The programme, which is run in 50 US states and the US Virgin Islands, allocates interest generated from client funds being held by lawyers to civil legal services providers in that state. Known as the Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA), it will see aound $200,000 for each state with the rest of the $30 million divided state by state, depending on the percentage of people living in poverty, according to the Washington Post.
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