The "Boots on the Ground" Veterans Justice Project brings together veterans, attorneys, service providers and community organizations to identify and fulfill the needs of veterans and their families. The project, hosted by Community Legal Aid Services in Akron, was created by veteran and Equal Justice Fellow Kimberly Adams as a way to help fellow veterans [...]
Seven Veterans Legal Corps lawyers are now working in Ohio to help solve civil legal problems for homeless and low income veterans, and two of those lawyers are themselves veterans. Ohio Veteran Legal Corps lawyers, who began work on September 1, have been placed at legal aid host organizations and are representing veterans on issues [...]
The Ohio National Guard today released a tribute to veterans, including a video message by Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general: "Veterans day is a time to pause with solemn pride in the remembrance of the heroism of those who have served, those currently serving, and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice while [...]
About 1.8 million low income Ohioans will see monthly assistance for food decrease by an average of $29 with the expiration of a temporary increase in those benefits. To read more, click here.
Caitlin Milo and Katherine Holley have joined the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati as Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Veterans Legal Fellows.
By Helenka Marculewicz [Editor's Note: Helenka Marculewicz is Executive Director of the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project and the 2013 Ohio honorary chair for the National Pro Bono Celebration.] In October the American Bar Association leads a nationwide celebration of pro bono work, the legal work attorneys perform at no charge for people who cannot [...]
Lawyers across the country will join forces to provide legal services at no cost to those who cannot afford an attorney, and participate in other events marking the fifth annual National Pro Bono Celebration. The Celebration is sponsored by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. To read more about [...]
Long time Youngstown area legal aid lawyers James Callen and Cherie Howard will be honored at a community recognition dinner on Friday. Callen and Howard have retired, Callen after more than 30 years as a legal aid lawyer. To read more, click here.
Columbus, Ohio (October 8, 2013) Ohio Legal Aid helps kids be successful in school and veterans to obtain benefits they have earned, Ohio legislators learned today. Delegations from each of the state's Legal Aids today visited representatives and senators at their Statehouse offices in Columbus to educate the legislators on how Legal Aids impact their [...]
Helenka Marculewicz has been the executive director of the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project for all 25 years of its existence. To see a short video on the Volunteer Lawyers Project and the increasing need for civil legal services it faces, click here.
