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Executive Director Susan Choe talks with host Dave James about the newest content from Ohio Legal Help.

A new online tool is available to support Ohioans caring for children of relatives and family friends.

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.

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.

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.

El sitio recientemente traducido brindará a los habitantes hispanohablantes de Ohio acceso más equitativo al sistema de justicia civil.

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.

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.

David Kutik, adjunct professor at the Case Western School of Law, discussed Ohio Legal Help’s online tool providing support to domestic abuse victims in an opinion piece published by cleveland.com. 

Sally Bloomfield writes about the new online tool for domestic violence victims in the Columbus Dispatch.