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MBF
Thanks the Mass. Banking
Community
During the annual MBF
Grant Review, we are reminded of the important
role financial institutions who participate in the
IOLTA Program play in supporting equal access to
justice. The interest earned on attorney IOLTA
accounts generates one of the most vital sources
of support for civil legal aid for the poor and
disadvantaged in our state.
We are grateful to those
banks that have chosen to go above and beyond
IOLTA participation requirements by assuming the
responsibility of being a Leadership Bank. These
banks go the distance in demonstrating their
support of the community by setting their IOLTA
interest rate floor at either 75% of the Federal
Funds Target Rate or 1% of APR, whichever is
higher.
We've watched IOLTA
revenue plummet dramatically in the last two
years. Banks providing leadership level interest
rates on these accounts are helping us do all we
can to sustain our support of civil legal aid in
the commonwealth.
If you bank at
one of these institutions, you are helping to
bolster IOLTA funds. Be sure to let your banker
know you appreciate their commitment to serving
the community. If your bank is not on the list,
encourage them to join. Or, consider moving your
accounts to a Leadership Bank.
Please look to the right
for a full list of IOLTA Leadership Banks in
Massachusetts. For more information about
IOLTA or the Leadership Bank Program, visit
www.maiolta.org or contact Jayne Tyrrell at
617-723-9093.
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Foundation Honored
by Boston American Inn of
Court 
Top:
Boston
American Inn of Court 2009/2010 Co-President
Harvey Weiner, Esq. (left) presents the
Outstanding Service Award to MBF President Joseph
P. J. Vrabel. Bottom: Boston American Inn of
Court 2009/2010 Co-Presidents Harvey Weiner (left)
and the Hon. Barbara Pearson. Photos courtesy of Matthew
E. Miller of Foley Hoag LLP.
The Boston American
Inn of Court honored the MBF at its June 9
Annual Awards Dinner in Boston. The award was
presented to the MBF for outstanding service to
the administration of justice. The Inn, whose
2009/2010 co-presidents are District Court Justice
Hon. Barbara Savitt Pearson and Harvey Weiner,
Esq. of Peabody & Arnold in Boston, was
founded in 1990 as Massachusetts' first Inn of
Court. The organization brings together
attorneys, judges, legal educators and law
students to encourage an open exchange of ideas
and to promote civility, excellence and
professionalism in the profession. MBF
President Joseph P. J. Vrabel accepted the award
on behalf of the Foundation and presented a video
highlighting the mission and work of the
MBF. "The Foundation is the legal
community's best kept secret, providing millions
of dollars for legal aid programs for the poor,"
said Weiner. "It is the state's premier legal
charity and every lawyer should know about it and
consider supporting it."
For more information about the
Boston American Inn of Court, click here. |
2010
Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
The Standing Committee
on Pro Bono Legal Services of the Massachusetts
Supreme Judicial Court invites nominations for the
2010 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards.
Eligible nominees
include individual lawyers, law firms,
government attorneys, corporate law departments,
and other institutions in the legal profession
that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to
volunteer legal services for the poor and
disadvantaged including CPCS, legal services or
similar providers who conduct pro bono work.
The awards will be
presented in a ceremony at the John Adams
Courthouse on October 27, 2010, in conjunction
with the American Bar Association's recognition of
National Pro Bono Month.
Nominations must be
recieved by July 16,
2010.
Please click here for award criteria
and nomination instructions.
You may
also contact Jeanne Marcotte directly at (774)
488-5942 if you have any
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Banks: |
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Abington
Bank
Adams Co-operative
Bank
Bank
of Cape Cod
Bank of Fall
River
Bank
Five
BankGloucester
Beverly National
Bank
Cambridge Savings
Bank
Cape
Cod Co-Operative Bank
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings
Bank
Central One Federal Credit
Union
Century Bank and Trust
Company
Citizens-Union Savings
Bank
Community
Bank
Danvers
Bank
First
Republic Bank
Framingham Co-Operative
Bank
Greenfield Co-Operative
Bank
Greenfield Savings
Bank
Greylock Federal Credit
Union
Holyoke Credit
Union
Institution for
Savings/
Newburyport
Lee
Bank
Leominster Credit
Union
Mechanics Co-Operative
Bank
Meetinghouse
Bank
Mercantile Bank & Trust
Co.
Monadnock Community
Bank
Needham
Bank
North
Cambridge Co-Operative
North Middlesex Savings
Bank
Northern Bank & Trust
Co.
Pentucket
Bank
Randolph Savings
Bank
Reading Co-operative
Bank
Rockland Trust
Co.
Rockport National
Bank
Rollstone Bank
Salisbury
Bank & Trust
Sharon Credit
UnionSouth
Adams Savings BankSt. Mary's Credit
UnionTD
Bank North
The Savings Bank Village
BankWainwright Bank & Trust
Co.Webster
BankWellesley
BankWestfield Bank
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Save
the Dates for the 2010 MBF Grantee
Receptions!
Boston
September 30,
2010
5:30
pm to 7:30 pm
Burns & Levinson,
LLP
125
Summer Street, Boston
Springfield
October 14,
2010
4:30
pm to 6:30 pm
Bulkley Richardson &
Gelinas, LLP
1500
Main Street, Springfield
Come gather with
colleagues and friends as we celebrate the
accomplishments of this year's IOLTA Grant
recipients and Legal Intern Fellows!
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Contribution to the MBF:
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call the MBF Development Office
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