Media Release Archive -- 2003, 2002
2003
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
2002
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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