Legal-aid campaign reaches a goal, gets matching funds
Deseret News 1Sep99 C8

The Legal Aid campaign kicked-off this past January by President James E. Faust of the LDS Church's First Presidency has reached its goal. The campaign, run by three nonprofit agencies united as "and Justice for all" has raised the $300,000 needed to obtain a $100,000 challenge grant from the LDS Foundation, the LDS Church's charitable arm.

"We're thrilled that we've been able to get their match," Joani Dykstra, spokeswoman for the group which is made up of Utah Legal Services, the Disability Law Center and the Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake. The fund were raised from Utah's 5,200 lawyers, who were urged to contribute the equivalent of 2two billable hours. Law firms donated more than two-thirds of the money raised, individuals donating the rest. Some of the funds have already been used to start a Disability Law Center in Provo, Utah.