IOLTA bill killed for 2013 session 
By Peter Vieth
Published: January 31, 2013
Tags: General Assembly, IOLTA, Legal Aid
A compromise bill to remove barriers to automatic use of attorney trust accounts to generate funding for legal aid cleared a House of Delegates Courts Committee only to be killed by its sponsor on the floor of the House. House Bill 1544 would have removed a ban on requiring the use of interest on lawyers’ [...]
Capital One’s Justice Server program links pro bono lawyers to clients
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 20, 2012
Tags: Corporate Counsel, Law Firms, Legal Aid, Virginia Bar Association
Lawyers and information-technology experts at Capital One are teaming up with private and public sector lawyers to streamline the administration of pro bono legal work in Virginia. Lawyers who do pro bono work find that one of the best ways to reach clients is to work through state and local legal aid organizations. Legal aid [...]
Fee hike could halt staff cuts
By Peter Vieth
Published: January 2, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, IOLTA, Legal Aid
Legal aid advocates will ask the Virginia General Assembly next month to approve a temporary $4 filing fee increase for civil actions to make up for some of the cuts in federal grants that support legal aid offices around the state. The Assembly also will again be asked to remove a barrier to mandatory collection [...]
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