Summit Legal Defenders

Summit Legal Defenders Summit Legal Defenders provides legal representation to the indigent residents of Summit County, Ohio.

Our office will be closed to honor emancipation on Friday, June 19, 2026. Local courts are also closed.
06/18/2026

Our office will be closed to honor emancipation on Friday, June 19, 2026. Local courts are also closed.

06/15/2026

Join us next Tuesday June 23rd for our community meeting at Summit Lake Community Center. Come Lear about our housing ballot initiatives, sign the petition, and take a book to help collect signatures. We build what we need, Join us!!

For the second time this spring our office volunteered at the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank, packing boxes for distrib...
06/15/2026

For the second time this spring our office volunteered at the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank, packing boxes for distribution to our community. We are volunteering as part of the Leadership Academy Challenge through the Akron Bar Association.

Come join our team and advocate for either juveniles or adults with criminal charges here in Summit County. This is one ...
06/12/2026

Come join our team and advocate for either juveniles or adults with criminal charges here in Summit County. This is one position, but you may be in either municipal or juvenile court (though not both).

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AA was founded here in Akron in 1935. Each year people whose lives have been touched by AA come to Akron to pay their r...
06/12/2026

AA was founded here in Akron in 1935. Each year people whose lives have been touched by AA come to Akron to pay their respects to Dr. Bob, buried here in Mount Peace Cemetery. Watch out for those motorcycles and welcome everyone!

Director Andrea Whitaker and Deputy Director Scott Rilley recently volunteered for the Pro Bono Collaborative. The Summi...
06/12/2026

Director Andrea Whitaker and Deputy Director Scott Rilley recently volunteered for the Pro Bono Collaborative. The Summit County Pro Bono Collaborative is an initiative designed to provide volunteer civil legal services for people who are navigating obstacles and need legal advice in areas of housing, collections, child support, custody, garnishments and more. The next session is August 7.

We stand with our LGBTQ+ clients, staff, and community to commemorate Pride Month. As civil liberties for all Americans ...
06/01/2026

We stand with our LGBTQ+ clients, staff, and community to commemorate Pride Month. As civil liberties for all Americans are increasingly threatened, we recognize the extra level of threat to our our q***r communities and communities of color. We will continue to protect your rights in court.

We are very excited to host a new summer cohort of interns this year! Pictured are interns for this coming summer, as w...
05/29/2026

We are very excited to host a new summer cohort of interns this year! Pictured are interns for this coming summer, as well as current and past interns. This year featured bowling, pizza, and axe-throwing!

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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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