Category Archives: IOLTA

Florida Bar Foundation and SRLN gets Kudos For their ATJ Mapping from ESRI, the GIS Company

Posted on December 13, 2017 by richardzorza

I have already raved about this product, which brilliantly brings together multiple data to show the ATJ burden and treat from the Hurricane. So it is great to see that ESRI, a very major GIS-mapping company has honored this project … Continue reading →

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Moving to 100% Access Strategic Plans – The LSC TIG Program as Opportunity and Harbinger

Posted on January 30, 2016 by richardzorza

The 2016 Legal Services Corporation Technology grant solicitation,due Feb 29, suggests one of the ways that the Chefs 100% Resolution can move towards true implementation. It creates as its first listed specific area of interest, “Achieving 100% Access,” which it … Continue reading →

Posted in 100% Access Strategy and Campaign, Access to Justice Boards, Access to Justice Generally, Funding, IOLTA, Legal Aid, LSC, Outcome Measures, Systematic Change, Technology | Comments Off on Moving to 100% Access Strategic Plans – The LSC TIG Program as Opportunity and Harbinger

Outcome Measures #2: LSC Outcomes Measures, Good News, Bad News, and A Challenge

Posted on January 14, 2016 by richardzorza

This is number 2 in an occasional series on outcome measures.  Number 1 reiterated how important it is to develop and apply such measures system wide. There is good news and bad news on LSC outcome measures. The good news: … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice Boards, IOLTA, Legal Aid, LSC, Metrics, Outcome Measures, Research and Evalation, Series: Outcome Measures | Comments Off on Outcome Measures #2: LSC Outcomes Measures, Good News, Bad News, and A Challenge

BOA Settlement To Include Money for IOLTA Programs

Posted on August 21, 2014 by richardzorza

I suspect that all the readers of this blog cheered todays story that the Bank of America has been forced to agree to a $16.5 billion settlement with DOJ for its mortgage shenanigans (NYT). (DOJ Press Release) Some might might have … Continue reading →

Posted in Dept. of Justice, Funding, IOLTA | 1 Comment

Communications Research Underlines Need for Coordinated Marketing and Enhancement of Online Tools for All

Posted on May 9, 2014 by richardzorza

One of the clearest messages from the communications research is that the best — perhaps the only — way to get public support for increased resources for court and community based legal aid above the needed 50% threshold is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding, IOLTA, LSC, Technology | 1 Comment

Poor Suffer From Bad Websites — What Is To Be Done?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by richardzorza

One good side effect of the health care web site story is that it is bringing attention to the broader and longer term problem of the costs inflicted on the less fortunate by bad government technology.  The New York Times … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Administative Proecdure, IOLTA, Legal Aid, LSC, Software Developers, Technology | 1 Comment

Massachussets Pioneers Economic Benefit Statement

Posted on January 28, 2012 by richardzorza

The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (state granting program) has released a 2011 Economic Benefit Statement.  Key language: The work of MLAC-funded legal aid programs substantially boosts the Commonwealth’s economy each year by bringing in tens of millions of federal dollars, … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Budget Issues, Funding, IOLTA | Tagged | 1 Comment

LSC Budget News — Not Good

Posted on November 15, 2011 by richardzorza

NLDA Legal Aid News sends out the bad news: Last night House and Senate conferees agreed to a spending package that would fund the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) at $348,000,000 for FY 2012.  This figure represents a reduction in overall … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Funding, IOLTA, LSC | 2 Comments

Wayne Moore Part Two: Roles of ATJ Commissions, Pro Bono, LSC etc., and A Ten Year Vision

Posted on April 28, 2011 by richardzorza

This is Part Two of our NewsMaker Interview with Wayne Moore, author of Delivering Legal Services to Low-Income People.  Part One, here, included discussion of what Wayne has learned about how a system should be built, what components it should … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Access to Justice Generally, Forms, IOLTA, Legal Aid, LSC, Metrics, Newsmaker Interview, Pro Bono, Research and Evalation, Self-Help Services, Technology, Unbundling | 2 Comments

Wayne Moore Discusses His Comprehensive Vision for Legal Aid Programs — Part One of Our NewsMaker Interview

Posted on April 25, 2011 by richardzorza

Wayne Moore has been an access to justice leader for almost 30 years.  Two of his greatest achievements have been helping to conceptualize and operationalize the hotline and pro bono movements.  He has now drawn upon his long experience to … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Access to Justice Generally, IOLTA, Legal Aid, LSC, Metrics, Newsmaker Interview, Technology | 4 Comments

Stabilizing IOLTA Funding — Long Term Strategy

Posted on February 9, 2011 by richardzorza

Bloomberg and others are reporting on administration proposals to reduce the burden on the states of the huge accumulated UI debt to the feds that many states are now carrying. This set me thinking about how one long term strategy … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Justice Generally, Funding, IOLTA, Systematic Change | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Ontario Moves on Sign Languge Interpretation in Legal Context — A Suggestion for an IOLTA Innovation Pool

Posted on January 20, 2011 by richardzorza

The Law Foundation of Ontario, their IOLTA program, has what we in the  US would call an RFP out for projects dealing with Sign Language Interpretation in the legal system.  Applicants can be “from across Canada” The grant program comes … Continue reading →

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Good News on IOLTA FDIC Fix — Passes Senate and Goes to the President for Signature

Posted on December 22, 2010 by richardzorza

As reported on the Legal Times Blog, the Senate has passed the IOLTA fix, which would ensure continuing full FDIC insurance for IOLTA deposits. The legislation now goes to the President for signature. Had this not passed (and there had … Continue reading →

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