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PROGRAMMING UPDATE

BOARD OF GOVERNORS APRIL 2024

LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
MEMBER OUTREACH

AND DIVERSITY DEPARTMENT

The Member Outreach and Diversity Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department) was
formed January 10, 2008. The Department has been extremely busy implementing the programs
and initiatives proposed by the Louisiana State Bar Association ((hereinafter referred to as the
LSBA) Board of Governors and the LSBA Committee on Diversity in the Legal Profession
(hereinafter referred to as the Diversity Committee).

The Member Outreach and Diversity Department provides staff assistance to the Diversity
Committee, which is a standing committee of the LSBA.

The Diversity Committee is responsible for establishing initiatives and programs to accomplish
the LSBA’s Strategic Plan’s Goal 3, which is to ensure that the “LSBA provides the foundation
for a supportive and collegial community of legal professionals.” Goal 3 encompasses the
diversity and inclusion goals for the LSBA and implicitly means that the LSBA will encourage
and foster racial, ethnic, gender, geographic, generational, sexual orientation, and disability
diversity as well as inclusiveness in the bar and in the legal profession.

Outreach to Local and Specialty Bar Associations
The Department supports efforts to develop and implement co-sponsored activities, initiatives, and
programs with local and specialty bar associations to enhance the LSBA’s profile and provide
services to attorneys throughout Louisiana to generate inclusiveness. The specialty bar
associations are as follows:

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22 JDC American Inn of Court Federal Bar Association, Central Louisiana Chapter
A.P. Tureaud American Inn of Court Federal Bar Association, Lafayette/Acadiana Chapter
American Board of Trial Advocates Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter
Association for Women Attorneys Federal Bar Association, North Louisiana Chapter
American Inn of Court of Acadiana Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association
Association of Corporate Counsel of America Florida Parishes of Louisiana American Inn of Court
Black Lawyers Association of Shreveport-Bossier Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society,
Crossroads Am. Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville Inc.
Dean Henry George McMahon Am. Inn of Court Harry V. Booth American Inn of Court
Federal Bar Association, Baton Rouge Chapter Hispanic Lawyers Association of Louisiana

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