I have been passionate about social justice from a young age. I took some law classes in college, and decided that the best way to make my interest in social justice into a career was to go to law school to become a public interest lawyer. I became a legal aid advocate so I can be a part of making…
Meet CLASI volunteer attorney, Sheila Hochhauser! I worked for Legal Aid and the Legal Services Corporation of North Carolina when I was a law student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. I have just always felt that corporations and wealthy individuals would be able to find and easily pay for quality legal representation. I believed my mission…
Meet CLASI supervising attorney, Olga Beskrone! I have worked as a Legal Aid advocate for my entire career, starting while I was still in law school at Rutgers University. I worked for Camden Regional Legal Services as a 3rd year law student helping senior citizens. After law school, I didn’t want to do any other kind of work. In 1985,…
Meet CLASI Managing Attorney, Jayce Lesniewski! I am the Managing Attorney for the Kent and Sussex County offices and I am the Poverty Program Attorney in Sussex County. I represent survivors of domestic violence, primarily in helping them obtain Protection from Abuse Orders in Family Court, and I represent tenants in Federally subsidized housing, primarily in defending against eviction actions….
Meet CLASI Elder Law Paralegal, Antionette Johnson! I was motivated to become a legal aid advocate after working in the private sector as a legal assistant/paralegal. While I knew I wanted to be a paralegal, the private sector was not for me. When I started as a paralegal with Community Legal Aid Society, I knew I had found my passion….