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o Participate in National Celebrate Pro Bono Week
▪ Developed virtual events for Lawyers AND Libraries
2020, which was held during National Celebrate Pro
Bono Week October 26-31, 2020.
▪ Developed CLE to recruit volunteers for the Reentry
Legal Clinic to remove legal barriers formerly
incarcerated people face
▪ Developing events to participate in 2021 National
Celebrate Pro Bono Week, which will be held October
25-30th.
▪ Foster law student engagement in civil legal aid;
o Coordinate ATJ Developing Leadership Intern Program
▪ Developed a calendar for the implementation of the
2020 ATJ Developing Leadership Intern Program which
will begin on Monday, May 11 and run until Friday,
th
June 19 . Adams and Reese, L.L.P.; Baker, Donelson,
th
Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.; Entergy, L.L.C.;
and Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P; return as sponsors for the
program.
▪ Due to the pandemic this year’s program was held
virtually, with interns completing projects for the various
participating civil legal aid programs. This year interns
spent time with Judge Woodruff-White of the Family
Court of East Baton Rouge, Lagniappe Law Lab,
Louisiana Appleseed, Southeast LA Legal Services, The
Pro Bono Project of New Orleans, and The Parole
Project.
▪ The 2021 ATJ Internship Program is set in motion with
two sponsoring organizations and schools; the program
did lose two sponsors for 2021. The working group is set
to meet and develop a strategy to return the 2022
program to all four Louisiana law schools.
▪ The 2021 ATJ Internship program hosted 3 interns and
began on Monday, May 17th, ending on Friday, June
25th. The interns spent time with: The Baton Rouge Bar
Foundation, The Parole Project, Judge Cashe with the
21st JDC, Judge Woodruff White with the East Baton
Rouge Family Court, Judge Tim Marcel in the 29tht
JDC, the Justice & Accountability Center, Southeast
Louisiana Legal Services, The New Orleans Pro Bono
Project and Louisiana Appleseed.
o Participate in LSU Apprenticeship Week
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