For the fourth year, lawyers will honor their responsibility to the profession and to their communities by volunteering their legal services for thousands of low-income Americans during the annual National Pro Bono Celebration Oct. 21-27, sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. In Ohio, more than 40 events [...]
Peter Iskin, managing attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland's Housing Practice Group, is the 2012 Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Murphy Award winner. The award, created by the Foundation in 1998, is named for Denis Murphy, a founding member of the Foundation who was an advocate of strong funding for civil legal aid serving [...]
The federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has released the report of its National Pro Bono Task Force. The task force, charged by the LSC board of directors with identifying and recommending innovative ways to enhance pro bono throughout the country, recommends asking Congress to create a pro bono incubation and innovation fund and to allow [...]
A drastic drop in the amount of funding for civil legal services has prompted the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation to encourage attorneys to make a thoughtful choice of financial institution for the attorney's IOLTA account. To read more, click here.
The amount of tax dollars Ohio spent on income support decreased from 2011 to 2012, but that does not necessarily mean the economy is improving, according to an analysis by the Dayton Daily News. To read more, click here.
Ohio's median income hit a new low mark for the 27 years in which income data has been collected, and the poverty rate, which remains above the national average, increased by two percentage points. To read more, click here.
Veterans with problems on the civil side of the law may soon find help from the Ohio Veterans and Military Legal Assistance Project. To read more, click here.
Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton is the 2012 Ohio honorary chair for the National Pro Bono Celebration. The Celebration is the week of October 21-27. The Pro Bono Celebration, in its fourth year, highlights the part that pro bono lawyers play to help provide vital civil legal services to people who cannot [...]
The Legal Aid of Western Ohio, and Associates for Basic Legal Equality, civil legal aid organizations serving 32 counties in northwestern Ohio, have been chosen to receive the 2012 Nonprofit Excellence Award. The Award, given annually by the Toledo Foundation and The Blade, in partnership with the Center for Nonprofit Resources, recognizes a large nonprofit [...]
Cleveland Municipal Court's Veterans Treatment Docket is nearing its first anniversary, with a docket of nearly 100 veterans and optimism about the value and effectiveness of the court from both court officials and the veterans who have been referred to it. To read more, click here.
