Ohio Access To Justice Foundation

Public Funds Compliance:The Foundation works closely with financial institutions, lawyers, title agents, and courts to ensure compliance with Ohio's laws governing Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA), Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA), and civil filing fee surcharges. The Foundation also works to enhance revenue received from those accounts. Specifically, the Foundation assists lawyers and title insurance agents to properly establish and maintain statutorily required accounts and assists financial institutions and courts to remit and report interest and civil filing fees properly in order to fund civil legal aid and improve access to justice in Ohio.

Pro Bono and Justice Bus:Through a generous grant from the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Foundation works to increase pro bono volunteerism by attorneys, paralegals, and law students to deliver civil legal services to low-income Ohioans across the state. The Foundation is a catalyst for developing new statewide and local pro bono initiatives like the Ohio Justice Bus (the Bus), a mobile civil legal office and technology hotspot which helps rural and low income Ohioans through brief advice clinics. See Schedule O for additional details.