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probono.net/la for future use. The next initiative of the
subcommittee was to help facilitate a disaster legal clinic with
the City of New Orleans scheduled for Friday, October 29th.
This clinic will be held from 10:00 - 2:00 at Joe Brown
Community Center in New Orleans East where legal aid and
volunteer attorneys will be on hand to answer questions related
to disaster law issues (ex. FEMA appeals, insurance claims,
contractor fraud, etc.).
o The Disaster Response Subcommittee still meets monthly but
recently decided to close the ABA/YLD Hotline. As of April 1st,
2022 the ABA/YLD hotline will be closed, anyone who calls the
hotline will be routed to the appropriate civil legal aid office
according to their zip code. This was made possible by the
United Way Grant received earlier in the year and collaboration
between members of the Disaster Response subcommittee.
o Between August 30, 2021 and April 1, 2022 the hotline
received 114 calls that were answered by 19 committed
LSBA YLD volunteers.
▪ Identify and assess current substantive legal issues faced by civil legal
aid providers; and
o Coordinate substantive law task forces (CINC, Elder Law,
Family Law, Housing and Consumer Law, Public Benefits)
● Completed presentations and recordings of substantive
law series training for new or transitioning civil legal aid
attorneys.
● Coordinate and convene quarterly meetings for the 5
statewide substantive law task forces to discuss
common issues faced and training needs. Work with
each Task Force to host practice area specific training
annually at LA Justice Community Conference.
● Ongoing development of substantive law trainings with
task forces for the substantive law recorded training
series geared towards new attorneys.
o Investigate IFP issues
• Surveyed the legal providers regarding common issues
faced with misapplication of IFP statutes and used
research to substantiate LSLI request to examine.
• With approval of BOG was able to get Louisiana
Legislature (House and Senate) to adopt resolutions
requesting LSLI to examine current IFP statutes.

• ATJ Commission members will participate in Louisiana

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