In recent years, Ohio has become the home to thousands of Haitian immigrants, with estimates ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 Haitians settling in Springfield alone. To help meet the many critical needs of Ohio’s newest residents, a coalition of service providers led by the Clark County Haitian Coalition and the Clark County Health Department have [...]
Alexandria Ruden is a dedicated and compassionate advocate for domestic violence survivors who empowers survivors through legal representation and advocacy. With an impressive career spanning over four decades at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, she has exclusively dedicated her career to championing the rights and safety of domestic violence survivors. Ruden began her journey [...]
The Foundation’s Pro Bono Challenge winner, Rebecca Joseph, had a circuitous path to law school. Always interested in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), Joseph worked in corporate DEI for several years before deciding that a career in law was the best way to advocate for social change. After finishing law school at The Ohio State [...]
The Ohio Access to Justice Foundation is a proud member of Community Shares of Mid Ohio, an organization with a mission to build mutually beneficial relationships and secure resources to empower member nonprofits in Central Ohio, fostering a more just, caring, and healthy community for all. As a Community Shares member, the Foundation participates in [...]
Ohio Access to Justice Foundation grantee Ohio Legal Help uses technology to help Ohioans access civil legal information to resolve civil legal issues. The nonprofit’s latest project, a new Virtual Self-Help Center with the Montgomery County Domestic Relations Court, is the first in Ohio and an innovative example of how technology can aid self-represented litigants [...]
Funding awards in matching grants to three Ohio legal aid organizations totaling $417,400 are the latest dollars invested by the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation in its Neighborhood Stabilization Grant Program, an innovative program that funds Ohio’s legal aids to lead community economic development (CED) projects throughout the state. “This funding allows our grantees to [...]
As the Administrator and Counsel for the Supreme Court of Ohio Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, Janet Green Marbley is an advocate and attorney for client rights and protections against unfair treatment. A former member of the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation’s Board of Directors and a current member of the Foundation’s Diversity, Equity, and [...]
Ohio attorneys are a generous bunch, each year contributing thousands of hours of pro bono service and substantial financial contributions to charitable legal organizations, all in the name of helping low-income Ohioans gain access to legal services. The 2022 results from the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation and Supreme Court of Ohio’s annual Voluntary Pro [...]
For recent law school graduates passionate about public service, the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation’s Justice for All Fellowship offers an exciting opportunity to develop and implement civil legal service projects that can change lives. Since 1994, the Foundation has funded two-year fellowships for attorneys seeking to make a difference in Ohio’s civil justice system [...]
An innovative divorce clinic at the Toledo Bar Association (TBA) brings together volunteer attorneys, paralegals, law students, and TBA staff to help hundreds of low-income Lucas County residents file for divorce. The Pro Se Divorce Clinic, established in 1994 and the first of its kind in the state of Ohio, operates through a do-it-yourself, classroom-style [...]
