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To: Les H who wrote (33913)	11/5/2000 4:15:43 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Legal Services is a private, non-profit corporation established by Congress in 1974. It's funded by the federal government, as well as private contributions, state contributions. IOLTA contributions come from interest collected on lawyer's trust accounts - if the amount for each trust is so small that the cost of recordkeeping is more than the interest, then the money is supposed to go to some kind of charity, not to the lawyer. So a lot of money that goes to Legal Aid comes from IOLTA accounts. Effective 1996 Legal Services isn't supposed to be involved in class actions, challenges to welfare reform, or lobbying. I've done a lot of pro bono work for Legal Services, mostly what they do is help poor people deal with the courts, e.g. help them fight evictions, get child support, stuff like that. lsc.gov