This post is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich.:
If you, or a family member age 60 and older, needs legal services and lives in Monroe County, Mich., you may be able to get assistance from Monroe County Senior Legal Services.
The agency has a page in the community section at the Monroe County Library System [...]

The Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan, 2425 W. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, is taking appointments for its family legal clinic offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday Dec. 19.
Volunteer attorney Alyson Robbins will be available for appointments on adoption, child custody, child support, grandparent visitation and other family law matters.
The cost is $15 with [...]

The Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan in Ann Arbor is booking clients for legal clinic appointments with lawyers on Nov. 21 at the cost of $15 per session.
This service is intended for those who otherwise cannot afford an attorney. Monroe County residents are eligible for Women’s Center services.
If you want to take advantage of this [...]

The Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan in Ann Arbor is hosting a two-part workshop: Divorce Dialogues – Legal Aspects of Divorce, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 5 and Wednesday Nov. 12.
The fee is $15 for one session, $25 for both sessions, and reduced fees are available. Women’s Center services are available to Monroe [...]

The Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan in Ann Arbor will hold job coaching workshops Tuesday Oct. 14 and Tuesday Oct. 28.
Monroe County residents are eligible for services from this agency.
The Women’s Center also holds monthly legal clinics, hosts a divorce support group and can arrange confidential meetings with financial experts.
For information about any of its [...]

I had someone at my desk yesterday who was seeking financial help for his sister, who is uninsured and struggling with the financial cost of cancer treatment.
He wanted to talk to the city editor about the situation to see if The Monroe Evening News would do a story. (I gave him both that editor’s name [...]

Nobody says “I want to be in jail when I grow up!”
But people get arrested every day in southeast Michigan for things like retail fraud (shoplifting), drunk driving, driving with a suspended license and creating a disturbance. And occasionally, there are people who get arrested on far more serious offenses.
Whether you are “John Six Pack” [...]

This event happens only once a year, so if you have a legal question or problem and don’t know where to start, you will want to take advantage of the opportunity.
The Monroe County Bar Association will host a free legal clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday April 30 at the Monroe County Courthouse, 125 [...]

The Monroe County Bar Association will hold its Seventh Annual Free Legal Clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday April 30 at the Monroe County Courthouse, 125 E. Second St.
If you can’t afford an attorney, or don’t know where to start, with legal issues such as divorce, traffic tickets, child support or landlord-tenant disputes, stop [...]

One of my posts from last month, Know When Not to Do It Yourself, told the story of someone who had a court hearing scheduled at the Monroe County Courthouse.
But she never checked with an attorney to find out what needed to be done to achieve her goal and how far she could realistically do-it-herself. [...]