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Technology Committee
Amanda Brown and Greg Landry, Co-Chairs
The Technology Committee met on March 8, 2022 to discuss various priority activities
members have been working on. The Committee reviewed the results from the Justice for All
Project’s community listening sessions and discussed how the Committee, legal aid offices,
and other service providers could better serve constituents through JFA Access Points. The
Technology Committee also finalized the automation of the Name Change and 103 Divorce
forms and are working on automating other forms identified in the SRL Committee’s “Top 10”
list of court forms. Finally, the Committee discussed recent technology-related legislative
updates. The next meeting is scheduled in May.

Access to Justice Committee

Hurricane Ida Response
Ann Gregorie, Chair
The ATJ Committee’s Disaster Response Subcommittee determined it was appropriate to close
the ABA/YLD hotline. The ABA/YLD hotline was activated in response to the Federal
declaration of a disaster after Hurricane Ida. New to this disaster, this hotline number was being
directed to Southeast LA Legal Services (SLLS) to ensure the most vulnerable disaster
survivors are routed to SLLS as quickly as possible. Those callers who do not qualify will be
put into a google spreadsheet and have their calls returned by volunteer attorneys who will
provide brief legal information and advice pertaining to their legal issue. As of April 1st, 2022
the ABA/YLD hotline will be closed. To date, the hotline received 114 calls that were
answered by 19 dedicated LSBA YLD volunteer.

Pro Bono Campaign
At the beginning of the year, the ATJ Commission launched the 20 in 2022 pro bono campaign.
This campaign encourages all attorneys to provide 20 hours of pro bono in 2022. To promote
the campaign, there have been and will be articles published in both the LSBA Bar Briefs and
Bar Journal. In addition, on March 22nd, the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices published
a letter to the state’s judges encouraging their participation in the campaign and supporting pro
bono. Further, the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices sent a letter to the entire LSBA
membership encouraging their commitment to providing 20 hours of pro bono in 2022. Lastly,
a CLE is being planned for this year’s Bridging the Gap CLE program encouraging young
lawyers to donate their time to those in need.

Pro Bono Publico and Children’s Law Awards
In March the Board of Governors approved the Access to Justice Committee’s
recommendations for recipients of the 2022 LSBA Pro Bono Publico and Children’s Law
Awards. Board members are invited to attend the awards ceremony and reception, which will
take place at the Supreme Court at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.