Public service is at the heart of our mission as legal professionals. No matter our role, employer or practice area, we all have a responsibility to help and support the commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s neediest residents, through pro bono work or other ways of giving our time or money. One effective and relatively easy way that you give back is through your interest on lawyers’ trust or IOLTA account.

“What is IOLTA?” Is this a question you quietly ask yourself annually, as you frantically try to answer the IOLTA questions on the attorney registration form to meet the Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s July 1 deadline? (By the way, if you need help navigating Rule 1.15, “Safekeeping Property,” of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct on the Philadelphia Bar Association’s professional guidance hotline is a phone call away at 215-238-6328.).