NEWS & EVENTS

JULY 20, 2021 - Read our newest self-help guide – “Understanding the Advance Child Tax Credit” – to find out if you qualify to receive payments and when the IRS will send the payments. To view the full guide, click here. Join us at our Highland County Clinics on July...

JULY 14, 2021 - Do you have legal questions about the new child tax credit, stimulus payments, kinship custody, or other legal issues? Get answers from Legal Aid advocates at the Ohio Justice Bus Highland County Clinics. The first is Friday, July 23rd in Hillsboro,...

JULY 12, 2021 - “While the owners of Check ’n Go were living their lavish lifestyle, their customers were trapped in a cycle of debt from 500% APR loans, leading to evictions, hunger and bankruptcy,” stated Nick DiNardo, Managing Attorney at Legal Aid Society of...

JULY 9, 2021 - “I love that I immediately was given the opportunity to conduct client intake and develop client relationships to help solve their legal problems,” said Molly Bohanan, an Equal Justice Works Rural Summer Legal Fellow and a 3L at the University of...

July 8, 2021 - We are very pleased to receive this grant award from bi3, Bethesda Inc.’s grants initiative to transform health! “The pandemic created significant housing and income instability for our clients”, noted Mary Asbury, Legal Aid Executive Director. “We are...

JULY 2, 2021 - Legal Aid Society will be closed on Monday, July 5th in celebration of Independence Day. We will re-open at 8:30 am on Tuesday, July 6.

JUNE 30, 2021 - Yesterday, the US Supreme Court upheld the CDC Eviction Moratorium.  This moratorium is in now effect through July 31, 2021.  Read the Court’s decision here:...

JUNE 28, 2021 - “The increase in evictions in our community is unnecessarily hurting low-income renters,” stated Nick DiNardo, managing attorney at Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio. “The high demand for rental assistance funds available from American Rescue Plan...

JUNE 23, 2021 – We feature our work to help families hit hard by the pandemic stay safe and stable in their homes. Read it here: https://www.lascinti.org/who-we-are/publications/

JUNE 15, 2021 - Legal Aid Welcomes Eight Summer Law Clerks! Our 2021 summer clerks join us from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. They will assist our attorneys as they provide free, civil...