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Media Release Archive
Supreme Court of
Texas and Texas Access to Justice Commission Announce Free Vietnamese Protective
Order Kit — December 2 , 2005
Amegy Bank Donates
$2,500 to Katrinal Legal Aid Fund — November 8, 2005
ExxonMobil Donates $50,000
to Texas Access to Justice Foundation's Katrina Legal Aid Fund — October
19, 2005
National
Study Reveals Fifty Percent of Poor Americans Do Not Have Access to Legal Aid—
October 19, 2005
TEAJF Authorizes
$1 Million in Emergency Funding Due to Hurricane Katrina — September
15, 2005
TEAJF Announces
Temporary Financial Relief for Legal Aid — August 30, 2005
Legal
Aid Providers Receive News of Increased Funding at Statewide Meeting —
July 18, 2005
Texas Legislature
Responds to Need for Increased Legal Aid Funding— June 29, 2005
Self-help
Protective Order Kit Now Available for Victims of Domestic Violence—
April 12, 2005
TEAJF Grantees Designated to Certify Victims of Domestic Violence —
April 1, 2005
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
SCHOOL OF LAW AND BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW ANNOUNCE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FUTURE
LEGAL AID LAWYERS — October 5, 2004
TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO
JUSTICE FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN TESTIFIES AT SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS HEARING ON LEGAL
AID — September 9, 2004
TEXAS EQUAL
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BETTY BALLI TORRES RECEIVES PUBLIC
INTEREST AWARD — May 6, 2004
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
PRESIDENT HONORED AT TEXAS RECEPTION — February 13, 2004
TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS
TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION GRANTS $880,000 IN LAWYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CIVIL LEGAL AID
— February 4, 2004
FUNDS FROM OUT-OF-STATE
LAWYERS FEES EXCEED EXPECTATIONS — January 23, 2004
5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
DISMISSES CASE AGAINST TEXAS IOLTA PROGRAM — November 7, 2003
TEXAS FIRST LADY ANITA
PERRY PENS OP-ED FOR LEGAL AID — November 6, 2003
ANITA PERRY OP-ED: LEGAL AID FOR
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — November 4, 2003
TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION
AND TEXAS ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION URGE TEXANS TO SUPPORT LEGAL AID
— October 24, 2003
TEAJF AWARDS $10.8 MILLION TO
PROVIDERS OF LEGAL AID FOR THE POOR — October 16, 2003
TEAJF HONORS IOLTA LITIGATION
TEAM — October 3, 2003
NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO
THE Texas Access to Justice Foundation BOARD OF DIRECTORS — September
19, 2003
W.
FRANK NEWTON TO CONCLUDE SERVICE ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE BOARD — July
16, 2003
POOR TEXANS HAVE NEW LEGAL
TOOL IN TEXASLAWHELP.ORG
Texas Access to Justice Foundation and Texas Access to Justice Commission Launch
Web site to address need for legal services. — May 2, 2003
SAN ANTONIO'S JEFFERSON BANK RECEIVES AWARD
FOR HELP IN GENERATING FUNDS FOR LEGAL AID TO POOR TEXAS — February
21, 2003
TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE
FOUNDATION ALLOCATES $8 MILLION FOR LEGAL AID TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF TEXAS
TEAJF announces 2003 Legal Aid grant awards. — November 13, 2002
TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO
JUSTICE FOUNDATION PERSUADES BANKS TO WAIVE FEES ON ACCOUNTS THAT GENERATE FUNDS
FOR LEGAL AID TO POOR TEXANS — November 5, 2002
TEXAS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DEBORAH HANKINSON LAUDED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEGAL
SERVICES TO THE POOR — October 11, 2002
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS
AND VINSON & ELKINS SPONSOR LEGAL AID FELLOW
University of Texas law school graduate will be placed at Texas Rural Legal Aid.
— September 11, 2002
OFFICIAL
STATEMENT OF THE TEXAS EQUAL ACCCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION
Re: U.S. 5th Circuit Court’s Refusal To Grant En Banc Rehearing of Interest
on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Arguments — June 3, 2002
NINETEEN BANKS IN
TEXAS AGREE TO WAIVE SERVICE FEES ON INTEREST ON LAWYERS’ TRUST ACCOUNTS (IOLTA)
Waived fees will amount to $298,000 more per year for legal services to the poor
in Texas. — April 8, 2002
TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE
FOUNDATION AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW SELECT AUSTINITE FOR
2002 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Austin-based Fellow will work toward gender equity in Texas classrooms. —
March 18, 2002
TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS
TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION ALLOCATES $11.5 MILLION FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS
OF TEXAS — February 7, 2002
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