ED Update: Two years...three kids...one mission
I recently celebrated two years of being Community Legal Aid’s Executive Director, and it’s been starting to feel like the third year of marriage. You’re over the honeymoon phase, the surprise is gone, and those quirky traits about your partner are b...
Grant awards give boost to Stark County housing stability efforts
Canton’s whooping 8.34 percent eviction rate places it 33rd among America’s mid-size cities with the highest percentages of evictions. Meanwhile, Stark County's 3.68 percent eviction rate equates to 5.03 evictions a day. The sobering statistics,...
Community Legal Aid Offers Free Workshops and Clinics in March
Community Legal Aid is offering free workshops, programs and clinics to anyone who may need legal assistance or who has an interest in these legal topics. All programs are taught by attorneys and are free. All Community Legal Aid events can be fou...
130,000 Veterans Entitled to Refunds Associated with Disability Severance Pay: Are You One of them?
By Dana Goldstein and Kimberly Adams Prior to 2016, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service issued Disability Severance Pay to Veterans but incorrectly treated these payments as taxable income. Disability Severance Pay was issued as...
Legal Aid Attorney Andrea Burton weighs in on Aisha's Law to protect domestic violence victims
Community Legal Aid Attorney Andrea Burton spoke with WKBN-TV 27 reporter Stan Boney in Youngstown about the newly announced Aisha's Law to protect domestic violence victims. Legal Aid serves 2,500 to 3,000 domestic violence victims a year. Watch the...
Taking the first step: Reflecting on Dr. King’s legacy
By Steven McGarrity Executive Director Community Legal Aid Services As the head of a nonprofit, I hear the word diversity about as often as I breathe -- that is, constantly. Funders, board members, staff (including myself) are always talk...
Akron Beacon Journal reports on amnesty program that helps Ohioans regain driver's licenses
Akron Beacon Journal journalist Stephanie Warsmith reports on an amnesty program that could help Ohioans reduce or erase their driver's license reinstatement fees. To read the story, click here: https://www.ohio.com/news/20190130/amnesty-program-help...
Legal Aid offers free legal clinics, workshops and programs in February
Community Legal Aid is offering free workshops next month to those who may need legal assistance or have an interest in these legal topics. All programs are taught by attorneys and are free and open to the public. All Community Legal Aid events ca...
Legal Aid continues to serve impoverished local residents amid partial government shutdown
Free legal services provided by Community Legal Aid Services to low-income residents in Columbiana, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit, Stark, Trumbull and Wayne counties should not be affected by the partial government shutdown in the coming months. ...
Summer Associate Information
Volunteer Opportunities for Law Students 2019 Summer Associate Program Community Legal Aid is a private non-profit law firm which works to bridge the gap between poverty and justice for those in need. Legal Aid is the primary provider of ...