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Empowering Equal Justice Throughout North Carolina.

NC IOLTA — North Carolina Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts — improves access to justice across North Carolina by funding high-quality legal assistance programs. By working directly with lawyers and financial partners across our state to set up interest-bearing accounts, we have awarded more than $134 million to organizations that help provide legal aid to individuals, families and children.

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Reflections on the 2024 Public Interest Internship Program: Max Parker

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Reflections on the 2024 Public Interest Internship Program: Sully Bangura

PIIP Interns 2024

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Serving the Underserved

Due to limited resources and insufficient funding, only a fraction of North Carolinians have access to the critical legal services they need to thrive.

Grants & Programs

Today, there is only one legal aid attorney for every 8,000 eligible North Carolinians.

Without legal assistance, these residents’ basic rights and needs are placed in jeopardy.

Underserved communities disproportionately lack access to legal representation.

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How NC IOLTA Works

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We partner with financial institutions across North Carolina to secure the highest interest rates and lowest service fees possible.

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We help attorneys and law offices set up and maintain mandatory interest- bearing IOLTA accounts that hold client funds.

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We distribute the interest earned on these funds to our grantees who, in turn, provide legal support services across our communities.

Funding provided from IOLTA accounts comes at no cost to the lawyer, law office or client.

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