(May 31, 2024)

NORRISTOWN - Celebrating local legal aid with the community, LASP held an Open House along Swede Street in Norristown on May 29, 2024. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Co-Chair of the Congressional Access to Legal Aid Caucus, Hon. Carolyn T. Carluccio, President Judge, Montgomery County, PA Court of Common Pleas, and Lisa A. Shearman, 2024 President, Montgomery Bar Association, joined LASP Executive Director Shawn Boehringer to share remarks on the impact and importance of legal aid.

Lisa invited attendees to the June 24 Legal Aid Golf Classic in support of LASP, hosted by the Montgomery Bar Foundation and Montgomery Bar Association.

State and local representatives and government officials and staff, county commissioners, Pennsylvania Bar Association and Montgomery Bar Association leaders, judges, attorneys, LASP staff, Board and local community members were among those on hand for the occasion, held at new office space for LASP's Community Engagement Unit and administrative staff at 522/524 Swede Street. CEU staff and interns provided tours of the office. The move took place in November 2023.

Helpline staff and more LASP Norristown-based attorneys and paralegals remain at 625 Swede Street. LASP also has local offices in Pottstown, Bristol, Chester City, Doylestown, Media and West Chester to provide free civil legal aid for clients in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties. LASP Flickr album with 100+ photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBx9YX.