Vermont Bar Foundation — Promoting Equal Access to Justice for All Vermonters

IOLTA

Under IOLTA, client funds that are considered nominal or short-term are placed into the attorney's pooled interest-bearing checking account.

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Grant Programs

Revenue from Vermont's Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program is the chief source of support for the Foundation's grant programs.

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Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)

The Vermont Bar Foundation is committed to supporting attorneys who choose to work in the public service sector.

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Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship

Thanks to the generosity of firms and individual members of the private bar, Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship was established.

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OUR MISSION

The Vermont Bar Foundation supports access to justice in Vermont by obtaining and distributing funds to programs that provide legal services to disadvantaged Vermonters or that educate the general public about the courts and legal matters.

NEWS

Posted on April 25, 2012
Bar Foundation Looks To Raise Awareness, Funds For “Access To Justice”

Vermont Supreme Court Justice John Dooley talks with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about the financial challenges facing the Vermont Bar Foundation. Justice [...]
Posted on March 15, 2012
Have Justice–Will Travel

HAVE JUSTICE—WILL TRAVEL ON BYU-TV TURNING POINT SHOW March 19, 2012 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm Eastern TURNING POINT is [...]

GRANTEE STORIES

Vermont Legal Aid

Vermont Legal Aid’s Health Care Ombudsman Convinces Insurance Company to Cover Pulmonary Rehabilitation A woman with a severe, chronic lung condition [...]
Vermont Law School, South Royalton Legal Clinic

Vermont Bar Foundation IOLTA HONOR ROLL Financial Institutions Pay Generous Interest Rates on IOLTA Accounts Bringing Access to Justice to [...]

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