News
October 5, 2018 - 9:00 am
All Community Legal Aid offices will be closed on Monday, October 8th in observance of Columbus Day. Our offices will reopen on Tuesday, October 9th at 8:30 a.m.
September 25, 2018 - 10:04 am
Community members struggling with civil legal problems can bring them to one of two upcoming community law clinics presented by the Akron-Canton Barristers Association and Community Legal Aid Services. The clinics take place Saturday, Sept. 15, 9:30 a.m.-12:...
September 25, 2018 - 9:48 am
For Community Legal Aid Attorneys Rachel Nader and Ken Mirkin, developing and nurturing relationships with pro bono attorneys and serving clients holistically seem to come naturally. It’s no surprise to find the duo taking on these challenges directly in...
September 20, 2018 - 3:36 pm
Community Legal Aid Services in Akron was recently named a Cy Pres Award recipient. The $186,033 award will go a long way in serving the nonprofit law firm’s impoverished and elderly clients in eight Northeast Ohio counties, says CLAS Executive Director...
August 31, 2018 - 4:19 pm
All Community Legal Aid offices will be closed on Monday, September 3rd in observance of Labor Day. Our offices will reopen on Tuesday, September 4th at 8:30 a.m.
August 13, 2018 - 2:00 pm
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
With these words, our founding fathers set a...
August 13, 2018 - 1:59 pm
Public invited to attend ceremony, Open House
Community Legal Aid is celebrating the opening of it’s new Stark County office with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a community open house.
Executive Director Steven McGarrity said the event is “a great opportunity...
July 6, 2018 - 4:09 pm
E pluribis unum. Out of many, one.
This motto was chosen with purpose for the Great Seal of the United States in 1776. Out of thirteen colonies with strikingly different cultures and values, came one united nation. But in today’s divided political and social...
June 29, 2018 - 10:53 am
All Community Legal Aid offices will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. Our offices will reopen on Thursday, July 5th at 8:30 a.m.
May 25, 2018 - 9:52 am
All Community Legal Aid offices will be closed on Monday, May 28th in observance of Memorial Day. Our offices will reopen on Tuesday, May 29th at 8:30 a.m.
May 23, 2018 - 1:24 pm
Legal Aid releases annual community report
Nearly 10,000 residents in central northeast Ohio received free legal assistance last year.
That is just one of the statistics released as part of Community Legal Aid’s 2017 Community Report. The report also shows...
May 23, 2018 - 1:23 pm
New offices, across the street, to provide better access to clients
Community Legal Aid is getting new office space in Canton…across the street.
The non-profit law firm will be moving from its current location in the Renkert Building to its new home at 401...
May 17, 2018 - 2:48 pm
Legal Aid to work with qualifying walk-ins
Those attending this weekend’s Senior Summit Expo at Firestone High School will have the chance to seek free legal advice.
Legal Aid advocates will be onsite at the event, sponsored by the Summit County Probate Court...
May 16, 2018 - 12:07 pm
Community collaboration aims to help low-income residents
Wayne County residents are just a video call away from free legal help.
Community Legal Aid, which provides free legal help in several counties, including Wayne, is making it easier than ever to get in...
May 16, 2018 - 11:56 am
When Steven McGarrity thinks back to buying his home, the word that comes to his mind is “overwhelming.”
He and his wife were newlyweds, were moving to Austintown, a city he had never before lived in, and had their first child on the way.
“Don’t get me wrong...
