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Free legal help website launches for Latino community in Ohio

Ohio Legal Help is a statewide non-profit group trying to make the legal system easy by eliminating as many barriers as possible, including language.
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Ohio Legal Help launches new website for Spanish-speaking Ohioans

Ohio Legal Help gives Ohioans easy access to legal information at the touch of a button. But for Spanish-speaking Ohioans that wasn't the case until now as Ohio Legal Help launched a new website in Spanish.
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Ohio Legal Help Launches Spanish Translation of Core Content

When it comes to accessing legal information and resources, language should never be a barrier. The Migration Policy Institute estimates that roughly 24.8% of Ohio’s Spanish-speaking households — approximately 62,000 people — live below 100% of the federal poverty level.
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Ohio Legal Help lanza versión en español de OhioLegalHelp.org

El sitio recientemente traducido brindará a los habitantes hispanohablantes de Ohio acceso más equitativo al sistema de justicia civil.
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Ohio Legal Help Launches Spanish-Language Version of Website

OhioLegalHelp.org is now making it easier for Spanish-speaking residents to benefit from the site. Ohio Legal Help announced today that it has created a Spanish language version: OhioLegalHelp.org/es.
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Study Outlines Promising Practices for Legal Assistance Portals

A new study, commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts, has examined legal assistance portal accessibility, usability, and effectiveness. The researchers found that LawHelpMN and Ohio Legal Help were exemplary in terms of their content and functionality.
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Ohio Legal Help’s website helps balance the scales

Formed in 2012, Capellic made a conscious decision to only take projects they strenuously support based on their values, exclusively for nonprofit and government clients.
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Ohio Legal Help and the Cleveland Branch of the NAACP team up

The Cleveland Branch of the NAACP has a new tool that will make it easier, more secure and more convenient for people to file racial discrimination complaints. Beginning July 20, anyone visiting the organization’s website to file a complaint will be directed to an intake form on OhioLegalHelp.org.
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Cuyahoga County DR Court Receives Supreme Court Grant

Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court Administrative Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze is pleased to announce the Ohio Supreme Court has awarded a $121,225 grant to the Domestic Relations Court to partner with Ohio Legal Help to develop a Virtual Help Center for litigants who don’t have access to an attorney. 
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Ohio Legal Help 2021 Impact Report

Read through the 2021 Impact Report: A Year of Growth, Resilience and Transformation.
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