Many people spend a lifetime searching for a job that complements their strengths, offers professional development and support, and contributes to the greater good. Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellows check all boxes thanks to the Foundation’s innovative fellowship program. Since 1999, the Foundation has funded 88 Fellows to develop and execute [...]
The results are in from the new partnership between the Ohio Justice Bus and Ohio Kinship and Adoption Navigator (OhioKAN). The organizations teamed up this summer to help families with legal issues related to kinship care and adoption, traveling the state to host legal clinics in 21 Ohio counties. The first-ever collaboration concluded with encouraging [...]
The Ohio Access to Justice Foundation has an opening for an Executive Assistant. Position Overview Job Title: Executive Assistant Status: Full-Time, Exempt Position Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience starting at $58,000 and a generous benefits package. To Apply Interested candidates should submit a resume and a cover letter explaining in detail their interest in [...]
First-year Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellow Stacy Purcell developed a passion for housing law while serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer with Community Matters, a development non-profit in Cincinnati. Purcell spent a year between undergrad and law school living and working in the neighborhood she served, learning about the housing market [...]
As an undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University, first-year Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellow Victoria Hamilton interned for the InterReligious Task Force on Central America, a Cleveland-based nonprofit organization that works on education and advocacy around justice issues in Central America. “I was really drawn to the global perspective and the [...]
Since beginning her fellowship at the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati last September, second-year Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellow Rachel Barr has helped dozens of families get the legal help they need to improve life for their children. Barr’s fellowship supports Child HeLP, a medical-legal partnership between Cincinnati Children’s Hospital [...]
Although second-year Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellow Julia Lauritzen was excited to begin her fellowship at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland last fall, she wasn’t sure exactly how it would go, given the COVID-19 pandemic. “I came in with vague expectations,” Lauritzen said. “But I think I envisioned having more [...]
The Ohio Access to Justice Foundation’s directors serve from across the state and are committed to improving access to justice. Meet Mary Amos Augsburger, Foundation board treasurer and Chief Executive Officer of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA). What inspired you to get involved with access to justice work/civil legal services arena? It goes right [...]
First-year Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellow Russell Hauser had three key moments that solidified his path to juvenile justice work. First, he worked at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as an office assistant. While there, he conducted research on the shackling of juveniles. It was then that Hauser’s eyes were [...]
Through her fellowship with Advocating Opportunity, first-year Ohio Access to Justice Foundation Justice for All Fellow Nicole Cote wants to bring light to one of the most marginalized groups in society – sex workers. Cote’s fellowship, entitled “The Safe Call Project,” provides holistic civil legal services and protections to individuals engaged in consensual sex work [...]
