News Release
December 17,
2009
Contact:
Paul H. Wieck II, Office of Professional Regulation
(515)
725-8029
IOLTA
GRANT APPLICATIONS
Des
Moines, December 17, 2009—The
Iowa Supreme Court Lawyer Trust Account Commission is accepting applications
for grants under the Interest on Lawyer Trust Account (IOLTA) program for the
grant period that begins July 1, 2010. IOLTA program grants are awarded to
public purpose projects that provide legal services to the poor in civil cases,
law-related education and other programs that improve the administration of
justice in Iowa.
Organizations
may obtain grant request application forms by contacting the Lawyer Trust
Account Commission, Judicial Branch Building, 1111 East Court Avenue, Des
Moines, Iowa 50319, or by calling (515) 725-8029. The Commission
encourages applicants to submit grant requests in electronic form. An
electronic version of the complete application set is available from the
Commission by electronic mail or at the Commission's web page on the Judicial
Branch web site:
http://www.iowacourts.gov/Professional_Regulation/Attorney_RegulationCommissions/IOLTA
The
Commission must receive all completed grant applications no later than 4:30
p.m., Friday, March 5, 2010. The Commission will then review the
applications and seek approval of the Iowa Supreme Court for awarding the
grants. Grant recipients will be announced in late May or early June of
2010.
The Iowa
Supreme Court created the Lawyer Trust Account Commission to provide legal
services to the poor in civil cases using the interest from lawyers' pooled
trust accounts. The lawyers' pooled trust accounts hold clients' funds
that are so small in amount or held for such a brief period that it is not
possible for the funds to economically benefit the individual
clients. Previously, attorneys' trust accounts earned no
interest. The first grants awarded under the IOLTA program were made in
June, 1986. To date, grants totaling more than $22,132,000 have been
awarded.
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2009
Iowa
Supreme Court
1111
East Court Avenue
Des
Moines, IA 50319
515-281-3952
