Welcome to the Ohio Poverty Law Center


The Ohio Poverty Law Center (OPLC) is a non-profit legal organization dedicated to using the law to fight poverty in Ohio.

 

OPLC does statewide systemic policy and legislative and administrative advocacy on poverty law issues and provides assistance to the Ohio legal aid community through litigation support, training, specialty assistance and consulting, task forces, publication and resource development, and other activities.

 

 

 

 

OPLC NEWS


OPLC senior staff attorney Linda Cook testified at the Ohio Mortgage Fraud Summit in June. The Ohio Supreme Court Web site recently posted more than 3 hours of testimony at www.theohiochannel.org. Linda's testimony begins at the 2:47:36 mark.

OPLC Director Gene King responds to Medicaid headline in The Columbus Dispatch.

OPLC is working with Sen. Sherrod Brown to secure Hardest Hit Funds for legal aid in Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch interviewed senior staff attorney Linda Cook for the story.

OPLC Welcomes New Communications Director Bill Eichenberger.  Read the press release here.

OPLC Volunteer Attorney Doug Rogers Receives National ABA Public Service Award. Click here to read the Akron Legal News article about Doug's award.

OPLC and Southeastern Ohio Legal Services help Lancaster military veterans and their family fight to keep their home. Click here to read the Columbus Dispatch article.

Ohio's Medicaid program is changing the way it provides prescription drugs to Medicaid recipients on February 1, 2010.  Click here to read more and contact us if you need help or more information.

OPLC signs the Dignity in Schools Campaign's National Resolution Against School Pushout.  Read more.                                                                                                                                 

UPCOMING TRAINING EVENTS


Social Security Disability Training, May 28, 2010
CORT Migrant Farmworker Training, June 2-4, 2010 (Ann Arbor, MI)

Most trainings include CLE credit and are provided at no cost to Ohio legal aid attorneys and staff.  See the Advocate Calendar for more details or contact Patricia Brown at pbrown@oslsa.org for more information and to register.
 

SOCIAL NETWORKING


Follow OPLC on Twitter - Get updates on what OPLC attorneys are thinking and doing!

Become a fan of OPLC on Facebook.

SUPPORT FOR LEGAL AID ADVOCATES


Publications - OPLC edits and publishes OSLSA Reports, a collection of significant Ohio legal aid cases, with summaries and links to the decisions and court documents.

Resources - OPLC manages the substantive content on the Ohio legal services statewide website, www.ohiolegalservices.org, providing legal information to both the public and the Ohio legal aid community.

DONATIONS


Friends Campaign - Become a friend of OPLC by donating to our annual fundraising drive.

 

 

 

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