Program helps ex-offenders steer clear of jail
Pilot project in Marion County Reentry Court seeks to lift driver’s license suspensions.
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Annual dollar campaign taking ‘more scientific’ approach
Indianapolis Legal Aid Society is kicking off its annual holiday fundraiser this week, hoping to raise $175,000 to $200,000.
Grants boost help for homeowners facing foreclosure
The money is part of the $584,646 the Indiana Bar Foundation received from the Bank of America settlement with the federal government over the bank’s sale, structuring and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities and certain other mortgage loans.
Legal Aid Society ‘Raising the Bar’ event focuses on pro bono
Indianapolis Legal Aid Society will host “Raising the Bar,” an after-work event from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday that will help that agency’s mission of providing legal services to those in need.
ILAS annual fundraising campaign nearing goal
The Indianapolis Legal Aid Society is making a final push in its 2014 holiday dollar campaign, hoping to entice late donors and surpass the record amount donated during the 2013 effort.
Indianapolis Legal Aid Society giving makeover to annual holiday fundraiser
This holiday season, potential donors receiving a letter from the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society will not find a dollar bill in the envelope.
ILAS keeps eye on fundraising after successful holiday dollar campaign
Indianapolis Legal Aid Society continues to position itself to cope with a significant loss of support from its main contributor.
Legal service nonprofits look to private dollars as public funds shrink
The alteration the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society made this season to its letters soliciting donations reflects a strategic decision by the nonprofit to go after higher contributions and underscores the need for service organizations of any kind to be aggressive.
Legal aid agency now has room to grow
The Indianapolis Legal Aid Society has completed its move into larger office space which will help the organization service its growing roster of clients.
Policy change means ILAS will have to raise more funds
A change in policy from its largest contributor is pushing Indianapolis Legal Aid Society to introduce itself to a wider audience.
Legal Aid Society to hold 70th birthday celebration
The Indianapolis Legal Aid Society has scheduled a celebration in honor of its 70th birthday on Sept. 16. The guest speaker is Bobby Knight, former Indiana University basketball coach.
2011-2012 Civil Legal Aid Fund figures released
The Division of State Court Administration has released figures for 2011-2012, showing how the $1.5 million Civil Legal Aid Fund has been distributed among 11 qualifying agencies.
IBA: Helping Clients Give Children a Home
Staff attorney Laurie Goggins at Indianapolis Legal Aid Society Inc. writes about helping clients become guardians.
Attorney helps senior citizens stay in their homes
Orville Copsey Jr. works for Indianapolis Legal Aid Society as a liaison between the elderly with housing issues and the Marion County Health Department’s attorneys and inspectors.
Legal aid budgets remain steady
While the need for services for indigent Hoosiers during these tough economic times continues to increase, civil legal aid providers are reporting that budgets for 2011 will be similar to those of 2010, and the numbers of cases handled in 2010 are comparable to 2009.
Ukrainian lawyers in Indiana
On their recent visit to Indiana, six delegates from the Ukraine in various legal roles learned how similar and different their legal system is compared to the justice system in the U.S. by visiting and observing it firsthand.
Rental properties require effort
As the prices for homes continue to drop as foreclosures and abandoned properties continue to pop up in virtually every neighborhood,
there may be a few people considering whether these homes could make for good investments either as properties to fix and
sell or to buy and repair for a rental property.
Unique medical-legal partnership expands
Practitioners involved with the state’s first medical-legal partnership are excited about the cases they’ve taken
on, as they help patients who have unmet legal needs that can make medical conditions persist, if not worsen.
Former municipal judge, legal aid counsel dies
A former Marion Municipal Court judge and general counsel of the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society died Monday at the age of 93.
High court to give $750,000 for civil legal aid
The Indiana Supreme Court will give a total of $750,000 to 11 civil legal aid groups in January 2010.