Taft Promise Neighborhood Offers a Lesson in Community Transformation
Soon after the last bell of the day rings at Taft Elementary School, Community Legal Aid Staff Attorney Michelle Wrona Fox is just getting started. Her tiny back office, which she borrows from the school’s social worker, Mary Boyd, streams with a reg...
A case for social impact
By Steven McGarrity Executive Director Community Legal Aid Services As lawyers, our profession is all about the impact of our work for our clients - whether it be the outcome of a case or simply what they gain from the experience o...
Legal Aid offers free legal workshops and programs in January
Community Legal Aid is offering free workshops next month 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 and open to the public. All Commu...
Office Closure Until January 2
Happy holidays! Please note that our offices will be closed for the holidays starting Monday, December 24, and will reopen Wednesday, January 2. You can apply for our services online any time at https://www.communitylegalaid.org/apply. ...
Legal Aid Workshop Encourages Parents to be Advocates for their Struggling School Children
Community Legal Aid Managing Attorney Marie Curry readies children’s books for Legal Aid’s Learning Is For Everyone (LIFE) workshop. The free workshop, designed to help give parents a road map to accessing school resources best for their childre...
Community Legal Aid Welcomes New Attorneys
Thomas Lyden, Igor Petrovich and Holly Torres recently joined Community Legal Aid as staff attorneys. Lyden, of Youngstown, serves Legal Aid’s family law team. Meanwhile, Petrovich and Torres work on Legal Aid’s housing and consumer team. “I love ...
Community Legal Aid Welcomes New Board Members, President
Community Legal Aid Services, a nonprofit law firm serving the legal needs of low-income residents in Northeast and Central Ohio, named Joseph Ferrise, Athena Gough, and Erin Palmer to its Board of Trustees this week. The Board also named Dionn...
Legal Aid offers free legal workshops and programs in December
Community Legal Aid is offering free workshops next month 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 and open to the public. All Community Legal Aid event...
Legal Aid Receives $1 Million-Plus in Grants to Help Local Domestic Violence Victims
Community Legal Aid has been awarded more than $1 million in grant funding to help local domestic violence victims. Specifically, Legal Aid (CLAS) was awarded nearly $635,000 for its Justice for Victimized Families project in Trumbull County. Lega...
Applying for legal help just got easier
New online application helps Legal Aid clients get answers sooner AKRON - Each year, tens of thousands of residents throughout central northeast Ohio apply for services through Community Legal Aid. Thanks to technology upgrades, that process ju...