Local agencies offer help to homeowners, host property tax clinic on March 8th
Local agencies have partnered to offer help to property owners who are behind on their property taxes. Summit County residents are invited to attend a free delinquent property tax clinic on Thursday, March 8, 2018 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Odom Boule...
ED Update: 7 reasons Legal Aid loves the Bar Association
Legal aid and the private bar have had a long-standing history of collaboration and support. Did you know that the American Bar Association was the first major organizational proponent of legal assistance to the poor? They created a standing committe...
Attorneys take on volunteer project at Akron Children’s
Buckingham, Legal Aid partner to help families Local attorneys are volunteering their time to help families with children with special needs. Buckingham, Doolittle, and Burroughs, LLC, has teamed up with Community Legal Aid to provide assistanc...
Pilot project helps with bankruptcies (Akron Beacon Journal)
More than 1,200 people from Summit, Stark, Portage and five other nearby counties asked Community Legal Aid for help last year to file bankruptcy. The nonprofit could handle only 190 of those cases, leaving many who could benefit most from the leg...
New leaders at Legal Aid
New managing attorneys, deputy announced Community Legal Aid has shifted a couple key leadership roles, in order to better serve clients and community partners. The nonprofit law firm recently announced attorneys Rachel Nader as its new Volunte...
ED Update: Kicking off another year
It’s hard to believe 2018 is already here and that next month, I’ll celebrate my first full year at Legal Aid’s Executive Director. It’s been a fun, scary, crazy, amazing ride these past 11 months, and I’m excited for what’s to come this year. &nb...
Legal Aid announces 2018 Trustees
Local attorneys, community members focus on access to justice issues for new year Community Legal Aid’s Board of Trustees is kicking off the new year. The Board’s docket for 2018 includes several new legal assistance programs for needy families, i...
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Closure
All Community Legal Aid offices will be closed on Monday, January 15th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Our offices will reopen on January 16th at 8:30am.
Holiday Closure Information
Holiday closure information: Our offices will be closed from 4:30 PM on Thursday, December 21, 2017 until 8:30 AM on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. You may apply online while our offices are closed, but your application will not be reviewed until Janua...
Volunteer advocates, courts help victims of domestic violence
VALU program looking for volunteers When Susan Smith walked into the courthouse, a sense of terror came over her. Here she was, ready to go before the court, ready to tell her story, ready to finally say she’s had enough. She was ready to br...