Deciding to pursue a career in public interest law is a big decision. For law students selected for the Foundation's Justice for All Summer Clerk Program, a hands-on experience at civil legal service providers in Ohio helps make the decision easier. "Summer clerks really get an inside view of what it's like to work in [...]
On May 20, Foundation leaders joined the Ohio State Bar Association at the Ohio Statehouse to celebrate excellence in the legal profession. The Foundation was pleased to recognize three outstanding legal advocates: state Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson with the Voice of Justice Award; Ohio Legal Help with the inaugural Dick Pogue Access to Justice Award; and [...]
Greg Reichenbach has spent his career fighting for justice for his clients. A consumer lawyer who specializes in used car sales fraud, repossession issues, and fighting unfair debt collection, Reichenbach thrives in the area of law that he calls a “specialty within a specialty.” It’s a path he landed on back in law school at [...]
Richard W. Pogue is a legendary Cleveland attorney and pillar of the legal community who, for decades, has served as a champion of efforts to improve access to justice across the state. A founding board member of the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation, Pogue has been instrumental to the Foundation’s success. In his honor, the [...]
Members of the new Access to Justice Initiatives Committee met in March for a kick-off retreat at the Grand Event Center, eager to launch their work to identify and develop systemic changes to access to justice in Ohio. Facilitated by Anchor Advisors, the committee spent the day planning and discussing the work they will do [...]
Robby Southers, the Foundation’s policy & justice initiatives counsel, received the 2026 Excellence in Public Service Award from the Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law earlier this month. PILF recognizes outstanding attorneys for their continued commitment to public interest work in the community at its annual auction, [...]
If you are an Ohio attorney who hasn’t yet completed the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Foundation’s annual pro bono survey, don’t worry; you still have time to report your pro bono hours and contributions to charitable legal organizations before the survey closes this Friday. The survey takes around 10 minutes to complete and [...]
Furry goats, a friendly cow, and a couple of cheery alpacas; lucky students at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law got a relaxing reprieve from finals preparation on Dec. 8 at a petting zoo event hosted by the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation and the Ohio State Bar Association. “We heard from law [...]
2025 – what a year it’s been! At the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation, we spent 2025 executing our new mission, to help ensure that Ohioans who are low-income or who lack access can fully and fairly participate in civil systems that produce just outcomes. At the beginning of the year, the Foundation added new [...]
Ohio Access to Justice Foundation founding board member Bill Weisenberg left New York City after law school for the AmeriCorps VISTA program, arriving in Ohio in 1969 ready to get to work. Assigned to The Legal Aid Society of Columbus, Weisenberg spent a year at legal aid before moving into private practice. His experience at [...]
