LASC Introduces new online intake system
Our online application is an interactive interview process. This easy-to-follow question and answer session will help us better understand your problem so we can give you a more accurate response. We hope you will find our system easy to use.
Health Care Heroes
Columbus Legal Aid Society Child and Youth Law Program and the Columbus Bar Foundation received a Health Care Heroes Honorable Mention Award from Columbus Business First. Presenting the award is Don DePeperro, President and Publisher of Business First, to staff attorneys Tracy Simmons (L) and Annalisa Van Kirk (R), (Vanessa Coterel, Director of CYLP; Katie Rogers, an Equal Justice Works Fellow, are not pictured). "The Health Care Heroes award honors those who have made an impact on health care in our community through their concern for patients, research and inventions, management skills, innovative programs for employees and service to the poor and uninsured." The Foundation’s Grant to the Legal Aid Society to advocate for indigent children who have special medical needs is generously funded by donations from the lawyers in central Ohio.
The program, "Facing the Mortgage Crisis", features a town hall setting where specific information is provided for dealing with a foreclosure problem and addressing a mortgage default. The moderator for the program is Mike Thompson, WOSU News and Public Affairs Director, and the panelists include our own Les Varnado, Senior Attorney at the Legal Aid Society; Steve Torsell, Executive Director, Homes on the Hill and; Cindy Windsor, Senior Mortgage Advisor, Key Bank. The program was taped on June 25, 2009, at WOSU/COSI and had its first airing on WOSU on July 9, 2009, at 9:00. Click here to watch the program in its entirety.
You must meet income and resource limits to be eligible for our services but our experienced intake staff will help you determine eligibility and find the right attorney to help you resolve your problem.
The Legal Aid Society of Columbus does not charge for its services but you may be required to pay certain court costs. If we must refer you to a private attorney, there may be a reduced fee. If The Legal Aid Society of Columbus cannot help you with your problem, we will refer you to an agency that may be more suited to your needs. If you have a problem that is not listed on our services page, please call us anyway; we may have a service that can help you or know of just the right program or private attorney that will.
Callback and Intake Lines
Call toll free 1-888-246-4418 for advice on housing problems, domestic violence and other legal issues. An attorney will call you back as soon as possible or you can set an appointment for an office visit. The Legal Aid Society of Columbus does not handle criminal cases.
Home Visitation
If you are sick or disabled we will come to your home.
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