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From the the The National Law Journal, reporter Karen Sloan, reports on how financially struggling legal aid programs face the grim forecast of continued low revenue from IOLTA.

Ilah's powerful story - from Legal Aid client to Board President - was featured in a recent "Plain Dealer" article. The circumstances which led Ilah to the doors of Cleveland Legal Aid Society were difficult, but by no means rare: each day, hundreds of people seek help from Legal Aid to access their basic rights. [...]

For the third consecutive year, the Supreme Court of Ohio will ask attorneys to voluntarily and anonymously report their pro bono activities to gather meaningful information about the extent and nature of pro bono work in Ohio and encourage pro bono activity to aid those in need of free legal services. Attorneys are encouraged to [...]

OLAF Past President and a founding board member David C. Weiner was honored by the Ohio State Bar Foundation with its Honorary Life Fellowship Award. The Award was presented at the Foundation's Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on November 5th. Dave was recognized for his work with OLAF to establish broad support for adoption of [...]

The National Pro Bono Celebration is underway, and Ohio leads the country in number of events and activities marking the event. Ohio�s legal aid societies, bar associations and law schools have planned nearly 70 events to mark the Celebration, over two thirds of them client-centered clinics in which pro bono lawyers offer brief legal advice, [...]

The following is a statement from Ohio State Bar Association President Carmen V. Roberto, Ohio honorary chair of the National Pro Bono Celebration. Ohio lawyers understand the importance of giving back and providing their legal talents on a pro bono basis to citizens in need and to community organizations. The Supreme Court of Ohio strongly [...]

Ohio kicked off its participation in the National Pro Bono Celebration on Friday with the Toledo Bar Association Pro Bono Legal Service Program's luncheon honoring Attorney Pat Intagliata for 25 years of service as director of the program. Attorney Intagliata graduated from University of Toledo College of Law in 1979 and first worked in the [...]

[Press Release from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Director of Homeownership] Ohio has been awarded $320 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Hardest-Hit Fund to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) will administer Restoring Stability: A Save the Dream Ohio Initiative, to help an estimated 26,000 families who are at [...]

[Press release from the Legal Services Corporation] Statement by John G. Levi, Chairman, Board of Directors, On New Federal Poverty Data The Census Bureau released its official 2009 statistics on poverty today, and the numbers are grim and daunting. Nearly 57 million Americans now qualify for civil legal assistance from the Legal Services Corporation, an [...]

[Story by: Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer ] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she has heard that more Hispanics are touring the U.S. Supreme Court building since she took the bench in August. Maybe they come to see her, she told a Cleveland audience Friday night. But she likes [...]