In 1946— decades before there was a national legal aid movement— four of Delaware’s legal titans, Collins J. Seitz, William Poole, Clarence A. Southerland and J. Caleb Boggs, recognized the urgent need to provide free legal services for those who could not afford representation. In post-World War II America, they were particularly concerned for the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  November 19, 2024FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:  Molly McPheeters, CCJ’s Campaign Manager, [email protected] The Combined Campaign for Justice (CCJ) is honored to announce our new partnership with the Foxwynd Foundation. The Foxwynd Foundation DAF funded the Foxwynd Foundation’s generous $150,000 donation to the 2024 Combined Campaign for Justice to launch a fall matching gift […]

Read more about the history of CCJ’s founding from some of the folks who were there when it started: The Delaware legislature passed a new law in 2023 guaranteeing a Right to Representation in Evictions Cases. The legislation provides for a phased implementation over three years (which started November 22, 2023) by Delaware’s three legal […]

Delaware’s three nonprofit civil legal aid agencies, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI), Delaware Volunteer Legal Services (DVLS), and Legal Services Corporation of Delaware (LSCD) provide essential, life altering, and community preserving legal assistance to the most vulnerable among us. This year is an exciting year for each agency, as we celebrate 75 years of […]

I was fortunate enough to serve as a Co-Chair of CCJ from 2017 to 2019.  I was asked to serve by Dave Stratton, whom I’d known for many years.  At first, I tried to put Dave off.  I wasn’t sure I really had time to take on the commitment.  I had been a financial supporter […]