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The Member Outreach and Diversity Department currently promotes
the program on a designated LSBA webpage, in LSBA publications,
and advertisement to high school principals/counselors statewide.
Additional promotion of the program includes television and
newspaper articles. The LSBA president and the Just the Beginning
program coordinator have been featured on WDSU.
 Continue to support and partner with the Louisiana Center for Law and
Civic Education and its initiatives;
o Develop a “Speaker’s Bureau” for LCLCE programs that could
speak on the rule of law but also other important relevant topics.
 Develop a “Speaker’s Bureau” to speak at local Rotary Clubs, Lions
Clubs, etc. to emphasize the Rule of Law and the role of lawyers and

judges in maintaining the rule of law. Speakers would use the
approved PowerPoint presentation that was created by Bar leaders
and staff;
 Facilitate attendance of Board of Governors and Young Lawyers
Division District Representatives at local Board meetings and social
events;
YLD district reps will continue to be involved in their local bars and
attend local bar association meetings throughout 2020-2021.
 Create a list of bullet points of what services lawyers offer and what they
do for the public that they can reference when being criticized by the
public;
 Solicit articles for the Louisiana Bar Journal once or twice a year about
the Rule of Law; and
October-November 2019 Journal, ABA President Judy Perry
Martinez’s article and her the installation speech focused on the Rule
of Law.
 Share relevant articles with the local press and authorize reprints of
same.
To date, there have not been any articles that were relevant to share
with local press.
■ The State Bar promotes public understanding of the law, the legal system,
and the contribution of lawyers to society to garner public recognition for
lawyers’ good works and the importance of the Rule of Law.
 Utilize social media to promote the good works of Louisiana Lawyers;
o In August, the LSBA promoted two Lake Charles law firms for
providing back to school supplies to local residents.
o Wills for Heroes events held by the YLD are posted on all LSBA
social media accounts.
o Louisiana lawyers are continually recognized on LSBA social
media accounts, particularly Instagram, for awards received,
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