Benefits of Legal Advocacy

With a legal advocate, Members benefit from:

• Education about the law as well as their rights and responsibilities under it
• Advocacy when errors, misunderstandings and injustices occur with entities such as landlords and vendors (e.g. used car dealerships, agencies, courts, etc.)
• Assistance with maneuvering through the legal system
• Eligibility to have a criminal conviction expunged (erased)
• Correcting errors on police records, which might otherwise impede or significantly reduce employment opportunities
• Assistance with receiving, making and modifying child support payments
• Assisting parents with child custody and visitation cases
• Helping to resolve housing issues
• Making sure Members have documents of all outstanding creditors and balances owed, then working with Legal Aid to prepare for bankruptcy proceedings
• Assisting with license reinstatement

Legal Advocacy services are provided through Legal Aid of Western Ohio and the Volunteer Lawyer's Project and are only available to Miami Valley Works Members.