Nhoroondo Pfupi yeThe Legal Aid Society yeCleveland
Kwemakore anopfuura zana, The Legal Aid Society yeCleveland yanga ichipa masevhisi emahara emutemo kuvanhu vasingakwanise kuhaya gweta.
Yakabatanidzwa muna Chivabvu 10, 1905, ndiyo yechishanu-chekare nzanga yezvemutemo pasi rose.
Legal Aid yakavambwa pano kuti ipe rubatsiro rwemutemo kune vanhu vane mari shoma, kunyanya vanobva kune dzimwe nyika. Magweta maviri ega ega, Isador Grossman naArthur D. Baldwin, vakaronga Rubatsiro rweMutemo. VaGrossman ndivo vaingove gweta ravo kubva muna 1905 kusvika 1912. Kubva muna 1912 kusvika 1939, Sosaiti""ichitsigirwa nemipiro yakazvimirira""yakaita kondirakiti nemafemu ekunze kuti aite mabasa emutemo. Probate Judge Alexander Hadden akashanda sapurezidhendi webhodhi reSosaiti kusvika 1920 uye aive purezidhendi anoremekedzwa kusvika 1926.
Muna 1913, Legal Aid yakava mubatanidzwa wemachata weCommunity Fund (yava kunzi United Way). Mukuvamba kwama1960, Sosaiti yakarega kuchengeta magweta okunze ndokugadza vashandi vayo vayo. Yakava mubatsiri weHofisi yeEconomic Opportunity, "yakatangira yeLegal Services Corporation," muna 1966. Inoramba ichiwana mari kubva kuUnited Way uye Legal Services Corporation.
Mugore rayo rekutanga rakazara rekushanda, Legal Aid yakamiririra vatengi mazana mana nemakumi mashanu nevatanhatu. Muna 456, mukutungamirira kwomutungamiriri panguva iyoyo uye gare gare Mutongi weDare reCommon Pleas Court Burt Griffin, Sosaiti yakagadza hofisi shanu munharaunda dzeCleveland dzaitambira mari shoma. Pakazosvika 1966, vagari vemo 1970 30,000 vane mari shoma vakanga vachibatsirwa nemagweta 66 eLegal Aid mumhaka dzehurumende, dzeutsotsi uye dzepwere. Nhasi, The Legal Aid Society yeCleveland inoshandira Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, uye Lorain matunhu. Isu ndisu chete sangano rinobatsira zvemutemo muNortheast Ohio. Nevashandi vemagweta makumi matanhatu nenhanhatu uye 63 manejimendi/vatsigiro, Legal Aid inozvirumbidzawo negwaro rekuzvipira remagweta anopfuura zviuru zvitatu - angangoita mazana matanhatu avo vari kuita nyaya kana kiriniki mugore rakapihwa.
Chinangwa cheLegal Aid mumakore ayo ekutanga chaive chiri kushandira kupasiswa kwemutemo wakanangana nemaitiro asinganzwisisike emabhizinesi aibata vanhu vane mari shoma. Mushumo wekutanga wegore weSosaiti unoreva chiyero chekudzora vakweretesi mari vaichaja varombo mubereko we60% kusvika ku200%.
Kunyange Sosaiti isati yavamba kubatanidzwa zviri pamutemo, vavambi vayo vakaedza kugadzirisa kubatwa zvisina kufanira kwevanhu varombo nevatongi vomutaundishipi vorugare mune inonzi “Matare Evarombo.” Vatongi vakatenderera vakasununguka muCleveland, iyo yakanga isina dare rayo. Mutongi Manuel Levine, mutariri weLegal Aid kwemakore makumi matatu nemaviri, ndiye aive munyori mukuru webhiri iro muna 32 rakagadzira dare rekanzuru rekutanga muOhio. Kusikwa kwedare iroro kwakaguma kwatungamirira kukuparara kweruramisiro inodzvinyirira yamatare orunyararo munyika. Uyewo muna 1910, Sosaiti yakawana kupasiswa kwebhiri rakatungamirira kukuumbwa kwedare remhosva duku rokutanga renyika. Dare remhosva duku rakatedzerwa zvakanyanya munyika yose
Nekufamba kwemakore, Legal Aid yakabatsira kuunza shanduko yehurongwa. Yakaisa maitiro akawanda ekirasi, izvo zvakakonzera shanduko dzinokanganisa hupenyu hwevakawanda.
Successful class action suits aibata nyaya dzakasiyana siyana kubva pakusarurana kwemarudzi mukusarudzwa kwenzvimbo yekugara kwevanhu uye mukubhadhara nekusimudzirwa kwemapurisa eCleveland nevadzimi vemoto kusvika pakupedzwa kweSSI neSocial Security yehurema hwevanogamuchira pasina humbowo hwekuvandudzwa kwezvokurapa. Dzimwe matare dzakaunza kuvandudzwa kwenzvimbo dzemajeri uye zvipatara zvepfungwa uye dzakasimbisa kodzero yekupa zano mukuzvipira uye mumhosva dzisina kunaka.
Muna 1977, Legal Aid yakakunda mumutongo unokosha weDare Repamusorosoro reUnited States pamusoro pekodzero dzemhuri yokugara pamwe chete mukutonga kwaMoore v. City of East Cleveland.
Zviitiko zvekusimudzira hupfumi zveLegal Aid zvakabatsira pakuumbwa kweHough Area Development Corporation kuma1960. Mhosva dzeLegal Aid dzakakunda kuvandudzwa munzvimbo dzekuvharirwa dzevadiki uye dzevakuru, yakawedzera mikana yedzidzo yevashandi veVietnam War Veterans vakaramba mamwe mabhenefiti eGI Bill uye vakawana mabhenefiti kune vakabatwa nekusvibiswa kwemhepo.
Parizvino, magweta eLegal Aid ari kushanda kuunza kururamisira kune vatengi vanotambira mari shoma, dziviriro kubva kutsika dzechitsotsi dzekukweretesa, uye kubatsira vakabirwa nezvikoro zvine hutsotsi. Dzidza zvakawanda nekuongorora zvakatanhamara kubva kuLegal Aid parizvino Strategic Plan.