Media ContactLisa Ramirez, Communications Manager, lramirez@mylegalaid.org
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.”
Measured, reasoned and supported with facts from published studies and reports, Legal Aid submitted a commentary by Maren Hulden supporting legislation limiting use of prone restraints on students.
Legal Aid is seeking to get the word out to certain special education students that they are now entitled to resume instruction they lost out on when the state prematurely ended their educational services.
“I’ve known attorneys to be blunt. They want to get things done quickly because their time is so valuable. But the attorneys with Legal Aid were not like that. When I arrived, they started light. They made jokes and they were so positive.”
Mid-Minnesota releases its 2023-24 Strategic Racial Equity Action Plan.
A victory for Legal Aid plaintiffs and people with disabilities living in group homes also garners Legal Aid its highest award of fees in the organization’s history.
“Understanding” is the second installment of the two-part series, “In Our Own Words,” produced by the Minnesota Disability Law Center. In this episode, people with disabilities dispel common assumptions held by health care providers.
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