2026 GRANT APPLICANTS:  

The grant application package for the New Jersey IOLTA Discretionary Grant program for the calendar year 2026 has been posted to our website. The grant application deadline is Friday, August 15, 2025. The application package must be uploaded by August 15, 2025. We do not accept hand deliveries. Do not use overnight delivery services. Applications uploaded after August 15, 2025 will not be accepted.

It is too soon to determine the size of the 2026 grant pool. Our funding availability depends upon the interest we earn on attorney trust account balances. Additional information and instructions will be posted with the application.

Thank you for your interest in the 2026 IOLTA discretionary grant program. Please call IOLTA at 732-247-8222 or email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you any questions regarding the discretionary grant program policy, application, or deadline. 

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.