The Oakland County Bar Foundation recently awarded two grants totaling $52,500 to Lakeshore Legal Aid to help provide free legal assistance to low-income and senior residents of Oakland County.
Lakeshore Legal Aid and the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School collaborate to operate two law student clinics at the WMU-Law campus in Auburn Hills. The Family Law Assistance Project (FLAP) provides free civil legal services to low-income people with family law issues, including divorce, custody, child support, and parenting time. The Estate Planning Clinic (EPC)
provides free legal assistance to seniors who need end-of-life planning assistance, such as wills and medical power of attorney documents. The grants from the Oakland County Bar Foundation will assist the two clinics to meet one of the Foundation’s main missions, “Ensuring to the fullest extent possible that legal services are made available to all members of the public.” Further information about the clinics can be obtained by calling 248-335-0125.
The Oakland County Bar Foundation promotes and funds programs designed to increase access, affordability, and understanding of the law and legal system, according to OCBF President Veronica Leonard.
Lakeshore Legal Aid is the largest provider of free civil legal services in Michigan. Since 1966, Lakeshore has provided advice, brief service, and limited representation to seniors and indigent clients with civil legal aid matters in southeast Michigan.
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