The Board of Trustees of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation (OLAF) announces the search for a visionary, collaborative leader to serve as OLAF's next executive director. Established by Ohio law in 1994, the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization with responsibility for generating, collecting, managing and distributing funding for civil legal services [...]
COLUMBUS DISPATCH - Sunday, June 6, 2010 02:58 AM First, Sen. Sherrod Brown was upset because the Obama administration left Ohio out of a foreclosure-assistance program. Now, the Ohio Democrat is steamed again because none of the money coming to Ohio can be used by legal-aid societies to help homeowners. In March, the Treasury Department [...]
*From the Supreme Court of Ohio* A higher percentage of reporting Ohio attorneys performed pro bono work in 2009 than those who reported for 2008, according to the second annual results of pro bono activities statewide. The Supreme Court of Ohio, working in conjunction with the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation (OLAF), asked lawyers in January [...]
Attorneys Asked to Report Pro Bono Efforts The Supreme Court of Ohio will once again ask attorneys to voluntarily report their pro bono activities. The program, which documented attorneys' pro bono work for the first time in 2008, is designed to gather meaningful information about the extent and nature of pro bono work in Ohio [...]
DAYTON, OHIO - Laurie J. Pangle, partner in the Toledo law firm of Spengler, Nathanson P.L.L., is today's recipient of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation's 2010 Presidential Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Delivery of Pro Bono Legal Service. The award is being presented to Attorney Pangle during the Council of Delegates and General Assembly [...]
At the 2010 Awards of Excellence Luncheon, Columbus Bar Association President Elizabeth Watters will honor seven Columbus leaders for service to the community and the legal profession. 2010 Awards of Excellence honorees include: Deborah J. Merritt, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law - Liberty Bell Award for her leadership and dedication to the [...]
The first Benson Wolman Award will be presented to Julie Davis, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Retail Ventures, Inc., and President of the Board of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation. The award to be presented May 26 at the 2010 A Taste of Justice was created in tribute to the late Benson Wolman, champion [...]
The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, its board and staff, honor the memory of long time Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, who died unexpectedly April 2, 2010. Throughout his tenure, Chief Justice Moyer supported robust funding for the delivery of legal services to those in Ohio who cannot afford to pay for a [...]
NOTE: Published by The Columbus Dispatch (March 10, 2010), Tracy Turner Some Franklin County residents can receive free legal help in dealing with aggressive debt collectors under a new plan announced today. The pro bono advice clinic, staffed by members of the Columbus Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society of Columbus, will offer consumers [...]
Ohio lawyers on active registration, and who have on file with the Supreme Court an email address, have until March 31st to take advantage of the opportunity to report hours of pro bono service, and financial contributions to programs that provide legal services to persons of limited means, for calendar year 2009. Around January 8th, [...]
