I Need Help


The best way to begin receiving legal services is to call us. You can also come to one of our offices between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. or between 1 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except on legal holidays. In Lorain and Lake counties, you need to call first for an appointment.

If you are deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing or speech-disabled, you may contact us through the Ohio Relay Service at 711 or 1-800-750-0750.

Upon request, we will provide translation services so that you can communicate in your dominant and/or preferable language.

Once you contact us, here's what happens:

  • First, we find out if you are financially eligible for our services.
  • Next, we find out if your case is the type of case we handle. Be sure to bring all of the papers you have about your legal problem.

Then we will either:

  • Give you advice or educational materials to help you; or
  • Schedule an appointment with a staff attorney; or
  • Refer you to a volunteer attorney.

 

Another way to get help:
Visit a Brief Advice and Referral Clinic
sponsored by Legal Aid's
Volunteer Lawyers Program:
 

Saturday, June 27, 2009
9:45 am – 12:00 noon
The Thea Bowman Center
11901 Oakfield Avenue, Cleveland
(At East 120th and Union Avenue)
Staffed by Attorneys from Buckingham Doolittle and Burroughs LLP and Alumni-Attorneys from John Carroll University

Saturday, July 11, 2009
9:45 am – 12 noon
Fatima Family Center
6600 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland
Staffed by Volunteer Attorneys from Calfee, Halter and Griswold

Thursday, July 16, 2009
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Westside Community House
9300 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland
Staffed by Volunteer Attorneys from Hahn Loeser & Parks and
Volunteer Attorneys from Frantz Ward

Saturday, August 8, 2009
9:45 am – 12 noon
West Side Catholic Center
3135 Lorain Ave., Cleveland

 


Past Events

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
312 Third Street, Elyria, Ohio 44035
(Enter on Holly Lane)
 
Staffed by Volunteer Attorneys from the Lorain County Bar Association

Saturday, June 13, 2009
9:45 am – 12:00 noon
The Maple Heights Senior Center
15901 Libby Road, Maple Heights
Staffed by Volunteer Attorneys from Jones Day, Dominion and Key Bank

Saturday, June 6, 2009
Brief Advice Clinic with a focus on Employment Law Issues
9:45 am – 12 noon
The Spanish American Committee
4407 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland
Staffed by attorneys from Ohio Employment Lawyers Association

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
5:00pm - 7:00 pm
AIDS Task Force
3210 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland

Saturday, April 25, 2009
9:45 am – 12 noon
Neighborhood Housing Services
5700 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland
staffed by Northeast Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel of America

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Ashtabula County Office
121 East Walnut Street Jefferson, Ohio 44047
staffed by attorneys from Andrews & Pontius LLC

Saturday, April 18, 2009
Citizenship Day
9:45 am – 1:30 pm
Please call 216-687-1900 to schedule an appointment
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
1223 West 6th Street, Cleveland
Staffed by Volunteer Attorneys from the C. Lyonel Jones Pro Bono Committee

Saturday, March 28, 2009
9:45 am – 12 noon
The East End Neighborhood House
2749 Woodhill Rd., Cleveland (Entrance on Westbound Shaker Boulevard)
Staffed by attorneys from Ulmer & Berne

Saturday, March 7, 2009
9:45 am – 12 noon
The Spanish American Committee
4407 Lorain Ave., Cleveland

Saturday, February 21, 2009
9:45 am – 12 noon
West Side Catholic Center
3135 Lorain Ave., Cleveland

staffed by The Federal Bar Association

Saturday, February 14, 2009

9:45 am - 12 noon
Helen S. Brown Senior Center
16100 Euclid Ave., East Cleveland 44112
staffed by Volunteer Alumnae Attorneys from Beaumont School

Saturday, February 7, 2009

in partnership with the NAACP and the Norman S. Minor Bar Association
9:45 am - 12 noon
Antioch Baptist Church
8869 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland

Saturday, January 24, 2009
9:45 am - 12 noon
St. Martin de Porres Family Center
1264 East 123rd Street, Cleveland
staffed by
Jones Day

 

   

 

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