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January 31, 2018 - 1:27 pm
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 assistance in filing for...
January 22, 2018 - 3:46 pm
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 legal...
January 16, 2018 - 4:42 pm
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 Volunteer Legal...
January 10, 2018 - 12:10 pm
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.
New projects...
January 10, 2018 - 11:25 am
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, innovative...
January 8, 2018 - 2:09 pm
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.
December 20, 2017 - 5:07 pm
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 January 2, 2018....
December 14, 2017 - 2:12 pm
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 break free from her...
December 7, 2017 - 1:54 pm
For anyone who has kids, the Harry Potter series should be second nature to you, by now.
I have been making me way, this year, through the seven books with my son. To say he's a fan would be putting it mildly.
Our nightime routine: Harry Potter.
This year's...
November 9, 2017 - 2:17 pm
Thank you to our veterans
Each year in November, we mark two important holidays - Thanksgiving and Veterans’ Day. This month is a time for reflection, for appreciation of the most basic freedoms we enjoy, without even thinking about it, each day.
I can think...
October 20, 2017 - 11:40 am
Legal assistance can be a lifeline for domestic abuse
Almost 20 people throughout the United States are physically abused by a partner each minute of the day.
More than 30 percent of women and 25 percent of men have been victims of violence by an intimate...
October 6, 2017 - 12:01 pm
Eight Akron residents gathered around the board room table at Community Legal Aid, discussing priority issues facing Akron’s low-income residents.
On the docket were education, housing, food insecurity, race relations, living wages and mental health needs....
October 2, 2017 - 2:57 pm
Legal Aid volunteer breakfast recognizes volunteers, helps clients
Local judges will be serving up more than justice next month.
Judges Linda Teodosio and Katarina Cook of Summit County, Judges Taryn Heath and David Nist of Stark County, and Judge Robert Rusu...
October 2, 2017 - 2:53 pm
Chief Justice, local firms celebrate 65 years of pursuing justice for all
Greystone Hall was hushed as attorney Dana Goldstein spoke.
“My clients face some terrible situations,” she said, her voice cracking. “And they do it with such grace.”
Goldstein, an...
September 22, 2017 - 4:50 pm
Group recognized for domestic violence work, 20 years of partnership
Community Legal Aid was honored on Thursday for its work serving victims of domestic violence.
Executive Director Steven McGarrity accepted the award, given by the Stark County Domestic...
