Massachusetts IOLTA Committee

As the final week of Pro Bono month begins, we celebrate the Massachusetts attorneys, law students, and legal professionals who dedicate their time and talent to expanding access to justice. Thank you! 🎉 Visit massprobono.org today to find a pro bono volunteer opportunity that's right for you.

🚨 Attention Massachusetts attorneys: Are you concerned about carrying a large balance in your IOLTA account? Learn about options for additional insurance coverage in our blog post here 👇 www.maiolta.org/blog/123-ins... #IOLTA #Massachusetts #attorneys #lawyers #insurance

We're hiring an attorney! Join the team at Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts and help advance justice for incarcerated people across the Commonwealth. Learn more and apply: plsma.org/hiring

Happy International Credit Union Day! 🎉 Thank you to the credit unions in #Massachusetts who participate in the #IOLTA program for the work you do to promote legal assistance and access to justice across the Commonwealth.

Reminder for #Massachusetts #lawyers: Detailed instructions and resources for submitting unclaimed or unidentified funds to the #IOLTA Committee in accordance with Rule 1.15 are available on our website here: 🔗 www.maiolta.org/for-attorney... #lawfirms #attorneys #legalaid

A big thank you to Governor Maura Healey for once again declaring October #ProBonoMonth in Massachusetts! Lawyers, law students, and advocates — find a pro bono volunteer opportunity today to help people who can't afford a lawyer with their critical legal needs: massprobono.org

We are proud to have been serving #Massachusetts since 1985. Learn more about how #IOLTA funds contribute to the administration of justice across the Commonwealth in our annual report here: www.maiolta.org/making-a-dif...

In #Massachusetts, 120 civil #legalaid organizations received #IOLTA funding in 2025. Learn more about how IOLTA funds provide crucial access to justice for those in the Commonwealth in our Annual Report, available on our website here ➡️ www.maiolta.org/making-a-dif...

Read the 2025 Massachusetts IOLTA Committee's Annual Report to learn how #IOLTA funds support organizations and projects that provide crucial access to justice for those in the Commonwealth. 🔗 www.maiolta.org/making-a-dif...

Massachusetts lawyers - is managing your IOLTA and other trust accounts stressing you out? This free trust account training can help! Tuesday, 9/8 @ 2pm. Register here: bbopublic.blob.core.windows.net/.../trustacc...

Reminder for #Massachusetts #lawyers: Detailed instructions and resources for submitting unclaimed or unidentified funds to the #IOLTA Committee in accordance with Rule 1.15 are available on our website here: 🔗 maiolta.org/for-attorney... #lawfirms #attorneys #legalaid

🌟 Are you a newly admitted lawyer or need to brush up on IOLTA regulations and best practices? Sign up for a free one-hour training webinar on September 8th from 2:00-3:00 pm. Register here ⬇️ bbopublic.blob.core.windows.net/web/f/trusta... #IOLTA #trustaccounts #attorneys

❓ Attorneys: Worried about insuring a large balance in your #IOLTA account? Read our blog post about maximizing coverage for your client funds here ⬇️ www.maiolta.org/blog/123-ins... #Massachusetts #lawyers #attorneys #banking #insurance

📝 Massachusetts attorneys: Reminder to register new IOLTA accounts via our online form—no need to mail in a paper copy anymore. Access it here: 🔗 www.maiolta.org/for-attorney... #IOLTA #Massachusetts #attorneys #lawyers #trustaccounts

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📝 Reminder for #Massachusetts attorneys: Don't forget to register any new #IOLTA accounts via our online Notice of Enrollment: www.maiolta.org/for-attorney...

ICYMI Health Law Advocates's Summer Newsletter is out! The Massachusetts IOLTA Committee is proud that IOLTA funds help support HLA's critical work to increase access to healthcare across the Commonwealth.

Good luck to everyone taking the Massachusetts Bar Exam this week! #Massachusetts #BarExam #LawSchool #LawStudents #RootingForYou

🎙️ New episode of Let's Clear the Record is live!⁠ ⁠ We had the best time sitting down with @senatorledwards.bsky.social – one of the original champions of the eviction record sealing law – to reflect on a year of impact and what comes next.⁠ ⁠ Listen now: rss.com/podcasts/let...

It is more important than ever to have a plan for student loan repayment & preventing default. Navigating all of the changes can be challenging. But the Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project is here to help. #ProtectBorrowers #DefendStudents studentloanborrowerassistance.org/what-do-the-...

Are you a Boston tenant or small landlord with a housing issue? Free legal help is available every Tuesday from GBLS attorneys and others advocates at a weekly virtual clinic hosted by the City of Boston's Office of Housing Stability. Please see below for more details and register to attend!

We're looking forward to celebrating the wonderful Massachusetts Bar Association Access to Justice awardees next week! There's still time to register for this great event on Tuesday, June 2 👇 @massbar.bsky.social

🚨Hiring Alert🚨Lots of excellent legal aid organizations in Massachusetts are hiring attorneys, paralegals, investigators, and other staff: mlac.org/resources/ca... Join one of these mission-driven teams making a difference every day! #LegalAid #HiringAlert #Massachusetts

Do you need help sealing your CORI? Come to a free walk-in CORI sealing clinic 5/19 or 6/16 at 30 Dimock St., Roxbury, 10:00am-1:00pm, hosted by GBLS and @boston.gov Office of Returning Citizens. If you can't make it to a clinic, please call GBLS' intake line, 617-371-1234, per the hours below.

The Massachusetts IOLTA Committee is proud that IOLTA funds help support the EdLaw Project, which provides critical direct representation, information, advice, and trainings in the area of education law. Check out their newsletter to learn more about their important work 👇

Register today for the Massachusetts Bar Association's Access to Justice Awards in Boston on Tuesday, June 2. It's a wonderful opportunity to celebrate lawyers and law firms who help move us closer to the goal of a more fair and accessible legal system. @massbar.bsky.social

Our latest Newsletter is out! To read the FY26 Q3 newsletter, check your email or visit our website now at: www.youthadvocacyfoundation.org/theadvocate If you're not on our email list yet and want to stay connected with YAF, please join our list at: www.youthadvocacyfoundation.org/contactus

ICYMI, the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute published its 2025 Annual Report mlri.org/publication/... The IOLTA Committee is proud to help support MLRI's work across the Commonwealth to tackle issues from housing to healthcare to economic justice to family safety! @masslawreform.bsky.social

Registration is open for the MBA's Access to Justice Awards in Boston on Tuesday, June 2. It's always a wonderful opportunity to celebrate lawyers and law firms from across the legal field who help move us closer to the goal of a more fair and accessible legal system - get your tickets today👇

In Massachusetts, over 100 organizations receive IOLTA funding each year to provide civil legal help across the Commonwealth. Learn more about the programs & projects supported by IOLTA funds that provide crucial access to justice: ➡️ www.maiolta.org/making-a-dif...

Massachusetts attorneys - do you have questions about the IOLTA section of your annual BBO registration? The IOLTA Committee is here to help! Call us at 617-723-9093 or email us at questions@maiolta.org. #Massachuestts #IOLTA #Lawyers #LawFirms Photo by Leeloo The First via Pexels

The Massachusetts Bar Foundation (MBF) is now accepting applications for the 2026/2027 Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Grants Program. www.massbar.org/publications...

Applications for the Massachusetts Bar Foundation's 2026/27 IOLTA Grants Program are open. Deadline: March 20, 2026. www.massbarfoundation.org/iolta-grants...

Class action cy pres awards to the IOLTA Committee help close the justice gap by funding legal help for people who can’t afford an attorney. Check out our blog for more info, including a handy fact sheet on Mass. R. Civ. Pro 23: www.maiolta.org/blog/114-cal...

🚨Hiring Alert🚨Several excellent legal aid organizations in Massachusetts are hiring attorneys, intake specialists, community organizers, development and communications leaders, and other staff: mlac.org/resources/ca... #LegalAid #HiringAlert #Massachusetts

Great opportunity for public interest law students in MA - Apply for summer intern fellowship from the Massachusetts Bar Foundation to receive a stipend while gaining valuable experience working at a legal aid organization: www.massbarfoundation.org/lifp Applications due March 13, 2026

✨New year, same mission: To provide legal help to people in Massachusetts who cannot afford a lawyer✨ Learn more about the IOLTA program and where that money goes: ow.ly/Trtq50Jzpg5. Happy New Year! #LegalAidChangesLives #JusticeForAll #Massachusetts #IOLTA #Lawyers #LawFirms

This Friday Dec. 19 is the deadline to nominate a lawyer or law firm for the Massachusetts Bar Association's Access to Justice Awards 👇

Our blog post and website have everything new (and not-so-new) Massachusetts attorneys need to know about setting up and managing their IOLTA accounts to properly handle client funds: www.maiolta.org/.../117-iolt.... #Massachusetts #IOLTA #Lawyers #LawFirms #TrustAccounts

Know your legal rights! GBLS is holding a criminal record & eviction sealing clinic next Wednesday, December 10th, at Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy. Preregister here: tinyurl.com/Dec10GBLS

Nominations for this year's 2025-26 Access to Justice Awards are now open! Click here: www.MassBar.org/AJAwards to learn more an nominate a deserving colleague!

Do you need help sealing your eviction record and/or criminal record? A free clinic will be held on Dec. 10 at 10:00am at the North Quincy branch library! See below below for details. #CleanSlateMA

Congratulations to all the new MA attorneys sworn in this week! Bar membership comes with certain responsibilities, including following rules about handing client funds and IOLTA accounts. More info: www.maiolta.org/blog/117-iol.... Questions? Call: 617-723-9093 or email: questions@maiolta.org.

Nominations for this year's 2025-26 Access to Justice Awards are now open! Click here: www.MassBar.org/AJAwards to learn more an nominate a deserving colleague!

ICYMI, Community Legal Aid's October newsletter is full of examples of CLA's critical work providing free civil legal services to low-income and elderly residents of Central and Western Massachusetts 👇