Legal Services Corporation Announces New President

From an email circulated today: 

James J. Sandman, a former longtime Managing Partner at the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP and the current General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer for the District of Columbia Public Schools, has been selected as the next President of the Legal Services Corporation, Board Chairman John G. Levi announced today.

Here’s the full announcement from the LSC website.  The PSLawNet Blog has had the good fortune to work with folks at Arnold & Porter, Mr. Sandman’s old firm, on a number of pro bono/public interest-related  projects.  From this, we know that Mr. Sandman’s reputation as an advocate for public interest law and for promoting access to justice could not be stronger.

And here’s a little more coverage from the Blog of the Legal Times.