [  ] Rural Concerns [  ] Safety and Security [  ] Services to Military/Veterans [  ] Social Services [  ] Transportation [  ] Women's issues
V.	Campaign Region covered: [  ] Statewide [  ] National [  ] International [  ] Region 1 [  ] Region 2 [X] Region 3 [  ] Region 4 [  ] Region 5 [  ] Region 6 [  ] Region 7
VI.	Administrative/Fundraising Cost The combined fundraising/administrative costs incurred by this organization, based upon 2008 IRS Form 990: Management Expense 25914.00 Fund Raising Cost 47909.00 Total Revenue 993211.00 Percent 7.43%