2025 GRANT APPLICANTS:
The application deadline for 2025 IOLTA funding was on August 16, 2024. Those that submitted applications will hear from IOLTA no later than the first week in December.
Information for the 2026 discretionary grant program will be available in late Spring, 2025.
We appreciate your interest in the IOLTA discretionary grant program. For any inquiries regarding the program's policy, application process, or deadline, please contact IOLTA at 732-247-8222 or send an email to
All new attorney trust accounts should be opened as non-interest bearing checking accounts. Please instruct the attorney or law firm to call IOLTA to request registration forms.
New Jersey attorneys should be alert to scams involving attorney trust accounts.
On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act creating deposit insurance parity for credit unions by directing the National Credit Union Administration to extend share insurance coverage to trust accounts such as IOLTA and other similar accounts.
On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act creating deposit insurance parity for credit unions by directing the National Credit Union Administration to extend share insurance coverage to trust accounts such as IOLTA and other similar accounts. While new rules have not been published yet, the Act was effective immediately. Credit unions must first be approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics before offering attorney trust accounts to law firms.
