The OLC hosted a free webinar with Ohio Legal Help’s Executive Director Susan Choe and Content Manager Rachel Harris. The webinar explained how public libraries can utilize the Ohio Legal Help website to find reliable legal information on common civil legal problems.

Unfortunately, finding reliable legal information and free legal forms is notoriously difficult. To make matters worse, Ohio’s legal landscape is one of the most convoluted in the nation – it’s not just that different counties might do things differently from each other, but villages and cities sometimes have their own rules and requirements, too. Ohio Legal Help is an authoritative and free website that provides accurate and local legal information to the public. Content is vetted by attorneys and many common legal forms are available. This webinar explores the resource and how you and your staff can use it to help your patrons.

View an archived version of this webinar.

[Run time: 56:44 minutes]

Presenters:

• Susan Choe, Executive Director, Ohio Legal Help
  Susan Choe leads a dedicated team of professionals committed to leveraging technology to increase equal access to justice in Ohio and nationally. She is a lawyer with a background in legal services and setting up large, statewide systems. She has worded in several statewide leadership positions, including heading up Consumer Protection and Civil Rights for the Ohio Attorney General’s office. Susan has a B.A. in Chemistry and Economics and a J.D. from The Ohio State University.
  
• Rachel Harris, Content Manager, Ohio Legal Help
  Rachel Harris works with expert lawyer volunteers – from legal aid and the private bar – to ensure that the website content is accurate, actionable and easy to understand. Before joining Ohio Legal Help, Rachel honed her writing and organizational skills in multiple roles specializing in grants, contracts and proposals. Rachel has a B.A. in English from the University of the South.

Resources:

Ohio Legal Help website