Resolution: Legal

The Cleveland Community Advocacy Program worked with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and the Dept. of Education's Office of Civil Rights to improve language access for parents with limited English Proficiency. A resolution was signed in Sept. 2011.

The MLP team at the Cleveland Community Advocacy Program in Cleveland, OH worked with the Cleveland City Council to pass a resolution in support of U Visas on March 22, 2010.

In November 2007, the Kentucky Bar Association passed a resolution in support of a medical-legal partnership for Kentucky's children.

THEREFORE, NOW BE IT RESOLVED,

That, the Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association encourages lawyers, law firms, legal services agencies, law schools and local bar associations to promote and provide broader access to legal services for these children and their families by willingly volunteering their services pro bono and financially supporting pro bono programs as a means for our profession to contribute to the advancement and betterment of our Commonwealth. Dated this 16th day of November, 2007.

In August 2007, the American Bar Association passed a resolution in favor of medical-legal partnership, praising their holistic approach to health and advancement of preventive law.