Each year, when the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation compiles the Pro Bono Survey results in collaboration with the Supreme Court of Ohio, several individuals and firms stand out as the top pro bono contributors. In 2023, Squire Patton Boggs emerged as one of the leading firms in pro bono service. When asked about the [...]
The Foundation is proud to partner with the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) to provide grant opportunities to Ohio’s legal aid organizations to support critical family legal services. AAML, an organization dedicated to family law and a long-time supporter of legal aid, has committed $120,000 to the Foundation to support [...]
When Foundation board member Bill Dowling was a young attorney at Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey in Cleveland, he signed up for a program that had a profound effect on his career. Dowling worked for the westside office of The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland for a month under then-director Tom Weeks, an experience that would [...]
A partnership between the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation and the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Unclaimed Funds has generated millions of dollars to support civil legal aid and access to justice. With the Nov. 1 deadline to report unclaimed funds to the Division of Unclaimed Funds approaching, attorneys should be aware of the [...]
