PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Rhode Island Bar Association, is accepting applications for its 2002 IOLTA (Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts) grants.
The Bar Foundation’s criteria for grant recipients are as follows.
The grants must be used:
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- to help disadvantaged Rhode Islanders gain access to legal representation;
- to improve the delivery of legal services;
- to promote knowledge and awareness of the law or;
- to improve the administration of justice.
IOLTA is a program in which lawyers deposit client trust funds in interest-bearing NOW (Negotiable Order of Withdrawal) accounts. The interest is forwarded by the banks to the Bar Foundation, which then awards the money in the form of grants to non-profit organizations that provide civil legal services to the poor.
The application deadline is October 1. For more information, contact the Bar Foundation at (401) 421-6541.
