NYC Bar Association and the NYS IOLA Fund will hold a
Citywide Civil Legal Services Meeting
To Better Coordinate Legal Assistance to Disadvantaged New Yorkers

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the IOLA Fund of the State of New York will host a special meeting of city organizations that provide civil legal services to low-income residents. The purpose of the meeting is to coordinate the organizations’ scarce resources to better meet the legal needs of disadvantaged New Yorkers in all five boroughs.

The meeting will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 9th, at the House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues). It will mark the first time that the bar association and the fund have brought together all of the city's legal services organizations for this purpose.

“The need for free civil legal services in New York has never been greater,” said Bar Association President Betsy Plevan. “The city's legal services providers offer a wide variety of assistance in all the boroughs, but rarely have the opportunity to meet as a group. By providing a vehicle for them to work more closely together, the City Bar and the IOLA Fund hope to assist them in planning strategically and marshaling available resources, including those from the private bar.”

Lorna Blake, executive director of the IOLA Fund, said that the City Bar and the IOLA Fund hope to continue these meetings on a regular basis.

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, founded in 1870, is dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public. For more information on this release, or to arrange for interviews, please contact Matt Kovary, Press Coordinator, at (212) 382-6713 or mkovary@nycbar.org

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