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A Nebraska first: Douglas Co. judge cites federal CARES Act in halting eviction
In a victory for tenants struggling to pay their rent during the COVID-19 crisis, Douglas County Court Judge Thomas K. Harmon (Omaha) ruled this past week that the federal moratorium on evictions found in the federal CARES Act was in force in Nebraska. In this case,...
An Open Letter to Our Clients and Community
Racial justice in Omaha, Lincoln, and in every Nebraska community, starts and stops with each of us, including our elected leaders, judges, law enforcement, and legal profession. It is all of our responsibility to make it happen. At Legal Aid of Nebraska, we stand in...
Legal Aid in the news
Legal Aid of Nebraska always has something exciting just around the corner. Check out the links below to various news sources that have featured or reported on Legal Aid's activities, programs/projects, events, services, or just about any other way we work to make...
A legal safety net in times of crisis
A message from Legal Aid of Nebraska's Executive Director Milo Mumgaard: During today’s coronavirus crisis, Legal Aid of Nebraska is our legal safety net. From the first days when Nebraska schools closed and our streets rolled up, Legal Aid’s passionate staff and...
Legal Aid bringing best-selling author Matthew Desmond to Lincoln
Legal Aid is excited to announce Matthew Desmond, best-selling author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” (2016), will provide a free public lecture on Thursday evening, October 8, at the Sheldon Museum of Art Auditorium on the UNL campus. Desmond...
Legal Aid successfully keeps creditor from garnishing stimulus check of unemployed, pregnant mother
The financial impact of COVID-19 can be felt across the world, but for one Nebraska woman, the struggle to provide for her family was reaching its breaking point. Danielle* is a single mother raising a small child with another on the way. She was laid off during the...
Federal stimulus payments may disappear for thousands of low-income Nebraskans
SPANISH Federal CARES Act stimulus payments will soon be arriving in low-income Nebraskans’ bank accounts, many of whom have already lost their jobs and steady income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But this stimulus payment, intended to help pay for food, rent,...
Legal Aid commends Governor Ricketts for halting residential evictions in Nebraska during public health emergency
Today, Governor Pete Ricketts put a halt to residential evictions in Nebraska, by entering an order putting on hold the right of landlords to file certain legal actions to evict for non-payment of rent through May 31. This action will now protect hardworking Nebraska...
Free legal help hotline available for Nebraskans affected by COVID-19
Español COVID-19/Disaster Relief Hotline: 1-844-268-5627 Nebraskans who have questions or are experiencing legal problems due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 public health emergency now have an easy way to get legal advice and help. The free COVID-19 Disaster Relief...
COVID-19 information/resources
COVID-19/Coronavirus legal information can now be found here.
Legal organizations ask Chief Justice for statewide halt to eviction and debt collection court proceedings during COVID-19 public health emergency
Today, organizations involved in representing low-income tenants and debtors in Nebraska courts (listed below) requested the Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court to order a statewide halt to eviction and debt collection court proceedings immediately. These...
Legal Aid closing offices in response to COVID-19, remains open to applications for services
UPDATE 3/17/20: Effective immediately, all Legal Aid of Nebraska offices will be closed until further notice. Legal Aid of Nebraska provides free civil legal services to over 23,000 low-income Nebraskans each year, through six offices located across Nebraska. Legal...
Legal Aid receives major federal grant for disaster relief services
Legal Aid of Nebraska will be using a major disaster relief grant of $1.25 million over the next two years from the Legal Services Corporation to help low-income Nebraskans living in communities impacted by the March, 2019 flooding disaster and “bomb cyclone” to gain...
The Equal Justice Journal – Winter 2019
The Winter 2019 issue of The Equal Justice Journal is here! In this edition, read the harrowing story of a domestic violence survivor who came to Legal Aid for help keeping her children out of her abuser's custody. You'll also meet the new attorney of our Pro Bono...
A battle for her children
Legal Aid helps domestic violence survivor keep kids out of abuser’s custody Jennifer* lived in an abusive relationship for almost three years before her husband was sent to prison for beating her so badly she was sent to the hospital. The brutal assault happened in...
The Equal Justice Journal – Fall 2019
The Fall 2019 issue of The Equal Justice Journal has arrived! Read about our inaugural Friends of Legal Aid Luncheon and Equal Justice Awards; the Pro Bono Innovation Grant awarded to Legal Aid; our first Trans Name Change Class and Clinic; and much more. Read here:...
Legal Aid of Nebraska honors Kutak Rock Law Firm, American National Bank, and two local private attorneys with inaugural Equal Justice Awards
Omaha, NE – All that Legal Aid of Nebraska’s staff and volunteers do to “make equal justice happen” for struggling low-income Nebraskans is a result of hundreds of partnerships, which come in all shapes and sizes. Through its free legal services, Legal Aid strives to...
Inaugural Friends of Legal Aid Awards Luncheon a success
The first annual Friends of Legal Aid Awards Luncheon was held at Happy Hollow Country Club in Omaha on Thursday, September 12, 2019. Author Peter B. Edelman, professor at Georgetown Law, was the keynote speaker, and gave an informative presentation about "The Role of...
