We had such a great time at our Birthday Party with a Purpose, and we’re so grateful to everyone who came out to celebrate our 60 years of justice! A big shoutout to Erin Bartling, our Migrant Farmworkers Project Director, for receiving the prestigious Richard F. Halliburton Dedication to Legal Services Award! And…
Legal Aid of Western Missouri held their Birthday Party with a Purpose on October 17th at the Boulevard Brewing Company. More than 120 supporters, community leaders, staff members, and volunteer attorneys gathered to celebrate six decades of providing legal services to vulnterable individuals with low incomes. For the past 60 years, Legal Aid has been…
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Our 2024 VAP Golf Tournament was super fun—easily our best one yet! A huge shoutout to all the golfers, sponsors, and volunteers who made this year’s Bar Plan Foundation Charity Golf Tournament for the Benefit of the Volunteer Attorney Project an absolute hole-in-one!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for our 2nd Annual Smarty Party: Trivia Through The Decades! What an amazing night with such a fun, brainy, and generous crowd! Special shoutout to the Lathrop GPM team for snagging those first place trophies! OUR SPONSORS! We want to give a huge shout-out and heartfelt…
The owners of this Blue Hills property passed away and their heirs later abandoned the property. Legal Aid worked with volunteer attorneys from Kutak Rock LLP to file a Missouri Abandoned Housing Act lawsuit. After over a year of serving the necessary parties and hearing no response, the Blue Hills Neighborhood Association was granted possession of…
The Ruskin Heights Homes Association needed assistance with a vacant, nuisance property on a major corridor right across from a neighborhood school. Legal Aid worked with volunteer attorneys from Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP to prepare and file a Missouri Abandoned Housing Act lawsuit on behalf of RHHA in order to clear and acquire title.…
Boulevard Brewing Company | November 16, 2023 Thanking supporters is so much fun!! Everyone had a great time at our Party with a Purpose. Photobooth Strips: https://www.simplebooth.com/gallery/8vkmyrWsVAvH-2023-party-with-a-purpose
Here at Legal Aid we love justice and we love our furry family members. For National Dog Day, staff shared photos of their furry friends and we shared them on social media.
2022 Donations & 2020-22 Pledges DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE Defenders of Justice are the law firms that donated at the $325 per attorney level each year of our 2020-2022 Justice for All Bar Campaign. Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP 3-year pledge of $268,125 Stinson, LLP 3-year pledge of $136,500 Spencer Fane, LLP 3-year pledge of $62,400…
