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The Indiana Bar Foundation has awarded more than $4.4 million to 12 Indiana organizations whose mission is to provide civil legal assistance to low-income Hoosiers. The Foundation distributed $1.5 million in IOLTA grants and $2.9 million from the Civil Legal Aid Fund established in 1997.
The civil legal aid organizations receiving funding are:
- Center for Victim and Human Rights Corporation
- Child Advocates
- Disability Legal Services of Indiana
- Indiana Legal Services, Inc.
- Indianapolis Legal Aid Society, Inc.
- Legal Aid Corporation of Tippecanoe County
- Legal Aid Society of Evansville
- Metro Legal Clinic
- Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic
- Pro Bono Indiana
- Volunteer Lawyer Program of Northeast Indiana, Inc.
- Whitewater Valley Pro Bono Commission, Inc.
Additionally, the Foundation distributed $10,000 among three scholarship recipients working to become tomorrow’s future leaders. The Phelps & Fara Scholarship assists a law student enrolled at the IU McKinney School of Law with an interest in family law. The Hon. Cale J. Holder Scholarship assists an IU McKinney School of Law student demonstrating dedication to the administration of law, desire to be a practicing trial lawyer, capacity for leadership, academic achievement, and military service record, if any.
Scholarship recipients
- Aaliyah McGowan – Phelps & Fara Scholarship
- Richard Brown – Hon. Cale J. Holder Scholarship
- Adam Hall – Hon. Cale J. Holder Scholarship
“I am thrilled to distribute these funds to organizations dedicated to supporting Hoosiers statewide and to help fund the education of tomorrow’s leaders,” said Charles Dunlap, President & CEO of the Indiana Bar Foundation. “Continually supporting the civil legal assistance community is a cornerstone of the Foundation’s mission.”
The Indiana Bar Foundation inspires and leads change to improve civic education and legal assistance for all Hoosiers. Learn more at inbarfoundation.org.
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