Jennifer van Dulmen, Pro Bono Managing Attorney for Community Legal Aid Services (CLAS) in Akron, was named the Akron Bar Association's Committee Chair of the Year at the Association's Annual Meeting on June 28th. The recipient is chosen by the Akron Bar Association president for outstanding service during the concluding membership year. Attorney van Dulmen [...]
From the Supreme Court of Ohio: IOLTA Scam Still Making Rounds The Supreme Court of Ohio issued a warning today about an Internet scam continuing to affect Ohio lawyers. This latest email scam is similar to previous ones about which the Supreme Court has warned attorneys, according to Amy C. Stone, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel with [...]
Residents of the Meadowview Village in Mount Sterling were served recently by a mobile pro bono legal clinic which prepares and delivers wills and other end of life documents. The clinic, staffed by members of the Central Ohio Paralegal Society and pro bono lawyers volunteering through the Legal Aid Society of Columbus, visits various community [...]
From the Ohio State Bar Association website: In accordance with ORC chapter 169, holders of unclaimed funds are required to report to the director of the Department of Commerce. Recently, the department has begun random audits of IOLTA accounts. An issue has arisen concerning the ability of lawyers to ethically provide some of the information [...]
More attorneys in Ohio appear to be volunteering legal service to people who need it, according to statistics released June 1st by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Ohio attorneys reported 45 percent more pro bono hours for 2010 than 2009 for a total of almost 140,000 hours, the most in the three years the statistics [...]
The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) Real Property Section today announced that Stephen R. Buchenroth, a partner in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, is the recipient of the 2011 Robert L. Hausser Memorial Award. Mr. Buchenroth served on the OLAF board of trustees from 2006 to 2010 as an appointee [...]
Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court plans to launch in June a website designed to assist pro se litigants filing divorce cases. The site will provide easy-to-understand instructions for obtaining a divorce, enforcing child or spousal support and obtaining protection orders in cases of domestic violence. Colleen Cotter, Executive Director for the Legal Aid Society of [...]
Jane Taylor, OLAF's Associate Director for Pro Bono, participated in yesterday's Veterans in the Courts Summit, hosted by the Supreme Court of Ohio. State and federal partners involved in veterans affairs met yesterday at the Ohio Judicial Center to learn more about veterans courts during the third annual Veterans in the Courts Summit. Read more. [...]
Analysis of the economy and legal services by Neeta Pal of the Brennan Center. Our nation's civil legal aid system is in crisis. The weak economy continues to send more low-income families into our overburdened court system without legal help. At the same time, Congress has cut back on federal funding in the latest spending [...]
The Ohio State Bar Association has developed a series of videos targeted at new lawyers. Transitioning from law school to law practice can be a stressful, confusing and even intimidating process. This video series provides information and advice to assist new attorneys with this transition, including New Lawyer Training and CLE requirements; the overall structure [...]
