[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 [...]
Ohio Chief Justice Eric Brown joined current and past OLAF board members, leaders from the legal aid delivery system, and many friends to celebrate and honor Bob Clyde, who recently retired as the founding and long-time executive director of OLAF. The event followed the board's quarterly meeting and was held in the Native American Lobby [...]
[Press Release from Legal Aid Society of Cleveland] PRESS RELEASE August 3, 2010 Contact: Melanie A. Shakarian, Esq. 216-370-2135 (c) [email protected] Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Visit Cleveland CLEVELAND - The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, United States Supreme Court Justice, will visit Cleveland on September 9 and 10. The Justice is the guest of The [...]
Sprint Offers Legal Services Programs Special Broadband Pricing The Legal Services Corporation, the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (NTAP) and the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation have announced that Sprint is now offering broadband services to all legal services programs at reduced, General Services Administration-level pricing. NTAP will host a webinar on Friday, July 30, [...]
The Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law recently recognized five accomplished and civic-minded lawyers as recipients of its annual Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Awards for 2010. OLAF is pleased to share that the Committee recognized David Ball with the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award for distinguished service to the nonprofit sector [...]
[from LSC website] On June 25, 2010, President Obama has nominated his final two appointees to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation. They are Harry Korrell, a partner in a Seattle law firm, and the Rev. Joseph Pius Pietrzyk of Zanesville, Ohio. Earlier this year, six presidential nominees were confirmed by the [...]
[from OSBA website] The Ohio State Bar Association announced the graduation of the first class of its Leadership Academy designed to identify future leaders in the legal community and provide them with support and training. "This is a remarkable group of younger attorneys who recognized the benefit of preparing for leadership roles in their firms [...]
[from the Supreme Court of Ohio] For her work in helping veterans access resources if they enter the court system, Supreme Court of Ohio Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton received the *Veteran Advocate of the Year* award over the weekend. The Vietnam Veterans of America, Buckeye State Council, presented the award Saturday night in Dublin at [...]
AWARD RECIPIENT RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF LEGAL AID CLIENTS IN OHIO Long-time legal aid advocate David Dawson is the 2010 recipient of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation's Denis Murphy Award. Dawson is the deputy director of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, which provides free legal representation to low-income clients [...]
