James Joseph J. Sandman
Legal Services Corp.
James J. Sandman, Esq. is Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is also President Emeritus of the Legal Services Corporation, the nation's largest funder of civil legal aid programs for low-income people, supporting 132 independent programs with more than 850 offices serving every state and territory. He served as President of LSC from 2011 to February of 2020. Jim practiced with the international, Washington-based law firm of Arnold & Porter for 30 years and served as the firm's Managing Partner for a decade. During his tenure as Managing Partner, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association honored Arnold & Porter eight times, a record. In 2007, he began a new career in public service, starting as General Counsel for the District of Columbia Public Schools. Jim is a past President of the 110,000-member District of Columbia Bar. He is currently Chair of the American Bar Association's Task Force on Legal Needs Arising Out of the 2020 Pandemic.
(07/20)
