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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Coalition for Court Access, which oversees Indiana’s civil legal aid programs, is making changes to its structure by expanding the number of members, giving the Indiana State Bar Association the ability to make appointments and eliminating the 12 district committees.
An order issued Monday by the Indiana Supreme Court amends Indiana Rule of Professional Conduct 6.6, which relates to the coalition. Under the new structure, the CCA will expand from 17 to 21 members, who will be appointed by the Supreme Court, the Indiana Bar Foundation and, now, the ISBA.
Also, the executive director of the ISBA and the president of the bar foundation will become voting members of the coalition serving three-year, renewable terms without term limits.
The Coalition for Court Access, created in 2016, replaced the Supreme Court-related organizations charged with addressing the civil legal needs of low-income Hoosiers. The Indiana Pro Bono Commission, the Indiana Commission to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services and the Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Unrepresented Litigants were all consolidated under the CCA.
As part of the rule amendment, the dozen district committees that represented different sections of the state have been abolished. The committees had provided administrative support by evaluating the available civil legal services in the district and submitting funding requests. In addition, the committees were charged with encouraging and supporting more attorneys to participate in pro bono activities.
All justices concurred in the amendment.
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