When the mandatory e-filing requirement takes effect in 2018, Illinois lawyers will be limited to electronic payment of filing fees and other court costs. How do electronic payment methods like credit cards and e-checks work with IOLTA accounts? Prepared with … Read more »
The federal Legal Services Corporation is a critical source of support for legal aid in Illinois. LSC provided $12.5 million in funding for three Illinois organizations last year: LAF, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, and Prairie State Legal Services. … Read more »
During 2017, the Lawyers Trust Fund will support 20 project grantees through a total of $684,000 in grants approved by LTF’s board. More information about these grants, which were approved by LTF’s board in December, is available on the current … Read more »
Do you want to learn more about the unidentified funds requirement in less than five minutes? How about a three-minute primer on IOLTA? Thanks to the Illinois State Bar Association, both of these topics are addressed in short videos produced … Read more »
The board of directors of the Lawyers Trust Fund has awarded $625,000 in grants to provide legal services to 21 organizations for calendar year 2016. Learn more on our current grants page.… Read more »
The board of directors of the Lawyers Trust Found has awarded $8,692,000 in legal aid grants for FY 2016. The grant total includes $7,787,500 in Legal Services Support Grants to 16 non-profit legal aid organizations in Illinois. Seven of those … Read more »
The directors of the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois have announced a five-year honorary summer internship in recognition of Ruth Ann Schmitt, who is retiring as LTF executive director after 32 years of service. A grant award of $30,000 from … Read more »
On April 7 the Illinois Supreme Court announced changes to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15 concerning how lawyers and law firms should handle unidentified funds accumulated in their IOLTA accounts. The amended rule directs lawyers who discover unidentified funds to … Read more »
Ruth Ann Schmitt, the longtime executive director of the Lawyers Trust Fund (LTF), has announced her retirement effective June 30, 2015. LTF’s board of directors has selected LTF Deputy Director Mark Marquardt as her successor.
Beginning in 1981, Schmitt worked … Read more »
The Lawyers Trust Fund is making $615,000 in project and new applicant grants to 20 organizations in 2015. These grants support legal aid projects that are part of an organization’s broader provision of social or other services. For more information … Read more »