Hoʻopuka ʻia ʻOkakopa 25, 2023
8: 00 am
Hana pū nā mea manawaleʻa Legal Aid me nā limahana Legal Aid e hoʻonui i ka hiki ʻana o Legal Aid ma Northeast Ohio. E aʻo ma aneʻi i ka #MyLegalAidStory o Mike Ungar, he mea manawaleʻa Legal Aid lōʻihi.
no ka mea, Mike Ungar, He hoa pili me Ulmer & Berne a he lālā o ka Papa Hoʻokele o ke Kokua Kānāwai, he "no brainer" ia i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai ʻo ia e hāʻawi manawaleʻa me Legal Aid.
"Manaʻo wau he aie mākou i ka ʻoihana loio a me ke kaiāulu e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea āpau i ka hoʻopono," wahi āna.
Ua lohe mua ʻo Mike i ke Kokua Kānāwai ma kahi papahana lapaʻau ʻoiai ʻo ia e aʻo ana ma Boston University School of Law. “Ua aʻo ʻia iaʻu inā pili ʻoe i ke kōkua kānāwai, e komo ia i loko o kou koko a mau loa ia me ʻoe i nā wahi āu e hele ai. Ua ʻike ʻia he ʻoiaʻiʻo, "wahi āna. ʻO ka mea i hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he manawaleʻa i lilo i kuleana alakaʻi i ka wā i lilo ai ʻo Mike i Pelekikena Papa Legal Aid ma 2020.
"He mea hoihoi ia'u na mea a pau e pili ana i ko Legal Aid," wahi a Mike. "Ke ola nei au a me ka make ma ka ʻōlelo kahiko: 'No ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea he nui, he nui ke koi ʻia."
Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Mike ma ke ʻano he lālā ma ka Papa Hoʻokele o Legal Aid, hoʻomau ʻo Mike i ka hana manawaleʻa me Legal Aid.
"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka hālāwai ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku a kōkua iā lākou i kā lākou pilikia," wahi āna. "Ke kahaha mau nei au i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mahalo a lākou e hōʻike nei, a ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa nei au iā ia, no ka mea, mahalo nui wau i ka manawa e lawelawe ai iā lākou."
E paipai ʻo Mike i ka poʻe makemake e hāʻawi manawaleʻa e hoʻōki i ke kamaʻilio ʻana a hana wale.
"E pōmaikaʻi nā mea kūʻai mai kēlā hoʻoholo ... a pēlā ʻoe. E hoʻomohala ʻoe ma ke ʻano he loio a e ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻike e uku nui ʻia. "
Aloha ke Kokua Kānāwai i ka hana nui o kā mākou pro bono nā mea manawaleʻa. E komo, e kipa i kā mākou pūnaewele, aiʻole leka uila probono@lasclev.org.
A, kōkua iā mākou e hoʻohanohano i ka 2023 ABA's National Celebration of ʻO Pro Bono ma ka hele ʻana i nā hanana kūloko i kēia mahina ma Northeast Ohio. E aʻo hou ma kēia loulou: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoWeek