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<CENTER><strong>IOLA & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE SHADOW OF
WASHINGTON <br>
                  LEGAL FOUNDATION v. TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE
FOUNDATION<p>

                        Gerald A. Gordon<p>    

The Interest on Lawyers' Accounts ("IOLA") was created to manage
interest generated from trust funds containing clients' money that
do not justify investment for the benefit of each client. 
Statewide IOLA programs have been developed whereby interest
generated on these accounts is distributed to not-for-profit
entities for the purpose of delivering civil legal services to the
poor.<p>

The author argues that these IOLA programs help carry out the
Professional Codes' (the Model Rules of Professional Conduct,
"MRPC" and the Model Code of Professional Responsibility, "CPR")
express intentions of providing law-related public services and
improving the judicial system.  Professional Codes state that
without lawyers assisting in the provision of these legal services,
the legal profession cannot retain its nobility and integrity and
cannot continue to justify its import role in preserving society. 
The author argues that the IOLA program only seeks to effectuate
these noble goals and a Supreme Court decision upholding the Fifth
Circuit would only result in decreasing any incentive a lawyer may
have in easing the burden of a poor person trying to obtain legal
assistance.<p>

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