The Legal Services Trust Fund Program
Equal Access Fund - Partnership Grants

Request for Proposal for 2007 Grants

Partnership Grant proposals must be received by the Legal Services Trust Fund Program by Tuesday, September 19, 2006. The selection process will be concluded in December. Grants will be awarded for a one-year period commencing January 1, 2007.

The State Budget Act allocates funds to the Equal Access Fund "to improve equal access and the fair administration of justice." The Fund is given to the Judicial Council to be distributed through the State Bar's Legal Services Trust Fund Program. A total of $1,397,000 is available to legal services programs as Partnership Grants "for joint projects of courts and legal services programs to make legal assistance available to pro per litigants."