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Legal Aid Celebrates 45 Years of Service

The Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc. has provided services to the poor in our community for the past 45 years. Orange County Bar members who aspired to provide access to our judicial system founded the Society in 1961 for the poor in our community. As the services became known and as the population grew, requests for assistance overwhelmed the Bar volunteers. To meet this community need, the Bar added a staff component and became incorporated in 1967. At that time, the Society hired its first director and full time staff to offer free civil legal services. Currently, Legal Aid employs about 40 staff, including 17 attorneys. It coordinates the contributions of time and money from over 2700 volunteers both attorneys and non-attorneys. The Society continues to earn recognition as one of the finest legal aid programs in the United States. This recognition is due to the extraordinary efforts of committed staff, volunteers and local bar associations.

Legal Aid celebrated this special occasion at Sea World of Orlando on Saturday, February 25, 2006. Other activities are planned during the year and will be announced here.