Welcome to Legal Aid’s online recruiting center. We appreciate your interest as a prospective staff member. Here you can learn more about working for one of the nation’s oldest and most respected Legal Services organizations.

Founded in 1905, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is the fifth-oldest legal aid society in the world and has an illustrious history of providing high-quality legal services for indigent clients. Legal Aid serves five counties in northeast Ohio – Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Lorain.

Legal Aid is a civil legal services program and focuses on issues of housing, consumer, health, education, work, income, immigration, and family law.

Our mission is to secure justice and resolve fundamental problems for those who are low income and vulnerable by providing high quality legal services and working for systemic solutions.

Learn more about working and living in Northeast Ohio

Cleveland.com – website with news, classifieds and area info
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
Greater Cleveland Convention and Visitors Bureau

NEO is Great
Ashtabula County
Lake County
Lorain County
Geauga County

Learn more about practicing law in Northeast Ohio

Supreme Court of Ohio – includes attorney admission information
Ashtabula County Bar Association
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Geauga County Bar Association
Lake County Bar Association
Lorain County Bar Association

Working at Legal Aid

Ranked as a top workplace in Northeast Ohio, we find it essential to attract professionals dedicated to pursuing our mission.  Legal Aid offers an exceptional benefits package including:

  • Healthcare Insurance
  • Flexible Benefits Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with up to 13% Employer Contribution
  • Financial Planning Assistance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Alternative Work Programs including flexible works hours, part-time work hours and telecommuting
  • Professional Memberships
  • Professional Development Support

Legal Aid is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate because of age, race, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, or mental or physical disability.

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Legal Aid Continues to Help Prevent Foreclosure
Created in response to the foreclosure crisis, “Save the Dream” mobilizes all elements of Ohio’s legal community – Legal Aid attorneys, private attorneys, bar associations, the Supreme Court, and the Attorney General’s office – to match attorneys with low income borrowers.

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Learn more about foreclosure.

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Bankruptcy Project Provides Fresh Start
It feels really good to me to let people know that all is not lost. This is just the beginning. LaTwana Williams

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Learn more about bankruptcy.

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Save the Dream
We joined forces to save people’s homes – not just our clients’ home, the value of homes in these communities. The mediation program effects the community and the soundness of the economy. Marley Eiger

Read more about our foreclosure mediation program.

Get help with housing.

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The C. Lyonel Jones Pro Bono Immigration Committee
The [Pro Bono Immigration] Committee has also combined forces with Catholic Charities, organizing clinics to assist refugees with the sometimes daunting process of status adjustment. Megan Sprecher

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Learn more about immigration.

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