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- Fed to Consider Publishing a Forecast on Interest Rates
WASHINGTON —The Federal Reserve’s decision three years ago to reduce short-term interest rates to nearly zero made a splash, both [...]
- A Celebration of the Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship
PRESS RELEASE: (Montpelier, Vermont) Congressman Peter Welch addressed Vermont Access to Justice Coalition members, more than 50 lawyers and judges, [...]
- Vermont’s Financial Institutions Work To Help Vermont’s Disadvantaged
While the country’s large banks are busy ducking brickbats from Occupy Wall Street, a number of Vermont institutions are quietly [...]
- Deadline Looms: Vermonters Must Apply for Irene Help: Vermont Poverty Law Fellow Continues Work With Irene’s Victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reminding Vermonters hurt by Tropical Storm Irene that the deadline for applying for federal [...]
- Beth Robinson Appointed to Vermont Supreme Court
OCTOBER 18 – MONTPELIER –Gov. Peter Shumlin today announced the appointment of Beth Robinson to serve on the Vermont Supreme [...]
- The Vermont Community Foundation’s SPECIAL AND URGENT NEEDS – IRENE RECOVERY GRANTS
The Vermont Community Foundation is making grants to non-profits that sustained damage from Irene as well as nonprofits facing significant [...]
- Giving to the Vermont Bar Foundation Now Possible Through VtSHARES
“If you are a government lawyer,” explains Vermont Bar Foundation Executive Director Deborah Bailey, “please donate to the VBF through [...]
- Vermont Bar Foundation 2011 Board Elections
ANNUAL MEETING AND BOARD ELECTIONS Lake Morey Resort Fairlee, VT Friday, September 23, 2011 Annual Meeting: During Lunch Meeting Board [...]
- VERMONT CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM THE WORK OF ITS FIRST POVERTY LAW FELLOW, GRACE PAZDAN
While homeowners across the nation face devastating mortgage foreclosures, (please see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/opinion/homeowners-need-help.html?ref=opinion) Vermont still sees lasting benefits from the work [...]
- 2011 Annual Meeting and Board Elections
The Vermont Bar Foundation Annual Meeting and Election of the Board of Directors will take place on September 23, 2011 [...]
- Have Justice Will Work Pro Bono
By Susan Keese, VPR Facing federal spending cuts, a program that provides representation for domestic violence victims, Have Justice Will [...]
- JUSTICE DENISE JOHNSON, A LONG-TIME ADVOCATE FOR ACCESS TO JUSTICE, IS RETIRING FROM THE SUPREME COURT
Access to the judicial system for poor people has been a defining issue in Justice Johnson’s legal career. Even before [...]
- In Tough Economic Times Vermont Bar Foundation IOLTA HONOR ROLL Banks and Credit Unions Stand Firm to Ensure Access to Justice in Vermont
As Vermont organizations such as Vermont Legal Aid, the South Royalton Legal Clinic, the Rutland County Pilot Project, Women Safe, [...]
- Vermont Access to Justice Campaign 2010 Report
Lawyers. Vermont. Supporting the Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship. The Vermont Access to Justice Campaign is supported by the Vermont Access [...]
- Vermont’s Celebrate Pro-Bono Conference
Vermont Supreme Court Justice Denise Johnson addressed about 150 judges, attorneys, legal service providers, community agencies and non-profits at Vermont’s [...]
- Vermont’s lowest in the nation foreclosure rate garners national attention.
When the Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship was first conceived of, who could have predicted its wildly successful first years? Vermont [...]
- ABA President Zack Statement Re: 11th Hour Senate Action Protecting Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA)
In the quest for “justice for all,” a major victory was won today. Congress has acted to protect a critical [...]
- Legal Aid Attorney Invited to White House
(Montpelier) – A Vermont attorney is going to the White House. Grace Pazdan, a staff attorney at Vermont Legal Aid assists Vermonters whose homes [...]
- Access to Justice Campaign 2010 Receives Statewide Coverage!
The Burlington Free Press printed an article about Campaign 2010′s kick off at the Vermont Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in [...]
- VERMONT BAR FOUNDATION PRESIDENT ADDRESSES MEMBERS
At the Vermont Bar Association Annual Meeting, Vermont Bar Foundation President Joe Cahill addressed about 300 lawyers and thanked them [...]
- Vermont Access to Justice Campaign Kicks Off Campaign 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2010 CONTACT: Carol Ode, 802-863-3818, ode.carol@gmail.com (Fairlee, Vt.) Attorneys Thomas Carlson and Stacy Chapman today thanked [...]
- Open Seat On The Vermont Bar Foundation Board
Vermont Bar Foundation President Joseph Cahill announces an open “at large seat” on the Vermont Bar Foundation board. The VBF [...]
- UNMET LEGAL NEED IN VERMONT
“In spite of all of our efforts to increase funding for the Vermont Bar Foundation, there are still many unmet [...]
- 2010 GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
Vermont Bar Foundation Grants Committee Chair Teri Corsones announces the 2010 Grant Recipients Last week, the Vermont Bar Foundation held one [...]
- WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS OF THE VERMONT BAR
On March 31, the Supreme Court admitted sixteen lawyers to the Vermont Bar. Before the ceremony, Mary Ashcroft, on behalf [...]
- WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS OF THE VERMONT BAR
On December 10, the Supreme Court admitted about thirty lawyers to the Vermont Bar. Before the ceremony, Vermont Bar Association [...]
- Carol Ode to Assist Foundation
Vermont Bar Foundation President Joseph Cahill announces that, “Carol Ode will be working with us to promote the accomplishments of [...]
- Open Seat On The Board
Vermont Bar Foundation President Joseph Cahill announces an open seat on the Vermont Bar Foundation board to be filled from [...]
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 [...]
- The South Royalton Legal Clinic’s Immigration Expertise Provides Access to Justice for Young Woman and Her Daughter
Congress passed legislation making it possible for non-citizens who are victims of certain crimes to be eligible to work and [...]
- Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.
Vermont Legal Aid’s Health Care Ombudsman Convinces Insurance Company to Cover Pulmonary Rehabilitation A woman with a severe, chronic lung [...]
- Have Justice Will Travel, Inc.
Have Justice Will Travel, Inc. (HJWT) is an innovative, mobile, multi-service legal model that assists rural victims of domestic violence [...]
- Have Justice Will Travel, Inc.
Have Justice Will Travel, Inc. (HJWT) is an innovative, mobile, multi-service legal model that assists rural victims of domestic violence [...]
- Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.
Vermont Legal Aid Helps Woman Who Was Harassed by Her Employer A twenty-five year old woman with a young child [...]
- The South Royalton Legal Clinic of Vermont Law School
The Clinic provides over $1 million annually in pro bono counsel.
- Vermont Legal Aid, Inc.
Vermont Legal Aid provides free civil legal services to poor, elderly and disabled Vermonters who would otherwise be denied justice [...]
- Rutland Pilot Project
The Project handled 103 cases for indigent Rutland County clients in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.
