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:

Thursday, May 15, 2008

3 pm – 5 pm
Oberlin Community Center
285 South Professor St., Oberlin
staffed by the Lorain County Bar Association

Saturday, May 17, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
University Settlement
4800 Broadway
staffed by the
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's
Volunteer Day

Saturday, May 31, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
Maple Heights Senior Center
15901 Libby Road
staffed by Calfee Halter & Griswold

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

time TBA
St. Mary's School
268 N. State St., Painesville
staffed by Dworken & Bernstein

Saturday, June 14, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
Spanish American Committee
4407 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland
staffed by Jones Day

Thursday, June 26, 2008
5 pm - 7 pm
West Side Community House
9300 Lorain Ave., Cleveland
Hahn Loeser

Saturday, June 28, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
Helen S. Brown Senior Center
16100 Euclid Ave., East Cleveland
staffed by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

Saturday, July 12, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
West Side Catholic Center
3135 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland
staffed by Roetzel & Andress

Saturday, July 26, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
St. Martin de Porres Family Center
1264 East 123rd Street, Cleveland
staffed by Norman S. Minor Bar Association,
co-sponsored with the NAACP

Saturday, August 9, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
location TBA
staffed by TBA

Saturday, August 16, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
House of Praise
Lorain, OH
staffed local Attorneys and the Lorain County Bar Association

Saturday, September 6, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
location TBA
staffed by TBA

Saturday, September 20, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
West Side Catholic Center
3135 Lorain Avenue
staffed by the Northeast Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel

Saturday, October 4, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
LGBT Community Center
6600 Detroit Ave. Cleveland
staffed by Giffen and Kaminski

Saturday, October 25, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
location TBA
staffed by Jones Day

Saturday, November 15, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
St. Martin de Porres Family Center
1264 East 123rd Street, Cleveland
staffed byTBA


* no clinics in December *
call 216-687-1900 for assistance

Past Events

Saturday, January 26, 2008

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

Saturday, February 9, 2008
in partnership with the NAACP
9:45 am - 12 noon
Antioch Baptist Church
8869 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland
staffed by Ulmer & Berne

Saturday, February 23, 2008
9:45 am - 12 noon
Fatima Family Center
6600 Lexington Ave., Cleveland
staffed by
attorney-alumni from the

University of Notre Dame

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Legal Aid’s Ashtabula Office
staffed by Andrews & Pontius

Thursday, March 6, 2008
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Legal Aid call-in clinic with WOIO TV19 (CBS)
staffed by Legal Aid attorneys

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
co-sponsored with the
Lorain County Bar Association
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Catholic Charities, Lorain County
203 West 8th St., Lorain, OH
staffed by Lorain County attorneys

Friday, March 28, 2008
Visit Legal Aid at Human Services Institute! Click here for more information: https://www.communitysolutions.com/hsevent/

Saturday, March 29, 2008
9:45 am – 12 noon
Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland
6100 Broadway, Cleveland
staffed by individual pro bono attorneys

April 1, 2008
Legal Aid Part of Historic Collaboration
Statewide effort to provide legal assistance for victims of foreclosure
Click to view press release and media advisory


Saturday, April 12, 2008

9:45 am - 12 noon
West Side Catholic Center
3135 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland
staffed by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Citizenship Day
Legal Aid’s Cleveland Office
1223 West Sixth Street
click here for more information
staffed by the Ohio American Immigration Lawyers Association


Saturday, April 26, 2008

9:45 am - 12 noon
St. Martin de Porres Family Center
1264 East 123rd Street, Cleveland
staffed by the Northeast Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel
 

   

 

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