Media ContactLisa Ramirez, Communications Manager, lramirez@mylegalaid.org
When Asha* came to us for help, she was being sued for $40,000. Attorney Beth Goodell, who leads Legal Aid’s consumer unit, describes how her young client was suddenly saddled with enormous debt because of an abusive ex-boyfriend.
Pheng Thao’s client, a high schooler without parents, had a health crisis that required a legal solution.
It was clear the Housing Authority had miscalculated our client’s benefits. But, Housing Attorney Courtney Arthur found that proving it wasn’t going to be a quick fix.
As Executive Director Danielle Shelton-Walczak steps down, the search begins for the next leader of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid wants the public to know they should never pay for Legal Aid. If asked to pay, that is a red flag that you are not dealing with Legal Aid.
What Sean and Nina needed was permanent custody but navigating the process wasn’t easy. Then they found Legal Aid. “Joe rolled up his sleeves and did the paperwork for us,” Sean recalled. “It was very easy. We’d meet with him to give him information, he’d let us know what we needed to do and we’d go do it.”
Legal Aid pro bono attorneys and volunteers explain steps to citizenship, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Brooklyn Park Library.
All are invited to attend this annual Access to Justice fundraiser benefitting Legal Aid in St. Cloud, Thursday, Oct. 12. Reservations required.
Legal Aid Attorney Ralonda Mason tells the Star Tribune, “…way too many eligible people have lost coverage because of errors and lack of understanding about the process.”
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