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FREE LEGAL ADVICE CLINIC IN BARBERTON
Community Legal Aid’s Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP) will team up with local attorneys for the East Barberton Legal Counsel and Advice Clinic on Thursday, March 19, 2009. The Clinic, co-sponsored by Amer Cunningham Co., L.P.A., offers free legal advice on a walk-in basis to Barberton residents who cannot afford a lawyer. Local attorneys, who generously volunteer their time and expertise, will be available to meet with individuals and answer their legal questions in a confidential setting.
The clinic is held at the Barberton Library, 602 West Park Avenue, Barberton Ohio. Pre-registration is not necessary, but individuals who wish to participate in the clinic should arrive between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to register. The clinic is not first-come, first-served. The lawyers will meet with and advise individuals based upon their own areas of expertise.
Potential participants seeking more information about the East Barberton Legal Counsel and Advice Clinic should call the Volunteer Legal Services Program at 330-983-2695.
Attorneys interested in volunteering for the VLSP should call Managing Attorney Jennifer van Dulmen at 330-983-2531.
Low-income individuals with a legal problem should call the Community Legal Aid HelpLine at 1-800-998-9454.
Legal Aid has been providing a wide range of legal services for those with nowhere else to turn for more than 50 years. Callers to our HelpLine receive advice and referrals on a wide range of legal issues. Legal representation is prioritized based upon the extent of available resources. Legal Aid staff members speak to community groups and provide training about poverty law issues.
Community Legal Aid receives generous financial support from the following organizations: The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, The Legal Services Corporation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Internal Revenue Service, United Ways of Greater Stark, Medina, Orrville Area, Portage, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne/ Holmes Counties, Area Agencies on Aging, 10b, District XI and Western Reserve, Departments of Job and Family Services in Columbiana (PRC), Mahoning (PRC), Portage (PRC), and Summit(PRC and Title XX) Counties, The City of Akron Community Services Program, the Akron Bar Association and Akron Bar Association Foundation, Equal Justice Works, the Wean Foundation, the Ohio Housing Trust Fund and donations from individuals, foundations and law firms throughout central northeast Ohio.
For more information, contact:
SARA E. STRATTAN
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID
330-535-4191
www.communitylegalaid.org
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