New York's Appellate Division Court has approved earning ten hours of CLE credit by performing pro bono legal services. The rules of professional conduct for attorneys licensed to practice in New York previously allowed six hours of CLE credit to be earned during each two year reporting period, out of a required 24 hours. The [...]
In an editorial, the Cleveland Plain Dealer urges United Way, the private sector, voters, and the federal Legal Services Corporation to all take steps ensuring adequate funding for legal aid programs. "The services offered by Legal Aid are key to the promise of equal justice for all," it states. To read more, click here.
The Akron Beacon Journal is featuring a series of profiles of individuals hoping to climb out of poverty after learning financial skills, including how to save. The classes, which are part of the Bridges out of Poverty program, are called Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By-World. To read more, and find links to the entire series [...]
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland must cut $1.4 Million from its budget in the upcoming year, at a time when its clients' legal needs are more urgent than ever. To read more, click here.
Janet Green Marbley, Administrator for the Supreme Court of Ohio Clients’ Security Fund and a Foundation board member, has received Capital University Law School's David D. White Award. The award is named for the first African American to graduate from Capital's law school, who then became the first African American to practice law in Columbus. [...]
Otterbein University in suburban Columbus is hosting a weekend summit which will examine poverty, disparate wages and a role in leadership, all as applied to women. In Ohio and throughout the United States, women make up the majority of people living in poverty. To read more, click here.
The Toledo Blade has teamed with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on a series of articles about poverty, attitudes toward the poor, and political responses to poverty. To read more, click here.
Department of Agriculture surveys estimate that about one in six Ohio households don't always have enough food, and must rely on resources such as food pantries. Several central Ohio food banks are now offering farmers' markets to allow food insecure households access to fresh produce. Low income people may suffer from more diseases or generally [...]
Ohio's legal aid programs are continuing to provide critical civil legal services despite drastic reductions in both federal and state-based funding for 2012. In late November of 2011, Congress voted to cut the fiscal year 2012 federal funding for legal aid programs by almost 15 percent. The cut amounts to a loss of about $1.4 [...]
Ohio attorneys are now halfway through the time period available for voluntary pro bono reporting. The website which permits attorneys to report pro bono activities on a voluntary, anonymous basis will be maintained through March 31, 2012. All attorneys with an active Ohio registration, and an email address on file with the Supreme Court's Office [...]
