Indiana Bar Foundation Awards More Than $5.2 Million to Support Civil Legal Assistance and Future Legal Leaders

The Indiana Bar Foundation awarded $5.2 million to 13 nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing civil legal assistance to low-income Hoosiers. In addition to supporting legal aid programs across the state, the Foundation awarded $6,000 in scholarships to four Indiana law students pursuing careers in the legal profession.

The Foundation’s annual grants strengthen organizations that help Hoosiers navigate civil legal matters and provide critical legal resources to individuals and families throughout Indiana.

The civil legal aid organizations receiving funding are:

• Ability Allies
• Center for Victim and Human Rights
• Child Advocates
• Indiana Legal Services
• Indianapolis Legal Aid Society
• Kids’ Voice of Indiana
• Legal Aid Corp. of Tippecanoe Co.
• Legal Aid Society of Evansville
• Metro Community Outreach
• Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic
• Pro Bono Indiana
• Volunteer Lawyer Program of Northeast Indiana
• Whitewater Valley Pro Bono

The Foundation also recognized four law students through its scholarship program. The Phelps & Fara Scholarship assists a law student enrolled at the IU McKinney School of Law with an interest in family law. The Hon. Cale J. Holder Scholarship assists an IU McKinney School of Law student demonstrating dedication to the administration of law, desire to be a practicing trial lawyer, capacity for leadership, academic achievement, and military service record, if any.

Scholarship Recipients:

• Griffin Grannan – Phelps & Fara Scholarship
• Richard Brown – Hon. Cale J. Holder Scholarship
• Abigail Weick – Hon. Cale J. Holder Scholarship
• Dionna Weatherly – Hon. Cale J. Holder Scholarship

“I’m proud to support organizations that are making a real difference in communities across Indiana while also investing in the education of future legal leaders,” said Charles Dunlap, President & CEO of the Indiana Bar Foundation. “Providing civil legal assistance to Hoosiers and supporting the next generation of attorneys remain central to the Foundation’s mission.”

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The Indiana Bar Foundation inspires and leads change to improve civic education and legal assistance for all Hoosiers. Learn more at www.inbarfoundation.org.