Alliance for Children Handbook ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN HANDBOOK- Recently, the WV Alliance for Children issued its Guardian Ad-Litem Handbook for Foster Parents with the financial support from several entities, including a grant from the WV Bar Foundation. This beneficial publication will be distributed to organizations which train foster care parents, to all Circuit Court […]

An IOLTA special grant is awarded to Michele Bush, Executive Director of the WV CASA Association by Immediate Past President John Tinney. IOLTA GRANTS- The Bar Foundation presented its final round of grants to the seven legal services organizations listed in the WV Supreme Court Order at the end of June. More than $100,000 was distributed to bring the total […]

IOLTA PROGRAM TRANSFERRED TO STATE BAR Effective July 1, 2010, the administration of the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts program was transferred from the WV Bar Foundation to the WV State Bar. The state becomes the third state, after California and North Carolina, to have a statewide bar association operate the IOLTA program. The transfer was contained in an […]

WV Supreme Court Requests Public Comment on Proposed Amendments to IOLTA Program IOLTA PROGRAM- The WV Supreme Court has entered proposed amendments to the WV Rules of Professional Conduct dealing with the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program and placed them for public comment. The amendments deal with the administration of the program. The […]

The 2010 class of Bar Foundation Fellows was honored at the Annual Reception and Dinner on April 29. BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS DINNER More than 160 persons from all parts of the state were in attendance when nineteen individuals were honored as Bar Foundation Fellows during the 12th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on Thursday, April 29, 2010, […]

The West Virginia Bar Foundation is the philanthropic organization for our state’s legal profession and justice system. Its mission is to improve the administration of justice and the provision of legal services for our citizens. Beginning in 2004, the Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors—a diverse group of fifteen lawyers from all parts of the state […]

Receiving a WV Bar Foundation grant for “The Law Works” legal education program from President John Tinney, on the right, are Bill Acker, Director of Broadcasting and Technology at WV Public Broadcasting, and Dan Ringer, the Producer and Host of the program. WV BAR FOUNDATION GRANT- The West Virginia Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors has […]

WV Bar Foundation Past President Robert M. Steptoe, Jr. (Clarksburg) and WVU College of Law Dean Joyce E. McConnell STEPTOE PROFESSOR OF LAW ESTABLISHED The Robert M. Steptoe and James D. Steptoe Professorship of Property Law has been established at the College of Law at West Virginia University, made possible by gifts from Steptoe family. […]

The Bar Foundation’s IOLTA Advisory Committee reviews the operation of the program and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors. IOLTA ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program is administered by the Bar Foundation in accordance with an Order of the WV Supreme Court, which is Rule 1.15 of the WV Rules […]

Nineteen individuals were honored as Bar Foundation Fellows during the 12th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on Thursday, April 29, 2010, at the Marriott Hotel in Charleston. Fellows are those lawyers and members of the judiciary whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated dedication to the welfare of their communities and honorable service to the legal […]