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Community Legal Aid’s Marie Curry is Murphy Award Winner

Marie B. Curry, a Managing Attorney for Akron-based Community Legal Aid, is the 2014 Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Murphy Award winner. Created by the Foundation in 1998, the award is named for the late Denis Murphy, a Columbus lawyer and founding member of the Foundation who advocated for strong funding for civil legal aid. Ms. [...]

2020-07-16T11:23:59-05:00December 4th, 2014|

Legal Aid Launches LiveChat Project

Legal Aid of Western Ohio, serving 32 counties in Northwestern Ohio, has launched a LiveChat Project which connects legal aid clients with volunteer attorneys for online chat-based counsel and advice. Read more here.

2020-07-16T11:23:59-05:00December 1st, 2014|

Number of Homeless Ohio Children Nears 50,000

A high poverty rate and lack of affordable housing contribute to the number of Ohio children who are homeless at some point during a year, according to a state-by-state report released yesterday by the National Center on Family Homelessness. Read more here.

2017-06-08T13:55:19-05:00November 18th, 2014|

LAWO Launches New Online Project

As the demand for legal services continues to increase, The Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. (LAWO) has launched a new online project for low-income residents to connect with attorneys. Read more here.

2017-06-08T13:55:19-05:00November 12th, 2014|

Ohio Lawyers Participating in National Pro Bono Celebration

Lawyers across Ohio and the country will join forces to provide civil legal services at no cost to those who cannot afford an attorney, and participate in other events marking the sixth annual National Pro Bono Celebration. The Celebration is sponsored by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. Supreme [...]

2017-06-08T13:55:19-05:00October 20th, 2014|

Foundation Launches Voices for Justice Campaign

The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation is launching the "Voices for Justice" Campaign in central Ohio to raise awareness of the valuable work that civil legal aid provides to Ohio's in-need communities. In announcing the campaign, Ms. Lloyd, the director of the Foundation, said "Many people do not know what Ohio legal aid lawyers do for [...]

2020-07-16T11:24:00-05:00October 1st, 2014|