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Other Access to Justice Department Projects:

Spring Justice Fridays
The Justice Fridays CLE Series was started in the Fall of 2021, as a supplemental continuing
legal education program to the Justice Community Conference, for legal aid organizations,
with a focus on relevant legal topics and issues affecting low-income and marginalized
communities. Starting in May, ATJ is launching a hybrid spring/summer Justice Friday
training series that will be offered in person at various locations around the state and online.
Each Justice Friday will include 3 hours of CLE credit and include topics on disaster legal
response, trauma-informed lawyering, and skills for helping persons with disabilities. These
trainings part of a year-round schedule of events which will include a Disaster Response
Conference in place of the annual Louisiana Justice Community Conference. Board members
are welcome to attend any of the events offered. Information about Justice Fridays will be
provided in April.

LEAP Training
The Legal Education Assistance Program (LEAP) facilitates communication between
attorneys and librarians in order to better reach Louisianans in need of legal assistance. The
LSBA, in partnership with the Law Library of Louisiana, will host two virtual LEAP trainings
in March and May with libraries in Terrebonne and Calcasieu Parishes.

In addition to providing trainings for librarians on available legal resources and referral
information, LEAP hosts an annual Lawyers in Libraries program, a weeklong event during
which attorneys provide brief, one-on-one consultations and presentations on basic legal
concepts to patrons in libraries across the state. Lawyers in Libraries program typically occurs
in October, but similar events are planned in July to support the “20 hours in 2022” Pro Bono
Campaign.

LIFT
LIFT is the LSBA’s nationally recognized legal incubator program that helps new public
interest-minded attorneys build solo and small firms practices that help increase legal
representation for underrepresented populations and families with limited means. LIFT offers
free resources, law practice management and technology training, business skills development,
mentorship, and a collaborative work environment to help attorneys build innovative and
sustainable public interest law firms. Through its partnership with Southeast Louisiana Legal
Services, LIFT is launching a new program to serve people impacted by Hurricane Ida in
Terrebonne, St. Charles, St. John, and Jefferson parishes. The program will support two new
attorneys who open solo practices that offer legal services in small successions, clear title, and
other property related legal matters that arise in the aftermath of a storm. Additionally, the
program continues to operate the Domestic Violence (DV) Project (launched in 2015 to
provide wrap-around civil legal services to domestic violence survivors in New Orleans) and
the Flood Proof Project (launched in 2018 to serve people impacted by the catastrophic
flooding in Baton Rouge in 2016 with title clearing and succession matters).

ATJ Developing Leadership Intern Program
The Access to Justice (ATJ) Developing Leadership Intern Program provides 1L law students
with the opportunity to see a bird’s-eye view of Louisiana’s civil legal aid network. During the
six-week program, interns spend time with district court judges, legal non-profit organizations,
and their sponsoring firm. Sponsoring firms provide leadership, mentorship, and a stipend to