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IOLTA Media Coverage


Supreme Court Ruling of IOLTA -- Media Coverage
1. "Ruling OK's use of funds to finance state legal aid"
    The Boston Globe, March 27, 2003, Lyle Denniston

2. "A Win for Legal Aid"
    Denver Post, March 31, 2003, Editorial

3. "Legal Aid Survives Challenge in Supreme Court"
    Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2003, David G. Savage

4. "IOLTA: Nothing Taken"
    Legal Times, March 31, 2003, Tony Mauro
    - this piece also ran in the Connecticut Law Tribune, Fulton County Daily Report,
    The Legal Intelligencer, New York Law Journal, The Recorder, and Texas Lawyer

5. "A Welcome Ruling on Legal Services Funding"
    The News Tribune, March 28, 2003, Editorial

6. "A Win for Legal Services"
    The New York Times, March 29, 2003, Editorial

7. "Supreme Court Backs Plan On Financing of Legal Aid"
    The New York Times, March 27, 2003, Linda Greenhouse

8. "Legal Aid Aided; The High Court Preserves An Ingenious Plan"
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 28, 2003, Editorial

9. "A Welcome Ruling on Legal Services Funding"
    The News Tribune, March 28, 2003, Editorial

10. "Court Preserves Price of Justice"
      Portland Oregonian, April 12, 2003, Editorial

11. "High Court Rescues Legal Aid Funding"
      Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 27, 2003, Editorial

12. "Taking But Not Stealing"
      St. Petersburg Times, April 16, 2003, Editorial

13. "A Sensible Verdict for Legal Services Programs"
      The Tennessean, April 1, 2003, Editorial

14. "Court, 5-4, Backs Legal Aid Financial Plan"
      The Washington Post, March 27, 2003, Edward Walsh

15. "Legal Services Spared"
      The Washington Post, April 9, 2003, Editorial


Supreme Court Oral Argument of IOLTA -- Media Coverage
1. "Supremes Hear IOLTA Arguments"
    American Lawyer Media, December 10, 2002, Tony Mauro

2. "Justices Deal With Legal Aid For Poor"
    Associated Press, December 9, 2002, Gina Holland

3. "Dispute Jeopardizes Legal Aid Funds"
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 10, 2002, Bill Rankin

4. "Dispute Could Cut Legal Aid Money"
    Austin American-Statesman, December 10, 2002, David Pasztor

5. "High Court Weighs Fate of Legal Fund for Indigent"
    Chicago Tribune, December 10, 2002, Tribune News Services

6. "$5 Dispute Could Decide Fate of Legal Aid Program"
    The Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2002, David G. Savage

7. "Legal Services Under Attack"
    The New York Times, December 20, 2002, Editorial

8. "High Court Hears Arguments on Method for Funding Legal Services"
    The New York Times, December 10, 2002, Linda Greenhouse

9. "Giving But No Taking"
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 29, 2002, Editorial

10. "Washington State's Legal Aid Program Challenged"
      The Washington Post, December 10, 2002, Charles Lane

 

IOLTA General Media Coverage
1. "No Loss, No Foul"
    Legal Times, January 20, 2003, Timothy J. Dowling and Douglas T. Kendall
    - this piece also ran in the Fulton County Daily Report

2. "Escrow Fight: Is It Principle Or Politics?"
    Legal Times, December 2, 2002, Tony Mauro
    - this piece also ran in the Broward Daily Business Review, Miami Daily Business     Review, Palm Beach Daily Business Review, The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey     Law Journal, and The Recorder

3. "Funding Mechanism for Legal Aid Upheld Courts"
    The Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2001, Henry Weinstein

4. "No Taking Found in IOLTA Plan"
    The National Law Journal, November 21, 2001, Annie Hsia

5. "Washington State IOLTA Program Subject of High Court Challenge"
    Legal Times, June 3, 2002, Gayle Horwitz

6. "Court Agrees to Hear Legal Challenge to Legal Aid Program"
    Associated Press, June 10, 2002, Paul Queary

7. "Critics of Mandatory IOLTA Have Their Day"
    The National Law Journal, June 19, 2002, Marcia Coyle

8. "An IOLTA By Any Other Name"
    New Jersey Law Journal, October 22, 2002, Tim O'Brien

 

 

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