The National Pro Bono Celebration is underway, and Ohio leads the country in number of events and activities marking the event. Ohio�s legal aid societies, bar associations and law schools have planned nearly 70 events to mark the Celebration, over two thirds of them client-centered clinics in which pro bono lawyers offer brief legal advice, [...]
The following is a statement from Ohio State Bar Association President Carmen V. Roberto, Ohio honorary chair of the National Pro Bono Celebration. Ohio lawyers understand the importance of giving back and providing their legal talents on a pro bono basis to citizens in need and to community organizations. The Supreme Court of Ohio strongly [...]
Ohio kicked off its participation in the National Pro Bono Celebration on Friday with the Toledo Bar Association Pro Bono Legal Service Program's luncheon honoring Attorney Pat Intagliata for 25 years of service as director of the program. Attorney Intagliata graduated from University of Toledo College of Law in 1979 and first worked in the [...]
[Press Release from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Director of Homeownership] Ohio has been awarded $320 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Hardest-Hit Fund to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) will administer Restoring Stability: A Save the Dream Ohio Initiative, to help an estimated 26,000 families who are at [...]
[Press release from the Legal Services Corporation] Statement by John G. Levi, Chairman, Board of Directors, On New Federal Poverty Data The Census Bureau released its official 2009 statistics on poverty today, and the numbers are grim and daunting. Nearly 57 million Americans now qualify for civil legal assistance from the Legal Services Corporation, an [...]
[Story by: Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer ] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she has heard that more Hispanics are touring the U.S. Supreme Court building since she took the bench in August. Maybe they come to see her, she told a Cleveland audience Friday night. But she likes [...]
Ohio Chief Justice Eric Brown joined current and past OLAF board members, leaders from the legal aid delivery system, and many friends to celebrate and honor Bob Clyde, who recently retired as the founding and long-time executive director of OLAF. The event followed the board's quarterly meeting and was held in the Native American Lobby [...]
[Press Release from Legal Aid Society of Cleveland] PRESS RELEASE August 3, 2010 Contact: Melanie A. Shakarian, Esq. 216-370-2135 (c) [email protected] Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Visit Cleveland CLEVELAND - The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, United States Supreme Court Justice, will visit Cleveland on September 9 and 10. The Justice is the guest of The [...]
Sprint Offers Legal Services Programs Special Broadband Pricing The Legal Services Corporation, the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (NTAP) and the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation have announced that Sprint is now offering broadband services to all legal services programs at reduced, General Services Administration-level pricing. NTAP will host a webinar on Friday, July 30, [...]
The Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law recently recognized five accomplished and civic-minded lawyers as recipients of its annual Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Awards for 2010. OLAF is pleased to share that the Committee recognized David Ball with the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award for distinguished service to the nonprofit sector [...]
