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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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