The Columbus Bar Association and the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation note that central Ohio attorneys in solo practice, small firms or larger firms have many options available to fit pro bono work into the schedule.
Community Legal Aid Services' Managing Attorney Marie Curry is leading the Health in All Policies community initiative in Summit County to raise awareness of the many factors that affect residents' overall wellness. Read more here.
In response to a recent Columbus Dispatch series on financial abuse of seniors, Pro Seniors, Inc. Executive Director Ms. Rhonda Moore explains the legal resources Pro Seniors provides to seniors across Ohio. Read more here.
Janet Hales is the new Director of the Ohio Poverty Law Center, and will begin work there April 7. Ms. Hales is currently the Advocacy Director for Legal Aid of Western Ohio, and was a trial attorney in Toledo prior to joining legal aid.
The Supreme Court of Ohio's Access to Justice Task Force reviewed several draft recommendations during its last meeting on Friday, March 13. Read the proposals here. Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Yvette McGee Brown chairs the 11-member task force. Foundation director, Angela Lloyd, and board members Richard Pogue and William Weisenberg also serve on the [...]
The Legal Aid Society of Columbus helps women with children remove barriers to employment so they may continue to support their families. Read more here.
A new report on the state of poverty in Ohio concludes that despite an improved outlook for employment, half of Ohioans live paycheck to paycheck. Read more here.
As National Consumer Protection Week, coordinated by the Federal Trade Commission to help protect consumers from financial exploitation and abuse, is observed nationally from March 1 to March 7, Ohio Veterans Legal Corps (VLC) lawyers work to protect low income and vulnerable veterans from scams and predators. In Licking County, veteran "Charles Lake", a pseudonym [...]
Toledo lawyer Eugenio Mollo Jr. has turned a lifelong interest in immigrants into a career with Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, where he serves as the Managing Attorney for the Migrant Farmworker Rights Practice Group and was previously a Foundation-funded Equal Justice Works Fellow. Read more here.
The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation and the Supreme Court of Ohio are reminding and encouraging Ohio attorneys to take part in voluntary pro bono reporting. The opportunity to report 2014 pro bono activities is available through March 31. Read more here.
