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finalized the automation of the Name Change and 103 Divorce
forms.
o SRL and Technology Committees are updating Petition to
Establish Custody form and creating 102 divorce forms in
preparation for automating. The Committees are also working
on choosing additional forms to draft, update, and automate.
o Members of the SRL Committee are helping coordinate
meetings with judicial staff and Clerks of Court in Northeast
Louisiana to discuss the JFA and GIS Mapping project and
ways to expand civil legal resources.
▪ Continue to partner with libraries to support the Legal Education and
Assistance Program (LEAP);
o Created and updated basic legal guides for librarians to
educate the public, most recently including a COVID-19 guide.
o Developed live and recorded trainings for librarians to assist the
public with basic legal questions.
o Held LEAP Library Trainings at the Westside Regional Library
Branch in Alexandria on December 16 and at the Shreve
th
Memorial Library on December 17 for librarians in Rapides
th
and Caddo Parishes as well as the surrounding areas.
o In 2020, trainings planned in St. Tammany, Orleans, Lake
Charles, and Houma were cancelled due to the pandemic.
o Worked with partners to update legal guides for librarians to
provide information in Spanish.
o Developed a Facebook page for Lawyers in Libraries virtual
events and continue to use it to distribute trainings and
materials for librarians to assist the public.
o SRL Committee working with the Law Library of Louisiana to
conduct a summer or fall training in Orleans Parish libraries.
o Working with libraries in two identified civil legal resource
deserts under the Justice for All project to expand access to
civil legal resources.
o Virtual LEAP trainings planned with Terrebonne and Calcasieu
Parishes in March and May. Invited representatives from
different domestic violence programs to participate in hopes of
developing similar trainings for DV organizations in the future.
o Presented with LEAP Partners at the annual Louisiana Library
Association Conference in Alexandria in July.
o Continue circulating the Civil Legal Resource Reference Guide
on how to use the Find Legal Help Portal to libraries throughout
the state.
o Working with the Law Library to update the virtual LEAP
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