Law Firm "Gives" Legal Aid An Attorney For 2 Years

From the Louisville Courier-Journal:

With its state funding repeatedly slashed, the nonprofit Legal Aid has struggled in recent years to provide civil legal services to the rising number of poor Kentuckians it represents.

But even as the agency has cut back on staff and limited the cases it takes, one local firm is stepping up to help.

Earlier this week, Shawna Scheidel, a recent DePaul University College of Law graduate, joined the Louisville Legal Aid office as part of a grant funded through the Wyatt Tarrant & Combs law firm.

“Legal Aid does a great job with the resources they have, but frankly, they are not able to serve everybody who is in need because of a lack of funding,” said Bill Hollander, a partner at the law firm. “This was a way to help them serve a few more people.”