On January 2, 2012, the statewide loan repayment assistance program (“LRAP”) administered by the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation and the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts Board (“PA IOLTA”) started its second year of loan repayment assistance for attorneys employed by agencies that help Pennsylvanians who cannot afford legal representation.

Nominations are now being accepted for the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation’s Louis J. Goffman Awards.

Named in honor of the late PBA past president from Philadelphia, the Louis J. Goffman Awards have been recognizing Pennsylvania’s finest pro bono providers for 20-years. The nomination deadline is March 30, 2012, and the award presentation will take place during the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Annual Meeting scheduled for May 9 – 11, 2012 at the Marriott Lancaster at Penn Square. Don’t miss your opportunity to nominate a worthy individual, law firm or organization from your county. Click here for additional information and nomination forms.

The Birdsall Impact Grant program seeks to assist county bar associations in the furtherance of charitable, educational or pro bono programs or projects that are consistent with the mission of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation and succeed in making an immediate impact on the way a county bar operates in service to its members, its court and its community.

If your county bar association is interested in applying for grants funds, please complete the Birdsall County Bar Impact Grant Application. The deadline for submission is April 6, 2012.