The Interest on Lawyer Account fund, or IOLA, is a primary funding source for civil legal services.
If you’re arrested for a crime, an attorney will be provided to you. But no such lawyer is provided if you’re evicted, or if you’re engaged in a domestic dispute.
The money to hire attorneys for such civil legal services comes, in part, from the interest on lawyers accounts, also known as IOLA.
Nic Rangel, the executive director of the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, joined Capital Tonight’s Susan Arbetter with more.
