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Information and Referral Legal Aid Providers in Ohio
Information and Referral Legal Aid Providers in Ohio
Legal Aid Providers in Ohio
These are the legal aid providers in Ohio outside of the area covered by Community Legal Aid Services and Northeast Ohio Legal Services.
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OLAF is charged with administering state funds for Ohio's legal aid societies. Thanks to the support of the Ohio General assembly, OLAF maintains responsibility for disbursing proceeds from a civil filing fee surcharge and revenues from the "Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts" (IOLTA) and "Interest on Trust Accounts" (IOTA) programs. State funds for civil legal services to the poor are distributed to legal aid societies throughout the state. Every county is served by a legal aid society. The state funds are distributed by a statutory formula based on the poverty population in each county. This ensures that the money goes where the poor people and the legal problems are located.
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OSLSA's State Support Center provides assistance to the staff of legal services offices in the six legal services regions in Ohio through co-counseling, specialty assistance and consulting, training, task forces, publications, and to the extent permitted by federal law, legislative and administrative advocacy. The State Support Center consists of four attorneys. Each statewide attorney focuses on one or more substantive areas. The State Support Center manages the Ohio Statewide Legal Services Web Site.
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Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) and Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. (LAWO) are non-profit regional law firms that provide high quality, legal assistance in civil matters to help eligible low-income individuals and groups in western Ohio achieve self reliance, economic opportunity and equal justice
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Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS) gives legal help without attorney fees to people with low income and limited savings and assets in southeastern Ohio.
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The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland serves a five county area in northeast Ohio from Ashtabula County to Lorain County including the City of Cleveland which has the highest percentage of people living in poverty in the country.
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The Legal Aid Society of Columbus provides legal assistance in civil cases to low income individuals in the Columbus area who cannot afford to hire an attorney.
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The Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati is a source of legal representation, information, advice and referral for lower-income residents in Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, and Warren counties.
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The Equal Justice Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing legal representation to low income persons. EJF is the only organization of its kind in Ohio specifically created to attack statewide systemic problems facing low-income persons through class-action litigation and individual civil litigation.
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The Ohio Legal Rights Service (OLRS) is an independent state agency and the federally and state designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system and Client Assistance Program for people with disabilities in the State of Ohio. The mission of OLRS is to protect and advocate, in partnership with people with disabilities, for their human, civil and legal rights. Program staff include ombudspersons, disability rights advocates and attorneys who advocate for individual and systemic change through individual, group and class action cases; monitoring policies and legislative activity; and education and training.
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Pro Seniors is a non-profit organization that provides free legal and long-term care help to older adults. Pro Seniors offers Ohio residents age 60 and older the advice and information they need to solve their legal and nursing home, adult care facility, and home health care problems.
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