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

Celebrating 30 Years!

For 30 years, the Vermont Bar Foundation has supported access to justice in Vermont. Do your part to ensure another 30!

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.

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NEWS

Posted on April 2, 2013
Windsor-Orange Legal Assistance Project

Providing legal assistance to low income residents of Windsor and Orange Counties at reduced rates [...]
Posted on March 20, 2013
VBF’s Own Judith Dickson Honored with VBA Pro Bono Award

Attorney Judith Dickson, a long-time volunteer with the Vermont Bar Foundation, was honored on March [...]

GRANTEE STORIES

Children First! Legal Advocacy Project

The Children First! Legal Advocacy Project provides a voice in the legal system for children [...]
Vermont Immigration Assistance Program

The Vermont Immigrant Assistance Project (VIA) provides pro bono legal services to the most vulnerable [...]

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