The Legal Aid Speakers' Bureau is a free resource to community groups that provides LAWO and ABLE attorneys and professionals the opportunity to share their expertise with northwest and west central Ohio communities.  Presentations are generally about legal aid programs and services and, specifically, about civil legal issues relevant to certain groups, such as fair housing, domestic violence, divorce, bankruptcy, taxes, and tenants’ rights. Speaking engagements can vary in length and format, from brief lectures to local rotary club members to an introduction of the civil legal system for local middle school students, to question-and-answer sessions with senior citizens' groups.

Our staff members have spoken to community groups, support groups, professional organizations, schools, and other agencies, including:

• Community Action Partnership for Montgomery County
• Defiance County Habitat for Humanity
• Ellison Senior Center, Senior Center Outreach, Latino and Immigrant Rights Activists (LIRA) in Dayton
• Save Our Homes Taskforce, Sandusky County
• Toledo Rotary
• Toledo-Lucas County Department of Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
• Toledo-Lucas County Public Library

• When do you need a legal aid attorney?
• Discrimination Cases
• Laws to protect the elderly
• Bankruptcy
• Consumer Protection/Consumer Rights
• Domestic Relations
• Employment Disputes
• Immigration
• Consumer Credit and Debt
• Nursing Home Admissions
• Landlord/Tenant Disputes
• Divorce and Alimony
• Low-income Taxpayer Clinics
• Other Topics available upon request