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. [...]
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.
Attorney Robert DeRose, Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Board member, was named by Columbus Business First as one of twenty people to know in the law. Read about Mr. DeRose and his recognition here.
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.
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation board member, Sharon Sobol Jordan has been named to the transition team for Cuyahoga County Executive-Election, Armond Budish. Read more here.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Read more about the value of legal aid, and the partnership between The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and the Legal Services Corp., here.
Dianna Parker Howie, pro bono coordinator at the Legal Aid Society of Columbus, and Jane Taylor, director for pro bono and communications at the Foundation, continue to champion pro bono work among attorneys and dispel common misconceptions of pro bono.
