Category: Pro Bono / Community Service

Summit County Probate Judge Todd McKenney seeks volunteers to assist with his deed project. Volunteers will be researching deeds. The work may be done at the court or remotely. Volunteers must be available for the first two weeks of October. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Judge McKenney or Steve Neumeyer at 330-643-2330.

Reminder that all pro bono and community service hours completed during the Summer must be reported by turning in your Certification of Supervisor forms by today, Friday, September 28th.

Please note the Certification of Supervisor form you are required to submit for reporting your Community Service and Pro Bono Hours is located here: http://www.uakron.edu/law/community/2011.11.23CertificationofSupervisorv4.0.pdf

You may turn in your forms to Professor Joann Sahl or Alisa Benedict O’Brien, or email them to jsahl1@uakron.edu or ab139@uakron.edu. Thank you!

The Street Law Program at the Akron Bar Association is looking for two more law students to volunteer at local high schools.  Street Law is a practical elective course taught throughout many high schools in the Summit County high schools. The time commitment will be 1-2 hours a week, but will still be a valuable opportunity to get involved with the local community. Please email streetlaw@akronbar.org if you are interested in volunteering or have any questions.

Legal Aid is looking for local law students who can volunteer on FRIDAY, September 28 from 10:15am – 1:45pm (3.5 hours).

 

Volunteers would serve as ushers at Legal Aid’s annual luncheon, held at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Cleveland (24 Public Square).  United States Attorney General Eric Holder will be the keynote speaker at the event.  In addition to this special speaker, Legal Aid is premiering a new video and will be honoring five of its retiring board members.  More than 900 attorneys from Northeast Ohio will attend the event.

 

Ushers would get a voucher for free parking and a free meal.  The job includes registration desk duties and escorting people to their seats.  BUT, you must commit to the entire 3.5 hour assignment.  Dress is business attire.

 

If you are interested, please reply to this email by Monday 9/24 at 12 noon.  You will get a confirmation email with final details by Tuesday.  Thank you!

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland has several upcoming volunteer opportunities and we invite you to sign up through our website.  Most of these opportunities are Brief Advice and Referral Clinics.  At these clinics, you will conduct the initial intake interview and work with the attorney to provide advice to the client.

 In addition, we have an immigration clinic and an expugement clinic.  At these clinics you will interview clients and assist them in completing necessary forms.  There is no experience necessary for any clinic.

 We ask that you sign up for only one event, as we have many students and paralegals that would like to volunteer.  Due to space limitations, you are asked to sign up only for events that state “LAW STUDENTS ONLY” and not for CLEs or other events reserved for attorneys.  Once an event has filled up, we will remove it from the website. 

 Please read all of the necessary information before registering for an event.

 Please click here to read details about our upcoming clinics:

http://lasclev.org/category/brief-advice-clinics/

 Please click here to complete the registration form and select an opportunity:

http://lasclev.org/volunteer/law-student-opportunities/