Citizens Bank today announced the launch of a new corporate purchasing card program for Ohio law firms that allows firms to have their “cash back” rewards sent directly to the state’s central source of funding for nonprofit legal aid organizations. Participating customers may also be eligible for a premium interest rate paid on Interest on [...]
Citizens Bank has joined the 2015 class of Prime Partner financial institutions, the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation announced today. The Foundation created the Prime Partners Program in 2012 to recognize financial institutions offering rates and terms above the minimums required for lawyer and title agent trust accounts, known as IOLTA and IOTA accounts. Interest earned [...]
Legal aid attorneys will help veterans participating in the Cuyahoga County Veterans Treatment Court achieve justice. Read more about the program here.
A three-year Health Resources and Services Administration grant will support the expansion of the Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) program between the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Southeast Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS). Read more here.
Michael Flowers, vice president and chief legal officer for KBK Enterprises and member of the American Bar Association Board of Governors, highlights the need for legal aid funding in a letter to the editor of Columbus Business First.
The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation has announced its 2015 class of Prime Partner financial institutions:American Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Heartland Bank and Key Bank. Prime Partner financial institutions demonstrate commitment to ensuring that all Ohioans have a legal voice and access to justice through the program, says Foundation Executive Director Angela M. Lloyd. Read more [...]
Richard Pogue, an Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation founding board member, was named 2015 recipient of the Ohio Bar Medal, the Ohio State Bar Association's highest honor. Read more here.
Legal Aid Society of Columbus attorney Melissa Linville says that a cycle of debt often results from suspension of drivers licenses due to, for example, not paying child support, and the consequences are dire. Read more here.
In a Columbus Dispatch, Guide to Life series on divorce and dissolution, The Legal Aid Society of Columbus managing attorney, Stuart Itani, helps explain which option may be best for different situations. Read more here.
The Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Access to Justice Report was at the forefront of the Access to Justice Summit at 2015 the Ohio State Bar Association Convention. More than 100 participants broke out into small groups to discuss the ideas and proposals in the report. Overall, the consensus among the panelists was that [...]
