Legal Aid in the News - 2005
relevant clippings, quotes and stories


December 31, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Refuge in Hard World

December 23, 2005
CWRU Website
Case Western Reserve Law Student First to Receive Fellowship


December 22, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Local Law Student Wins Fellowship for Legal Aid


December 21, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid works with Long-Term Care
Ombudsman

December, 2005
Ashtabula Star-Beacon
Volunteer Attorneys Make a Difference


December, 2005
Inside Business Magazine
"For Good" - article about Volunteer Lawyers Program

December 6, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Praise for Ashtabula Volunteer Attorneys


December 3, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Groups fight rate hikes to cover gas heat for poor

November 30, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Legal Aid Attorneys Respond to Predatory Lending Arguments


November 21, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Parents need help in fighting for kids' education


November, 2005
United Way of Greater Cleveland
Legal Aid Success Story


November 13, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Welfare reform's unfulfilled promise


November, 2005
Watch your mail for the autumn issue of Legal Aid's newsletter, Poetic Justice.

November 10, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Clinic at Spanish-American Committee


November 7, 2005
Crain's Cleveland Business
Fighting for the Underdog: Part 1,
Part 2


October 16, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid advice helps pave way for some in jobs program


October 12, 2005
Legal Service Corporation Update
Profile of Colleen Cotter


October 5, 2005
Cleveland Free Times
When Mortgage Lenders Attack


October 4, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Profile of Colleen Cotter


October 3, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid participates in LawAsia Conference


September 2005
El Sol de Cleveland
Upcoming Legal Aid Clinics


September 24, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Housing advocates take issue with agency's notion of family


September 13, 2005
Red Cross Press Release
Legal Aid helps Katrina evacuees

September 12, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid Board Member Honored


September 9, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid's Special Education Practice


September 7, 2005
Tax Notes Today
Legal Aid Tax Attorney's Work Highlighted


September 6, 2005
Crain's Cleveland Business
Legal Aid staffer gives feedback


September 6, 2005
Columbus Dispatch
Legal Aid attorney quoted


August 25, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Poor are hurt most by driver's license suspensions


August 25, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Legal Aid Wins for Low-Income Consumers


August 18, 2005
Medina Gazette
RPM attorney volunteers for Legal Aid


August 14, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hundreds in church look to void past crimes


August 12, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Free Legal Advice Available


August 6, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lawyers Offer Free Legal Advice


August 1, 2005
Crain's Cleveland Business
Legal Aid highlights great supporters


July 30, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Free legal advice available

July 29, 2005
American Bar Association
Cleveland Bar Association wins Harrison Tweed Award

July 25, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Profile: Sheila Siegel of Legal Aid


July 22, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid does right by troubled youths


July 18, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Diverse Group of Corporate Attorneys Work Together

July, 2005
Watch your mail for the summer issue of Legal Aid's newsletter, Poetic Justice.

July 7, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Defaults blamed on shady lending


July 3, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Young clients of Legal Aid get help to stay in school


June, 2005
Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association's Law Notes;
Summer Associate Highlights
and Legal Aid Feature


June 27, 2005
Crain's Cleveland Business
Business of Poverty;
Part 1 &
Part 2


June 25, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid fund raising taps 500 new donors


June 23, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Upcoming Clinic at St. Martin de Porres Center


June 23, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
City's appeal to immigrants has declined

June 17, 2005
NewsNet 5 - WEWS
Cleveland Heights Wants Low-Rent Tenants To Take Classes


June 17, 2005
TV3 - WKYC
Cleveland Heights plans mandatory good tenant classes for low-income renters


June 17, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Hts. plans charm class for low-income renters

June 17, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Measures could take millions from housing authority's pot


June 12, 2005
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Former Cleveland Legal Aid Attorney, High Profile Case

June 10, 2005
Calfee Halter & Griswold Press Release
Private Attorneys Staff Clinic

June 8, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Upcoming Clinic at West Side Catholic Center


June 6, 2005
Crain's Cleveland Business
Lawyers United to Help Poor

June 6, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
C. Lyonel Jones Gives Advice to Graduates


June, 2005
LSC's Equal Justice Magazine Highlights Cleveland
Read It Now!

May 25, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
OH Supreme Court Declines to Hear In re R.K.


May 24, 2005
Baker & Hostetler Press Release
Partner Co-Chairs Anniversary Gala


May 19, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Disabled Renter Wins Against Landlord

May 13, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cuyahoga joins national effort to locate housing for the poor


May 9, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Colleen Cotter Selected as Executive Director
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May 2, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Creditors Can't Take Your Social Security

May 1, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sen. Clinton Praises Legal Aid Society's Role in Serving Justice

May 1, 2005
News Channel 5

Clinton Focuses on Legal Aid

April 28, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Celebrating a Century of Compassion

April 28, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Milestones in a Century of Service

April 28, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sen. Clinton To Visit Cleveland

April 23, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Clinic for Seniors

April 19, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Upcoming Free Legal Clinics

April 10, 2005
The News-Herald
Rules could leave some without a place to stay


April 7, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Legal Aid to Welcome Summer Associates

April 3, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid Advocacy Helps Thousands of Youth

March 31, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New Site for Medicare Appeals


March 25, 2005
 
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Second Judge Cites Amendment
 

 March 24, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Free Legal Clinics in April!

March 15, 2005

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Society Gets Grant for Tax Clinic

March 10, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Legal Aid Receives Largest IRS Grant in Ohio


March 8, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
No Name Band Makes Name in Legal World


March 3, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Attorney Band to Perform


March 1, 2005
Legal Aid Press Release
Striving to Live Above Poverty Line


February 24, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Help Marshaled for Families on Edge

February 18, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Protect Poor from Used-Car Sales Abuse


February 6, 2005
The News-Herald
Help for residents of Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties 

January 26, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal Aid to assist poor with program of  Volunteer Lawyers

January 22, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Senator Clinton to speak in April

Legal Aid Press Release
Legal Aid kicks off Volunteer Lawyers Program

January 17, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Volunteerism is fundamental to the ethical practice of law

January 15, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Unwed abuse victims left unprotected under Issue 1

January 13, 2005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bar President Pleased With Pro Bono Effort

January 10, 2005
WCPN 90.3 Ideastream
Legal Aid featured on 90.3 at 9!


 

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