Section 1 - Establishment of Fund(A) There shall be a Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the Supreme Court of Ohio consisting of amounts transferred to the fund pursuant to this rule and any other funds received in pursuance of the fund's objectives. The purpose of the fund is to aid in ameliorating the losses caused to clients and others by defalcating members of the bar acting as attorney or fiduciary, and this rule shall be liberally construed to effectuate that purpose. No claimant or other person shall have any legal interest in the fund or right to receive any portion of the fund, except for discretionary disbursements directed by the Board of Commissioners of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the Supreme Court of Ohio, all payments from the fund being a matter of grace and not right.(B) The Supreme Court shall provide appropriate and necessary funding for the support of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection from the Attorney Services Fund. The director of fiscal resources of the Supreme Court of Ohio shall transfer funds to the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection at the direction of the Court.Amended October 12, 2023, effective 12/1/2023.