Civil Law

Civil law is a very broad section of law that regulates the legal relations and duties between private individuals (including companies, like landlords). Some of the civil law issues that the Center for Student Legal Services can assist with are listed below. Note that the Center may only be able to provide advice and not legal representation for some issues and can only assist with concerns under Ohio law.

The list below is not meant to be a complete or exhaustive list. If you have a civil law concern that is not listed below, please call the office to see if we can help.

• Debt collection.

• Adult name and gender marker changes.

• Divorce/dissolution.

• Auto purchasing regulations.

• Towing violations (within Athens, OH).

• Contract reviews.

• Consumer complaints.

• Housing and landlord/tenant concerns.