An Overview Of IALLA: The Lemon Law OrganizationUntil ten years ago, there was no forum for the organized and concentrated dialogue on lemon law issues among professional advocates for lemon law, local and federal agencies, corporations, and individuals. This changed in 1997 with the establishment of IALLA: The Lemon Law Organization. At this time, it might be helpful some, if we highlighted a few points about who and what IALLA is and how it is working to improve lemon law in the United States and internationally as well. IALLA is an acronym that stands for the International Association Of Lemon Law Administrators. It is an organized forum that is currently comprised of fifteen state agencies that has single purpose: the reason they have joined together is to further develop lemon law legislation, strengthen the amount of protections that are available for consumers through state lemon laws, and educating on consumer protection laws. Weaknesses exist in the current laws and statutes and it is the mission of IALLA to shore up these instabilities while also improving the quality of protection for the hundreds of consumers that have had to deal with manufacture defects in their cars or other products. The organization is that is hoping to add more members to its rosters as well as strengthen and broaden its influence as a sound resource for all issues relating to the subject of lemon law. Already, IALLA has a reputation for its breadth of resources and materials that provide easy to understand information for consumers to be more acquainted with lemon law in general and delve deeper into particular issues without drowning in legal jargon. To assist in all of these lemon law advocacy efforts, IALLA: The Lemon Law Organization is looking for new members to bring their resources and experience to the marketplace of ideas. Therefore, the organization opens its doors to a variety of groups and individuals, including federal and state agencies that are currently involved in one or more areas of lemon law, non-profit educational institutions, students currently enrolled in accredited programs devoted to lemon law studies, and corporations. Membership costs vary depending upon whether a particular group wants to be a full member or an associate member. Generally, those who can are eligible for full membership are state and federal agencies while associate memberships are available to non-profit educational institutions and those individual students in lemon law programs. A full member pays a fee of $100 to join. Educational organizations who want to associate membership pay $25 while students pay $10. Corporations are a different matter as they are actually eligible for what is called corporate subscribership. The costs may vary depending upon what additional services are included but the main cost is an annual due of $200. This has been but a brief overview of IALLA: The Lemon Law Organization. There is certainly more that could be said about the organization's activities. |