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seems to exist to do so.
 Educate and increase awareness among judges and judicial staff;
o Outreach to Judiciary
 Engaged LDJA members and City Court Judges
Association for assistance with bench card and trainings
on evictions laws under the CARES Act.
 ATJ Staff presenting at Board of Directors meeting for
the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of Family and
Conciliatory Courts.
 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.
o Host biannual Pro Bono Summit
Annualized meeting through Pro Bono track planned for 2019
LJCC and 2020 LJCC.
o Create materials and trainings to educate judges and judicial
staff
 January 2020 event conducted in conjunction with LDJA
to educate judges (mainly in SELA) about ATJ
Commission work that may support their courts.
 Assisted with the creation and dissemination of a bench
card and trainings on evictions laws under the CARES
Act for District Court Judges, City Court Judges, and
Justices of the Peace.
 Share ATJ components of strategic plan with the Supreme Court of
Louisiana and the Louisiana Bar Foundation to garner support; and
The ATJ Commission adopted the strategic plan developed in
February 2019, same presented to LBF.
 Continue to coordinate annual LSBA Pro Bono Awards recognition.
Updated online nomination system and opened nominations for 2020
Awards on December 2, 2019.

■ The State Bar develops alternative or additional legal resources to support
unaddressed issues or provide extra-judicial services.
 Continue to facilitate the work of the Building Bridges, Modest Means
and SRL Committees, as well as the Gap Assessment Subcommittee;
o The Building Bridges Committee recently co-hosted a CLE
designed to increase access to affordable legal representation
for people returning home after incarceration.
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