Danielle Gadomski-Littleton, a fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland whose position is funded by the Foundation and Washington, D.C.-based Equal Justice Works, helps youth aging out of foster care to navigate complex civil legal problems. Read more here.
Karen Hummel sought help from the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland in 1995 when she wanted to divorce her husband. The help she received from legal aid inspired her to become an attorney. Read Karen's story here.
Seven law school graduates are working as fellows on urgent issues facing veterans throughout Ohio as part of collaboration fellowship program between the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, Equal Justice Works and AmeriCorps. The fellows, as part of the Veterans Legal Corps, work in legal aid organizations across the state and focus on solving civil legal [...]
After 33 years of providing free legal services for those who can least afford it, the Marietta office of Southeastern Ohio Legal Services will close next month, along with two other regional offices.
The Ohio Supreme Court and the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation will soon be asking Ohio attorneys to voluntarily report their pro bono activities for 2013. Read more here.
Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS), an Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation-funded legal aid serving 30 counties in east and southeast Ohio, has announced that three of its offices are closing, effective January 31, 2014. The offices that are closing are located in Lancaster, Marietta and Zanesville. Residents of counties served by those offices will be directed [...]
Hundreds of poor people in Fairfield and Hocking counties and the lawyers who help them with civil court cases are bracing for the impact in the likely event that Southeastern Ohio Legal Services local office closes. The nonprofit legal aid organization serves low-income people in 30 counties covering much of the impoverished Appalachian Ohio region. [...]
Helenka Marculewicz, executive director of the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project, is the 2013 Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Murphy Award winner. Created by the Foundation in 1998, the award is named for Denis Murphy, a Columbus lawyer and founding member of the Foundation who was an advocate of strong funding for civil legal aid. Murphy [...]
An office that provides free legal aid to low-income victims of domestic violence, elder abuse and other crimes committed in Muskingum and surrounding counties is closing. The Southeastern Ohio Legal Services Zanesville office has given legal representation to more than 300 people this year, according to Managing Attorney David Little. The office also provides advice [...]
The Free Medical Clinic and the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland are two of 20 area nonprofits chosen by readers of the Northeast Ohio Media Group to receive money from its Good News Giving holiday charity drive. The 20 agencies, as well as 30 others, also receive free advertising in The Plain Dealer, Sun News [...]
