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o Coordinate ATJ Distinguished Pro Bono Fellowship Program
Solicited recommendations for participants for the 2020
program from the ATJ Commission and ATJ Committee.
o Participate in National Celebrate Pro Bono Week
▪ Developed virtual events for Lawyers AND Libraries
2020, which was held during National Celebrate Pro
Bono Week October 26-31, 2020.
▪ Developed CLE to recruit volunteers for the Reentry
Legal Clinic to remove legal barriers formerly
incarcerated people face
▪ Developed in-person and virtual Lawyers in Libraries to
participate in 2021 National Celebrate Pro Bono Week,
from October 25-30 , 2021.
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▪ Entergy held a Free Legal Answers clinic on Thursday,
October 28th where attorneys were paired with law
students to answer questions on the website.
▪ Planning for Lawyers in Libraries 2022 events during
National Celebrate Pro Bono Week is underway, which
is October 23-29, 2022.
▪ Foster law student engagement in civil legal aid;
o Coordinate ATJ Developing Leadership Intern Program
▪ Developed a calendar for the implementation of the
2020 ATJ Developing Leadership Intern Program which
will begin on Monday, May 11 and run until Friday,
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June 19 . Adams and Reese, L.L.P.; Baker, Donelson,
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Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.; Entergy, L.L.C.;
and Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P; return as sponsors for the
program.
▪ Due to the pandemic this year’s program was held
virtually, with interns completing projects for the various
participating civil legal aid programs. This year interns
spent time with Judge Woodruff-White of the Family
Court of East Baton Rouge, Lagniappe Law Lab,
Louisiana Appleseed, Southeast LA Legal Services, The
Pro Bono Project of New Orleans, and The Parole
Project.
▪ The 2021 ATJ Internship Program is set in motion with
two sponsoring organizations and schools; the program
did lose two sponsors for 2021. The working group is set
to meet and develop a strategy to return the 2022
program to all four Louisiana law schools.
▪ The 2021 ATJ Internship program hosted 3 interns and
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