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.
The number of Ohioans living in extreme poverty increased across the state by a rate which is among the highest in the country, according to the 2012 American Community Survey, released yesterday. To read more, click here.
Support civil legal aid during the 24 hour Big Give on September 17th beginning at 11 a.m. by donating to Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation. Donations made to the Foundation will go directly to legal aids that help Ohioans who cannot afford an attorney for help with critical legal problems like unsafe housing, domestic violence, or [...]
Senator Rob Portman congratulated The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Tuesday for more than 100 years of serving Cleveland's most vulnerable residents. Portman was the keynote speaker at Legal Aid's annual luncheon and report to the community, attended by about 800 lawyers and other community leaders. To read more, click here.
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland has received an award of nearly $15,000 in cy pres funds from a class action suit in Lorain County, which is served by Cleveland Legal Aid. Cy pres, A French phrase meaning "as near as possible," denotes funds remaining in a class action suit after payment to all individual [...]
A June survey of prospective law students by Kaplan Test Prep found that nearly 70 percent supported a rule requiring law students to perform pro bono work before being admitted to the bar.
The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation has released its annual report for 2012, which details how Ohio's legal aids continued despite persistent low revenues to save homes, protect families from domestic violence and safeguard financial security for veterans. To read more, click here. To read the report, click here.
Public service fellowships funded through Washington, D.C.-based Equal Justice Works will focus on legal problems experienced by veterans in housing, access to health care, family problems and jobs. Equal Justice Works collaborates with the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation to support the Foundation's Murphy Fellows. To read more about the Equal Justice Works Veterans Legal Corps, [...]
A court-based, legal aid supported pro bono information and advice clinic in Perry County has received an anonymous $10,000 donation.
William K. Weisenberg, assistant executive director for the Ohio State Bar Association and an ex officio board member for the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, is the 2013 recipient of the Bolton Award, a national award for bar association executives, and the Ohio Center for Law Related Education Founder's Award, which honors significant contributions to ideals [...]
