Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. - CLASI

📢 We’re hiring!

CLASI is seeking an Investigator/Monitor & Patient Advocate for our Disability Rights Delaware program.

In this role, you’ll help protect and advocate for the rights of Delawareans with disabilities through investigations, facility monitoring, community outreach, and client advocacy.

📍 Statewide position | Wilmington, Dover, or Georgetown
💼 Full-time
📋 Competitive salary | Excellent benefits

Join our mission-driven team working to advance justice for people with disabilities across Delaware.

Learn more and apply: https://www.declasi.org/careers/investigator-monitor-patient-advocate-disability-rights-delaware/

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Our wonderful board member and disability advocate Carol King-Ries of the National Federation of the Blind of Delaware will be sharing her expertise as part of a panel on voting accessibility on Monday, June 15 -- we hope you'll join us! Learn more and register below:

✨ Panelist Spotlight: Carol King-Ries ✨

We’re honored to welcome Carol King-Ries, Board Member of CLASI Delaware and member of the National Federation of the Blind of Delaware, as a featured panelist for Let’s Talk: Voting & the Disability Community.

Carol brings valuable advocacy experience and insight into the importance of accessibility, independence, and equal access for voters with disabilities. Her work continues to help advance disability rights and strengthen civic participation throughout Delaware.

Join Carol and fellow panelists as they discuss the real-world barriers voters with disabilities face and the actions needed to create a more inclusive and accessible voting experience for all.

📅 Monday, June 15 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. via Zoom
🔗 https://www.ywcade.org/all-events/lets-talk-breaking-barriers-for-voters-with-disabilities

Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. - CLASI

Today, Disability Rights Delaware recognizes Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) — a day dedicated to creating a more accessible and inclusive digital world for everyone.

More than 1 billion people worldwide have disabilities, and according to the CDC, 1 in 4 Delawareans lives with a disability.

It's vital that the digital spaces we use every day are accessible. Features like alternative text for images, captions on videos, keyboard navigation, and adaptive technology help ensure everyone can fully participate online and in their communities.

Disability Rights Delaware can help Delawareans with disabilities to understand their rights to accessible technology, services, spaces, and voting. We can also help with requesting resonable accommodations and accessing assistive technology and equipment.

Learn more: https://www.declasi.org/drd/

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✨ Panelist Spotlight: Emmanuel Jenkins ✨

We’re excited to welcome Emmanuel Jenkins, Community Relations Officer for the Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council, as a featured panelist for our Let’s Talk: Voting & the Disability Community conversation.

Through his work in community engagement and advocacy, Emmanuel helps elevate the voices and experiences of people with disabilities across Delaware while promoting greater inclusion, accessibility, and civic participation.

Join Emmanuel and fellow panelists as they discuss the barriers voters with disabilities continue to face — and the solutions needed to create a more accessible voting system for all.

📅 Monday, June 15 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. via Zoom
🔗 Register at ywcade.org/events

Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. - CLASI

Join us on Monday, June 15!

Voting should be accessible to everyone, but for many Delawareans with disabilities, barriers still exist.

Did you know? About 1 in 5 voters with disabilities report needing assistance or experiencing difficulties when voting — nearly three times the rate of voters without disabilities.

Join us on Monday, June 15 at 12:00 p.m. for Let’s Talk: Voting & the Disability Community via Zoom.

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9BWtiFWgSnq_Keq5JPZlfw #/registration

Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. - CLASI

📢 SAVE THE DATE! 📢

Join us for the 2027 LIFE Conference, Delaware’s Premier Disability Conference, on Wednesday, January 27, 2027, at Bally’s Dover Conference Center from 8:00 AM to 4:45 PM!

LIFE stands for Legislation, Independence, Family, and Education, bringing together self advocates, families, professionals, educators, and community members from across Delaware and beyond.

This year’s theme is ✨ From Advocacy to Action ✨

More information coming soon. We can’t wait to see you there!



Image Description: A colorful “Save the Date” flyer for the 2027 LIFE Conference featuring photos of conference attendees participating in discussions and presentations. The flyer highlights the conference theme “From Advocacy to Action,” the date Wednesday, January 27, 2027, the time 8:00 AM to 4:45 PM, and the location Bally’s Dover Conference Center. The LIFE logo appears on the flyer representing Legislation, Independence, Family, and Education.

THANK YOU to everyone who supported the Combined Campaign for Justice this past year! As our Deputy Director Sarah Rhine observes: "Your willingness to show up and to invest in this work means more than you may realize. Because of you, people in our community have access to justice. You are helping us create fairness where there might otherwise be none. Together, we are ensuring that justice isn’t only available to those who can afford it. And literally saving lives."

Read Sarah's full remarks here: https://delawareccj.org/an-introduction-to-clasis-new-deputy-director/

Together, in 2025 we raised $2.57 million for Delawareans in need of civil legal services. These funds helped Delaware's trio of civil legal agencies—Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. - CLASI, Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, and Legal Services Corporation of Delaware—give an additional 1,400 low-income families, veterans, seniors, and domestic violence survivors a fighting chance. On behalf of Delaware's legal aid agencies, and the clients we serve, we heartily thank each and every one of our donors, supporters, and friends for making this possible.

Here are some remarks from CLASI's Deputy Director Sarah Rhine on the impact that funds raised by CCJ have on everyday Delawareans: https://delawareccj.org/an-introduction-to-clasis-new-deputy-director/

It's CLASI's 80th anniversary!

Founded on May 2, 1946 as the Legal Aid Society of Delaware, we served 204 clients in our first year—with just one part-time attorney on staff and a $3,600 budget donated by members of the Delaware Bar.

Today, we are a team of 80 and handle over 7,000 cases each year, assisting more than 17,000 people across the state.

As we've evolved to meet the changing legal needs of our communities over the past eight decades, one thing has remained constant: our commitment to our founders' vision of equal justice for all Delawareans, regardless of income or background.

For the rest of our anniversary year, we’ll be sharing the voices and stories of the people behind this work—our staff, clients, and partners, past and present.

Join us as we reflect on key moments in CLASI's history, the impact of legal aid, and the path ahead for equal justice in Delaware.

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