The Foundation’s newly released 2025 annual report explores how justice works to eliminate barriers and create opportunities for families, neighborhoods, and future generations. Featuring stories divided into five sections, the report illustrates how the Foundation funds civil legal aid and justice initiatives throughout Ohio to: strengthen the workforce; assist veterans in receiving the benefits they [...]
Members of the new Access to Justice Initiatives Committee met in March for a kick-off retreat at the Grand Event Center, eager to launch their work to identify and develop systemic changes to access to justice in Ohio. Facilitated by Anchor Advisors, the committee spent the day planning and discussing the work they will do [...]
Robby Southers, the Foundation’s policy & justice initiatives counsel, received the 2026 Excellence in Public Service Award from the Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law earlier this month. PILF recognizes outstanding attorneys for their continued commitment to public interest work in the community at its annual auction, [...]
If you are an Ohio attorney who hasn’t yet completed the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Foundation’s annual pro bono survey, don’t worry; you still have time to report your pro bono hours and contributions to charitable legal organizations before the survey closes this Friday. The survey takes around 10 minutes to complete and [...]
At Sinclair Community College, Foundation Board Member Tom Roberts is an advisor to the Sinclair Ohio Fellows Program, a student leadership development program based on Robert Greenleaf’s principles of servant leadership. It’s a fitting role for a leader with decades of service in the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate, who is now [...]
The Foundation was deeply saddened to learn that former Foundation board member and dean of Cleveland State College of Law, Steve Steinglass, passed away on Feb. 4. Steinglass served on the Foundation Board from 2001 to 2018. A graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School, Steinglass began his [...]
The Foundation proudly participated in a video produced by the Ohio Department of Commerce – Division of Unclaimed Funds that tells the story of The Cascades, a new housing development in Greene County that provides low- and moderate-income seniors with access to safe, affordable housing. Watch the video and hear from Foundation Executive Director Angie [...]
Ashley Ward likes that her job includes a little bit of everything. A staff attorney at Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC), Ward represents clients, works on community outreach, and participates in education and policy work. Since starting her career at OJPC as an intern while in law school at the University of Cincinnati College [...]
Marie Curry, managing attorney at Community Legal Aid, grew up in a household where lively conversations around the dinner table were the norm. Curry's nurse practitioner mother and healthcare administrator father ignited her interest in health, setting her on a path that would culminate in becoming one of the foremost experts on health policy and [...]
When a tenant struggles to get their landlord to address concerns in their home, such as mold, electrical and plumbing issues, and other problems that can make their living conditions unsafe or unhealthy, The Fair Housing Center (TFHC) steps in. Through a grant from the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation, TFHC works to address conditions [...]
