Kansas Bar Association
1200 SW Harrison St.
PO Box 1037
Topeka, KS 66601-1037
Phone: 785-234-5696
$120,500 in Grants Awarded by the Kansas Bar Foundation
(April 7, 2004) Topeka, KS—The Kansas Bar Foundation
has awarded $120,500 in grants from funds generated through
the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program.
Each year, the Kansas Bar Foundation earmarks IOLTA funds
for nonprofit organizations that provide support of legal
services to the disadvantaged, public education about the
law, and administration of justice programs. The following
projects were funded for the 2004 grant cycle:
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$100,000 for direct legal and mediation services from
Kansas Legal Services for victims of domestic violence,
senior citizens, and low-income people; and administration
of the Kansas Bar Association's reduced-fee and pro bono
programs.
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$18,000 for statewide law-related education projects sponsored by the Kansas Bar Association in cooperation with the Kansas Supreme Court's Law and Citizenship Project.
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$2,500 for implementation of the Kansas Bar Association's Cultivating Lawyers in Kansas Program for Kansas high school students interested in pursuing law as a career.
The Kansas IOLTA program is supported by more than 3,000 lawyers and 131 financial institutions across the state. The IOLTA program collects interest from trust accounts in which funds are nominal in amount or are expected to be held for a short period of time. IOLTA grants are primarily aimed at funding programs that provide civil legal services for the poor, law-related education, and administration of justice, with the largest share going to provide direct legal services for victims of domestic violence.
The Kansas Bar Foundation, administrator of the IOLTA program, was established in 1957 to serve Kansans and the legal profession through funding charitable and educational projects that foster the welfare, honor, and integrity of the legal system by improving its accessibility, equality, and uniformity.
About the Kansas Bar Association
The Kansas Bar Association, located in Topeka, Kans., was
founded in 1882 as a voluntary association for dedicated
legal professionals and has approximately 6,200 members,
including lawyers, judges, law students, and legal assistants.
The KBA is dedicated to advancing the professionalism and
legal skills of lawyers, promoting the interests of the
legal profession, providing services to its members, advocating
positions on law-related issues, encouraging public understanding
of the law, and promoting the effective administration of
our system of justice.
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