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The campaign got a boost this year by its inaugural Partners in Justice contest. The contest came about as a way to have some good-natured fun by having law firms compete against each to see which could raise the most money and which could have the highest percent of staff giving. In addition to gifts, grants, donations, and bequests, our primary source of funding comes from interest on lawyer trust accounts, or IOLTA.
The campaign got a boost this year by its inaugural Partners in Justice contest. The contest came about as a way to have some good-natured fun by having law firms compete against each to see which could raise the most money and which could have the highest percent of staff giving. In addition to gifts, grants, donations, and bequests, our primary source of funding comes from interest on lawyer trust accounts, or IOLTA.
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Who We Are
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The Vermont Bar Foundation is the leading private funding source for dozens of programs designed to increase access to justice for low-income Vermonters. We got our start in 1982, when the Vermont Bar Association created a non-profit fund-raising organization to help fulfill the promise of equal access to justice.
Iolta
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The Vermont Bar Foundation is funded primarily through interest on lawyer trust accounts, or IOLTA. All attorneys in Vermont are required to place client funds in trust. If the funds are large enough or held long enough to generate significant interest, that interest is returned to the client. In most cases, however, client funds amount to so little, or are held for such a short time, that the interest is insignificant.
Poverty Law Fellowship
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Supporting exceptional young attorneys as they work to increase legal access for low-income Vermonters. The Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship was launched in 2008. It is funded by generous contributions from more than 300 law firms, individual attorneys, corporations and organizations. The Fellowship provides two years of support to exceptional young attorneys who work to increase legal access for low-income Vermonters.
Grants
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The Vermont Bar Foundation offers grants to organizations that help low-income Vermonters gain access to the justice system and provide public education relating to the law. The Foundation's funds come primarily from its Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Program, a successful partnership between Vermont lawyers and the banking and credit union communities.
Loan Repayment Assistance
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The Vermont Bar Foundation's statewide Loan Repayment Assistance Program (VBF-LRAP) provides forgivable loans for licensed attorneys employed in non-profit organizations dedicated to serving the civil legal needs of low-income individuals and families in Vermont or employed by the Office of the Defender General.
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