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AppalReD Legal Aid offering free estate planning, title clearing clinics

March 06, 2026

(WYMT) -AppalReD Legal Aid is hosting free legal assistance clinics offering estate planning and title clearing services.Staff will help attendees draft estate plans, including last wills and testaments, power of attorney documents, living wills, and...

KY lawyer John Rosenberg receives national honor for his commitment to justice

March 04, 2026

Excerpted from The Kentucky Lantern's February 23rd online edition.Kentucky public interest lawyer John Rosenberg has been awarded the American Bar Association’s highest honor, the ABA Medal, for “exceptionally distinguished service to the cause of A...

Disaster Preparedness Clinics

January 16, 2026

AppalReD is helping with the paperwork side of disaster preparedness during an upcoming free legal aid clinic.Watch here on Mountain Top News.

A New Home and New Opportunities for Service: Terri’s Journey with AppalReD Legal Aid

October 23, 2025

 When Terri Buskey moved to Kentucky two years ago, she knew she wanted to give back to her community. Having volunteered extensively in Illinois—both before and after retirement—she quickly began looking for ways to get involved in her new home...

Why Boo Shea Still Shows Up for Justice: Even in Retirement

October 21, 2025

  This Celebrating Pro Bono Week, we’re celebrating Beverly “Boo” Shea—a lifelong advocate for justice who has given decades of service to AppalReD Legal Aid.Boo loves birds, basket weaving, and building equal access to justice. Her connect...

Kentucky has kicked people off food benefits using data that doesn’t tell the full story

September 30, 2025

This Hunger Action Month we want to share "Laura's" story. She contacted AppalReD Legal Aid after she received a letter telling her she would lose her SNAP benefits. Thankfully, with an attorney by her side, she kept the benefits she needed.If you re...

Honoring Pro Bono Attorney Marsha Taylor

September 30, 2025

AppalReD Legal Aid was deeply saddened to learn of Marsha's death. Marsha was an incredible pro bono volunteer for AppalReD Legal Aid. In fact, she was previously awarded AppalReD Legal Aid's Pro Bono Attorney of the year.Marsha was passionate about ...

Pro Se Divorce and Custody Clinic Floyd County

September 23, 2025

Join us for a pro se family law clinic in Floyd County on October 21. AppalReD Legal Aid attorneys and pro bono volunteers will be at the Floyd County Library from 1:00-4:00 p.m. This clinic is for clients from any county of service region and for th...

Virtual Pro Se Clinic October 14

September 23, 2025

This is a FREE virtual clinic available for persons from any county in our service area, will be limited to 15 participants and is available for both clients with or without children of the marriage. To participate, you will need a computer or tablet...