Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court plans to launch in June a website designed to assist pro se litigants filing divorce cases. The site will provide easy-to-understand instructions for obtaining a divorce, enforcing child or spousal support and obtaining protection orders in cases of domestic violence. Colleen Cotter, Executive Director for the Legal Aid Society of [...]
Jane Taylor, OLAF's Associate Director for Pro Bono, participated in yesterday's Veterans in the Courts Summit, hosted by the Supreme Court of Ohio. State and federal partners involved in veterans affairs met yesterday at the Ohio Judicial Center to learn more about veterans courts during the third annual Veterans in the Courts Summit. Read more. [...]
Analysis of the economy and legal services by Neeta Pal of the Brennan Center. Our nation's civil legal aid system is in crisis. The weak economy continues to send more low-income families into our overburdened court system without legal help. At the same time, Congress has cut back on federal funding in the latest spending [...]
The Ohio State Bar Association has developed a series of videos targeted at new lawyers. Transitioning from law school to law practice can be a stressful, confusing and even intimidating process. This video series provides information and advice to assist new attorneys with this transition, including New Lawyer Training and CLE requirements; the overall structure [...]
*From the Ohio State Bar Association website (www.ohiobar.org)*: Columbus attorney Doug Rogers received the John C. and Ginny Elam Pro Bono Award from Supreme Court of Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor at the Ohio State Bar Association Annual Convention in Columbus. The award recognizes and encourages exceptional pro bono legal work in the state of [...]
Columbus Municipal Court Judge Carrie Glaedon was honored by the Columbus Bar Association and Foundation on April 28th for her work in establishing a consumer clinic at the municipal court. Judge Glaedon was presented the annual award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Judge. The consumer clinic was developed as part of her work [...]
On May 6, 2011, the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies (OACAA) released The State of Poverty in Ohio: A Path to Recovery, prepared by Community Research Partners. This annual report provides an update on the magnitude and impacts of poverty across Ohio. In 2009, the Ohio poverty rate was 15.2%, the highest since 1983 [...]
COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Honorable Mary Jane Trapp, Judge of the Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals (Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage and Trumbull counties), is today's recipient of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation's 2011 Presidential Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Delivery of Pro Bono Legal Service. The award is being presented to Judge Trapp [...]
From the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Washington, DC - The Fiscal Year 2011 budget for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) would be cut by $15.8 million, reducing funds for civil legal assistance to low-income Americans, according to legislation announced today. LSC received $420 million in funding for Fiscal Year 2010, and the funding bill for [...]
OLAF Board Member Rick Dove named as secretary of the Supreme Court of Ohio's Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline. Read more.
