42 U.S.C. § 2996c

Board of Directors

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(a) Establishment; membership

The Corporation shall have a Board of Directors consisting of eleven voting members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, no more than six of whom shall be of the same political party. A majority shall be members of the bar of the highest court of any State, and none shall be a full-time employee of the United States. Effective with respect to appointments made after December 28, 1977, but not later than July 31, 1978, the membership of the Board shall be appointed so as to include eligible clients, and to be generally representative of the organized bar, attorneys providing legal assistance to eligible clients, and the general public.

(b) Term of office

The term of office of each member of the Board shall be three years, except that five of the members first appointed, as designated by the President at the time of appointment, shall serve for a term of two years. Each member of the Board shall continue to serve until the successor to such member has been appointed and qualified. The term of initial members shall be computed from the date of the first meeting of the Board. The term of each member other than initial members shall be computed from the date of termination of the preceding term. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which such member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. No member shall be reappointed to more than two consecutive terms immediately following such member’s initial term.

The members of the Board shall not, by reason of such membership, be deemed officers or employees of the United States.

(d) Chairman

The President shall select from among the voting members of the Board a chairman, who shall serve for a term of three years. Thereafter the Board shall annually elect a chairman from among its voting members.

(e) Removal

A member of the Board may be removed by a vote of seven members for malfeasance in office or for persistent neglect of or inability to discharge duties, or for offenses involving moral turpitude, and for no other cause.

(f) State advisory councils

Within six months after the first meeting of the Board, the Board shall request the Governor of each State to appoint a nine-member advisory council for such State. A majority of the members of the advisory council shall be appointed, after recommendations have been received from the State bar association, from among the attorneys admitted to practice in the State, and the membership of the council shall be subject to annual reappointment. If ninety days have elapsed without such an advisory council appointed by the Governor, the Board is authorized to appoint such a council. The advisory council shall be charged with notifying the Corporation of any apparent violation of the provisions of this subchapter and applicable rules, regulations, and guidelines promulgated pursuant to this subchapter. The advisory council shall, at the same time, furnish a copy of the notification to any recipient affected thereby, and the Corporation shall allow such recipient a reasonable time (but in no case less than thirty days) to reply to any allegation contained in the notification.

(g) Open meetings; applicability of Government in the Sunshine provisions

All meetings of the Board, of any executive committee of the Board, and of any advisory council established in connection with this subchapter shall be open and shall be subject to the requirements and provisions of section 552b of title 5 (relating to open meetings).

(h) Quarterly meetings

The Board shall meet at least four times during each calendar year.

(Pub. L. 88–452, title X, § 1004, as added Pub. L. 93–355, § 2, July 25, 1974, 88 Stat. 379; amended Pub. L. 95–222, §§ 3, 4, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1619.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–222, § 3, inserted provision relating to appointments made after Dec. 28, 1977.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 95–222, § 4, substituted provisions relating to applicability of section 552b of title 5, for provisions setting forth requirements respecting availability of minutes of public meetings.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date of 1977 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–222 effective Dec. 28, 1977, see section 17(b) of Pub. L. 95–222, set out as a note under section 2996 of this title.

Compensation of Members of Board of Directors

Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 101(d), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1876, provided: “That no member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation shall be compensated for his services to the Corporation except for the payment of an attendance fee at meetings of the Board at a rate not to exceed the highest daily rate for grade fifteen (15) of the General Schedule and necessary travel expenses to attend Board meetings in accordance with the Standard Government Travel Regulations.”

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1977–2026 · leading case: Wilkinson v. Legal Servs. Corp., 865 F. Supp. 891 (D.D.C. 1994).

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Wilkinson v. Legal Servs. Corp., 865 F. Supp. 891 (D.D.C. 1994). · cites it 9× “” 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). This language appears specifically to reference the Appointments Clause, along with *897 the complementary Recess Appointments Clause.”

Flores v. Flores, 598 P.2d 893 (Alaska 1979). · cites it 2× “42 U.S.C. § 2996c(c); 42 U.S.C. § 2996d(e)(1).”

Wilkinson v. Legal Servs. Corp., 27 F. Supp. 2d 32 (D.D.C. 1998). · cites it 2× “See 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). Board members are appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate and serve a specific term of years.”

Reg'l Mgmt. Corp. v. Legal Servs. Corp., 186 F.3d 457 (4th Cir. 1999). · cites it 2× “4 See also 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(g) (applying open-meeting requirements of 5 U.”

David L. Wilkinson v. Legal Servs. Corp., 80 F.3d 535 (D.C. Cir. 1996). · cites it 2× “Although by 1989 their terms of office had expired, they continued to serve under a “holdover” provision in the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(b) (1988), that allowed them to remain until successors were appointed and “qualified.”

Grassley v. Legal Servs. Corp., 535 F. Supp. 818 (S.D. Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “In addition to the annual audit of the Corporation, the General Accounting Office may conduct an audit, the report of such audit to be submitted to Congress and to the President.”

Nat'l Senior Citizens Law Ctr. v. Legal Servs. Corp., 751 F.2d 1391 (D.C. Cir. 1985). “LSC Act § 1004(a), 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). Since the end of December 1981, however, the Corporation has been governed by a succession of recess appointees.”

Hedges v. Legal Servs. Corp., 663 F. Supp. 300 (N.D. Cal. 1987). · cites it 2× “42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). Lastly, the Corporation’s board must go to Congress for appropriations.”

Multnomah Legal Servs. Workers Union v. Legal Servs. Corp., 936 F.2d 1547 (9th Cir. 1991). · cites it 2× “42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). Its officers and employees may not be compensated in excess of the federal Executive Schedule.”

Gulf Homes, Inc. v. Gonzales, 676 P.2d 628 (Ariz. 1984). “42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). The Corporation receives an annual appropriation from Congress which it distributes in grants and contracts to legal services organizations that meet the requirements of the Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.”

Brame v. Ray Bills Fin. Corp., 76 F.R.D. 25 (N.D.N.Y. 1977). “42 U.S.C. § 2996c(f). The Legal Services Corporation has the authority to insure compliance with the act and applicable regulations, and after a hearing, it can terminate financial support to a legal services program which violates the act or regulations.”

Reg'l Mgmt. Corp. v. Legal Servs. Corp., 10 F. Supp. 2d 565 (D.S.C. 1998). “2 This tension in the law, the public funding of legal services without any unwarranted political advocacy, provides the basis for the case now before the court. 1. Basis of Jurisdiction Consistent with its storied history, this court may review the decision of LSC.”

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— 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a) — 9 cases

Wilkinson v. Legal Servs. Corp., 27 F. Supp. 2d 32 (D.D.C. 1998). “See 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). Board members are appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate and serve a specific term of years.”

Grassley v. Legal Servs. Corp., 535 F. Supp. 818 (S.D. Iowa 1982). “In addition to the annual audit of the Corporation, the General Accounting Office may conduct an audit, the report of such audit to be submitted to Congress and to the President.”

Wilkinson v. Legal Servs. Corp., 865 F. Supp. 891 (D.D.C. 1994). “” 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). This language appears specifically to reference the Appointments Clause, along with *897 the complementary Recess Appointments Clause.”

— 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(b) — 3 cases

David L. Wilkinson v. Legal Servs. Corp., 80 F.3d 535 (D.C. Cir. 1996). “Although by 1989 their terms of office had expired, they continued to serve under a “holdover” provision in the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(b) (1988), that allowed them to remain until successors were appointed and “qualified.”

F. William McCalpin v. William Clark Durant, III, 766 F.2d 535 (D.C. Cir. 1985).

— 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(c) — 4 cases

Flores v. Flores, 598 P.2d 893 (Alaska 1979). “42 U.S.C. § 2996c(c); 42 U.S.C. § 2996d(e)(1).”

Hedges v. Legal Servs. Corp., 663 F. Supp. 300 (N.D. Cal. 1987). “42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). Lastly, the Corporation’s board must go to Congress for appropriations.”

— 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(e) — 4 cases

Gwynne A. Wilcox v. Donald J. Trump (D.C. Cir. 2025).

Appointments to the Bd. of the Legal Servs. Corp. (OLC 2005).

— 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(f) — 2 cases

Lowrey v. Collela (10th Cir. 2026).

— 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(g) — 4 cases

Reg'l Mgmt. Corp. v. Legal Servs. Corp., 186 F.3d 457 (4th Cir. 1999). “4 See also 42 U.S.C. § 2996c(g) (applying open-meeting requirements of 5 U.”

Multnomah Legal Servs. Workers Union v. Legal Servs. Corp., 936 F.2d 1547 (9th Cir. 1991). “42 U.S.C. § 2996c(a). Its officers and employees may not be compensated in excess of the federal Executive Schedule.”

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