Ithunyelwe nge-20 ka-Okthobha, ngo-2023
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Sivuyisana nabaFundi beMbasa yoNcedo lwezoMthetho ka-2023!
Umbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho waseCleveland uya kuqonda aba balandelayo abafumana ibhaso labasebenzi kwiNtlanganiso yoNyaka ka-2023, eya kuba ngoMvulo, ngoNovemba 20 eHilton Cleveland Downtown. Funda ngakumbi kwaye uthenge amatikiti.
Umbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho waseCleveland wamkela abasebenzi ngale nkqubo yamabhaso axhaswa ngemali yiNgxowa-mali yobuNkokheli yeLegal Aid kuPhuhliso loMbutho. Le ngxowa-mali ixhaswa yi-Allen Madorsky Memorial Fund kunye ne-Alan Gressel Memorial Fund kwi-Legal Aid kunye nezinye izipho ezininzi. Ukuba unomdla wokwenza isipho sokuxhasa iNgxowa-mali yobuNkokheli boNcedo lwezoMthetho, nceda ufowunele ku-216-861-5217.
ULyonel Jones uMvuzo woBomi bonke wokuPhumelela... ngomsebenzi ozinikele kuMbutho woNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye nabaxumi bawo; ebizwa ngokuba yimbeko kaC. Lyonel Jones (1932 - 2006) owathi ngokwakhe wanikezela umsebenzi wakhe wonke wezomthetho kuNcedo lwezoMthetho.
- UPenny Gooden, INgcali yokuThatha iiNgcali II, iNkqubo yamaVolontiya yamaGqwetha kunye neQela lokuThatha
NgoNcedo lwezoMthetho ukususela ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1970, uPenny Gooden ebengumsebenzi ozinikeleyo iminyaka engama-45 kwaye unomdla wokufuna ubulungisa nokubonelela ngenkxaso kubathengi beLegal Aid. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe kwi-Ofisi yoNcedo lwezoMthetho eWestside, egcwalisa iindima ezininzi ukusuka kunobhala wezomthetho ukuya kumphathi we-ofisi. Ikhondo lomsebenzi likaPenny lilungelelaniswe kunye nokukhula kombutho kunye notshintsho. Ekugqibeleni wafudukela kwi-Ofisi yeDowntown waza wajoyina iQela lokuThatha ngokucetyiswa ngumphathi owaqaphela izakhono zakhe zodliwano-ndlebe. Ngoku, phantse iminyaka engama-20 kamva, uPenny useyinkokeli kwiQela lokuThatha, esebenza njengomcebisi kubasebenzi abatsha, kunye nomlingane oxhasayo kubo bonke. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukwasebenza njengomcebisi kubafundi bezikolo zamabanga aphakamileyo bengingqi abathatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo yokufunda umsebenzi ohlangeneyo kuNcedo lwezoMthetho, ezinikele ngomonde nangesisa njengoko wayesazisa abafundi kububanzi bomsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho kwaye ebonelela ngoqeqesho olulungileyo endleleni. Uncedo lwezoMthetho kunye neQela lokuThatha lomelele ngenxa yenkonzo ezinikeleyo kaPenny.
Imbasa yobuNkokheli… ukubulela ubunkokeli obugqwesileyo babasebenzi, iinzame ezingadinwayo zabaxumi boNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye nombono womsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho. IMbasa yobuNkokeli inikezelwa kumntu owenza uNcedo lwezoMthetho ube ngumbutho ongcono, unceda abanye ababangqongileyo ukuba bafezekise ngakumbi abathengi boNcedo lwezoMthetho, kwaye udale iqela lobulungisa bentlalontle.
- UDavid Johnson, UMlawuli weDatha noVavanyo
UDavid Johnson ligorha elibalaseleyo emva kwemifanekiso. Ubuchwephesha bukaDavid, ukukwazi kwakhe ukubona nokudala izisombululo ezitsha, kunye nezakhono zonxibelelwano zenza ukuba iLegal Aid ikwazi ukwenza izigqibo ezinolwazi. Kule minyaka isi-8 idlulileyo, ubunkokeli bukaDavid bumenze waduma njengengcungela yedatha kunye novavanyo nanjengomntu othembekileyo, umcebisi kunye nenkokeli. Umfanekiso omkhulu uhlala ukho engqondweni kaDavid, kwaye uqwalasela ngokunyanisekileyo yonke imeko enokwenzeka (kwaye ihlala iyingqayizivele) xa uhlalutya idatha okanye usebenzisa isofthiwe entsha okanye iinkqubo. Uliphakamisile inqanaba loNcedo lwezoMthetho olusebenzayo kunye namandla ombutho ngokusebenzisa izikhuselo ezinengqiqo kunye nohlalutyo lwesiko kwinkqubo yethu yolawulo lwamatyala. Ulwazi lwakhe luncede uvulindlela woNcedo lwezoMthetho izixhobo ezitsha kunye nokwazisa kwangaphambili kubathengi bethu. Ubuchwephesha bedatha obunzulu bukaDavid abuphuculi kuphela iziphumo kunye nokusebenza kwabasebenzi be-Cleveland Legal Aid kunye nabathengi, kodwa nakwabanye. Amagalelo akhe anefuthe elimandla kwisakhono soNcedo lwezoMthetho ukuzalisekisa umsebenzi walo.
Imbasa kaClaude E. Clarke… ithathela ingqalelo abasebenzi ngenkonzo ebalaseleyo ngokusebenza ngobungcali nokuzibophelela kuNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye nabaxumi bayo, kwaye ithiywe ngoClaude E. Clarke (1890 – 1975), owakhokela umsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho phantse iminyaka engamashumi amane.
- uTammy Adams, I-Paralegal II, iQela lokuSebenza ngoBulungisa kuQoqosho
UTammy ubonisa inkonzo ebalaseleyo kubaxumi berhafu boNcedo lwezoMthetho, ebabeka phambili kwaye egxininisa kwiimfuno zabo. NgoNcedo lwezoMthetho ukusukela ngo-2021, uTammy uphila ixabiso lokubeka phambili abathengi bethu. Ngobubele uyakwamkela ukhetho lwabaxhasi kwindawo yokuhlanganisana, nokuba oko kuthetha ukuba kufuneka ahambe aye kwiofisi yoNcedo lwezoMthetho eyahlukileyo okanye enye indawo elungele umxumi. Ubuyisela ngokukhawuleza umnxeba womxumi kunye nee-imeyile, unikezela ingqalelo yomntu, kwaye uzama ukuseka ubudlelwane obuhle kunye nomxhasi ngamnye werhafu. Ukusebenza nzima kukaTammy kunegalelo kudumo oluhle kunye neziphumo eziyimpumelelo zeKliniki yoNcedo lwezoMthetho yeKliniki yabaRhafu beRhafu.
- UKumkani uDavide, IGqwetha eliPhezulu, iQela lokuSebenza kweZindlu
UDavid wajoyina uNcedo lwezoMthetho ngo-2020, emva kokusebenza njengoMkhuseli woLuntu weCuyahoga County malunga neminyaka engamashumi amabini anesithoba. Umsebenzi wakhe njengoMkhuseli woLuntu wamqhelanisa nemiba ejongene nabathengi abanengeniso ephantsi kunye neentsapho zabo, okumvumela ukuba abethe phantsi kwi-Legal Aid. Ugxininise kumatyala omnini-mhlaba/umqeshi wezindlu, ikakhulu umsebenzi wokukhusela wokugxotha, uDavid ubonakalise ukukwazi ukuthethana ngokufanelekileyo namagqwetha abanini-mhlaba. Ngomsebenzi wakhe, uDavid udibanisa ukuzinikela kwakhe kuluntu kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe kubulungisa bentlalo kunye nokuzimisela kwakhe ukuqinisekisa ukuba inkqubo yokugweba isebenza ngokufanelekileyo kubo bonke.
- Emily Murphy, I-Paralegal I, iQela lokuSebenza ngoBulungisa kuQoqosho
U-Emily ubonisa inkonzo ebalaseleyo ngokusebenza kwakhe ngobungcali kunye nokuzinikela kuluntu lwethu lwabathengi. Wajoyina uNcedo lwezoMthetho ngo-2021 ngelixa sasijongene nokunyuka okukhulu kwamatyala ezibonelelo zokungaphangeli ngenxa yobhubhane. Uphononongo olukhawulezileyo, u-Emily watsibela ukufunda ukuba angaphonononga njani loo matyala kunye nendlela yokuxhasa amagqwetha awasingathayo. Njengoko inani lamatyala okungasebenzi lalisiya lincipha, uEmily watshintsha waya kufunda ezinye iinkalo zomthetho wengqesho. Xa udibana nabathengi, u-Emily unomonde kunye novelwano, unceda umxhasi ukuba abone kwaye asebenze kwiinjongo zabo. Uhlala ebhengeza imiba enokubakho kumagqwetha kwaye ucebise izicwangciso ezinokuba luncedo kwigqwetha.
- Krystle Rivera, IGqwetha laBasebenzi, iQela lokuziqhelanisa leMpilo & namaThuba
UKrystle waqeshwa ngo-2020 kwaye wakhawuleza wafunda zombini umthetho wemfundo kunye noluntu, ezisa amava akhe kwizikhundla ezingaphambili kwicandelo lemfundo. Olu lwazi lukhethekileyo luphakamisa ukusebenza komthetho wethu wezemfundo kwaye lukhokelela kubhengezo olunamandla. U-Krystle ubandakanyeka kumbutho wezemfundo welizwe lonke, kwaye ngo-2021 wathatha uxanduva olongezelelekileyo lokuba ligqwetha leNkqubo yokuXhasa loLuntu kwiziza zethu ezimbini zeMedical Legal Partnership (MLP) kunye neMetroHealth. UKrystle ubeka phambili ekuqondeni imiba ebalulekileyo kubathengi bethu nakuluntu esilusebenzelayo, kwaye uhlala emele uNcedo lwezoMthetho kwimisitho yasekuhlaleni.
- UMichael Russell, IGqwetha eliPhezulu, iQela lokuZiqhelanisa noLuntu
UMike ubonisa ukuzinikela okunzulu kuNcedo lwezoMthetho, esebenze kwiiofisi zoncedo lwezomthetho kwamanye amazwe amabini ngaphambi kokujoyina i-Cleveland Legal Aid ngo-2017. Umsebenzi wakhe ubonisa ngokuqhubekayo ukuzinikela kwakhe ekusebenzeleni kunye nabaxhasi bethu ukuphumeza iinjongo zabo. Ukusukela ngo-2019, uMike ube ligqwetha eliphezulu kuBanjiso loLuntu enceda ukukhokela uphuhliso lokumelwa kweqela lethu, uphuhliso loqoqosho loluntu, kunye nomsebenzi wobugqwetha ekuhlaleni. Usebenza kuluhlu olubanzi lweeprojekthi, usebenza njengomcebisi okhokelayo kumatyala amaninzi anzima apho simela amaqela, kwaye ubonisa ukuzimisela ukuqhubeka nokukhulisa izakhono zakhe zobungcali ukuze akhonze ngcono abathengi bethu.