Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1997-9

As amended through November 20, 2024
Allocation of Funds from Lawyer Trust Account Program

On order of the Court, effective November 14, 1997, until further order of the Court, Administrative Order No. 1994-8, which modified Administrative Order No. 1990-2, is modified so as to provide that the funds to be distributed by the Board of Trustees of the Michigan State Bar Foundation shall be disbursed as follows:

1. Seventy percent of the net proceeds of the Lawyer Trust Account Program to support the delivery of civil legal services to the poor;

2. Fifteen percent of the net proceeds of the Lawyer Trust Account Program to support programs to promote improvements in the administration of justice;

3. Ten percent of the proceeds of the Lawyer Trust Account Program to support implementation, within the judiciary, of the recommendations of the Task Force on Gender Issues in the Courts and the Task Force on Racial/Ethnic Issues in the Courts; and

4. Five percent of the net proceeds of the Lawyer Trust Account Program to support the activities of the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society.

Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1997-9