Defeating Ignorance

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Defeating Ignorance

• Funding Report to
• ATJ Chairs Meeting
• May 9,2008

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2007 in Review
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Legal Services Funding, by Year
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Highlights

• Total resources 1,179,350,000
• Total last year 1,044,726,000
• New/error (net) (8,715,000)
• Actual increase 125,909,000
• Percent increase 12

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Highlights, cont.

• Virtually every state experienced an increase.
• Driving forces
• LSC
• IOLTA
• State legislature

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Legal Services Funding, by Year
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Top 10 Dollar Increases

• NJ IOLTA
• MA IOLTA, Cy Pres, LFD, Atty fees
• OH State, IOLTA
• IA State, Cy Pres
• VT Other Public, IOLTA
• NM State
• NY State, Local, LFD
• MD Other Public (Other State)
• NV State (Local filing fees)
• CT IOLTA
• HI - State

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Top 10 - Increase

• MS IOLTA (Conversion)
• ID Fdn, U.W.
• AL LFD, Cy Pres, Fdn
• NM State
• IA State, Cy Pres
• SD Other Public (VAWA), Fdn
• OH State, IOLTA
• IN State, IOLTA (Conversion)
• NJ IOLTA
• ND State, Other Public (VAWA)
• NV State (Local filing fees)

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Equal Access to Justice?
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Legal Services Funding, by Year
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Were rich! Now what?
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Latham Grabs a U.S. Law Firm Record 2B in
Gross Revenue Skadden Joins Latham at Record 2B
Revenue Level
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The ten-dollar dinner Yes, it's possible. Even
tasty. By Tucker Shaw Denver Post Dining Critic
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Were rich! Now what?
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We have a funding crisis! Now what?
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Remember the Justice GapTalk about the Work
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Thank you for making a difference!
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Meredith McBurney Resource Development
Consultant 303/329-8091 meredithmcburney_at_msn.com