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LCJC services are missed during times of disaster response.
However, we have worked with civil legal aid providers to develop
mechanisms to provide services formerly conducted by LCJC.
Providers have shown no interest in relaunching LCJC and no funding
seems to exist to do so.
▪ Educate and increase awareness among judges and judicial staff;
o Outreach to Judiciary
▪ Participated in judicial outreach at Family, Juvenile and
City Court Judges Conference, and LSBA Annual
Meeting with LDJA past president Judge Randow.
Participation in the Clerk of Court conference was
postponed due to cancelation of conference because of
the pandemic. Engaged LDJA members and City Court
Judges Association for assistance with bench card and
trainings on evictions laws under the CARES Act.
▪ ATJ Staff worked with Board of Directors for the
Louisiana Chapter of the Association of Family and
Conciliatory Courts regarding possible presentation.
▪ Outreach efforts to the Louisiana Supreme Court
Justices and judges in Concordia East Carroll, West
Carroll, Madison, and Tensas Parishes are underway
regarding the ATJ Commissions Justice for All report
and GIS mapping project.
▪ ATJ presentation at the 3rd Circuit Judges Association
Conference in Natchitoches in March 2022 that focused
on resources for judges on SRL-related issues and other
ATJ projects.
▪ In September, ATJ Staff and the Judicial College co-
hosted an Evictions CLE which focused on Eviction
Diversion Programs. The presentation was put together
with the help of legal aid attorneys, district and city court
judges, and LSBA past-president Barry Grodsky.
▪ ATJ Staff helped prepare LSBA past-president Alainna
Mire and Judge Woodruff-White to give an ATJ
Continuum of Legal Services presentation for lawyers
and judges at the New York CLE in November.
▪ ATJ Staff helped prepare Judge Jeffrey Cashe and
LSBA past-president Alainna Mire to give an ATJ & Self-
Represented Litigants presentation for judges at the
Third Circuit Judges Conference in March.
▪ 2022 Alternative Legal Status & Supportive Decision

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