Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Helping Ohioans in Need
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation will celebrate its 25th Anniversary at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus.
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation will celebrate its 25th Anniversary at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus.
The Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation is celebrating 25 years of meeting the civil legal aid needs of low-income Ohioans.
The foundation will hold a celebration Sept. 19 from 5-7 p.m. at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus. The event will feature as keynote speaker the former Ohio State University basketball player and national television sports analyst Clark Kellogg.
Since 1994, the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, known as OLAF, has supported access to justice initiatives to help ensure fairness in the justice system for all Ohioans, regardless of income. The foundation has funded life-changing civil legal help for more than four million Ohio children, seniors, veterans, and domestic violence survivors.
The Ohio Supreme Court is a proud sponsor of the efforts, and Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has urged Ohio lawyers to give their time to do pro bono services. She and Justice Judith French will be featured in a video compilation of prominent OLAF supporters.
“Justice is accessibility to our courts and to legal services,” Chief Justice O’Connor said. “Attorneys who provide pro bono representation ensure that their clients have that meaningful accessibility. The help provided to a client can change the future by addressing the problems of the past.”
According to the latest report, Ohio attorneys provided more than 118,000 hours of pro bono representation. If an hourly rate were to be charged, those hours would amount to nearly $24 million in legal services.
“As a member of the Ohio bar, I’m so proud of the work being done on behalf of low income Ohioans,” Justice French said. “The lawyers working for our legal aid organizations do amazing work, and our lawyers providing pro bono service around Ohio is nothing short of inspiring.”
Tickets are still available for the event.
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