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 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


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 is hiring 2010 summer law clerks - click here for the job posting.

OPLC signs the Dignity in Schools Campaign's National Resolution Against School PushoutRead more

OPLC staff attorney Sarah Biehl recently participated in the American Bar Association Summit, Raising Our Hands: Creating a National Strategy for Children's Right to Education and CounselRead more

Linda Cook, OPLC's consumer law attorney, recently appeared on television on WOSU, Columbus' PBS station, to participate in a panel discussion about resources and advocacy on behalf of consumers facing the foreclosure crisis.  See the video and get more information here.


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.


UPCOMING TRAINING EVENTS


Foreclosure Strategies Training, February 4, 2010
CORT Legal Research and Writing, Ann Arbor, MI, March 4-5, 2010

See the Advocate Calendar for more details or contact Patricia Brown at pbrown@oslsa.org for more information.


DONATIONS


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