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Committee to provide various diversity and inclusion
presentations and with the Outreach Committee to
provide the “LSBA: Who We Are and How We Serve
Our Members” presentation. The presentations are
stand alone or part of a program hosted by local and
specialty bar associations.
o Assist local and specialty bar associations with strategic
planning and leadership development
▪ The Member Outreach and Diversity Department
currently supports local and specialty bar associations
when there is lapse in leadership and assists in
association reorganization.
▪ MODD assisted Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc.
Baton Rouge Chapter in reorganizing in October 2019.
o Promote diversity and inclusion and preserve historical content
▪ LSBA encourages local and specialty bar associations
to become a signatory to the LSBA Statement of
Diversity Principles;
▪ An article with information related to the Diversity
Statement can be found on the Diversity webpage
throughout the year. An article is featured in LSBA
publications periodically.
▪ LSBA encourages specialty bar associations to provide
a copy of its bylaws and current member listserv;
▪ The Member Outreach and Diversity Department assists
with updating the listserv of local and specialty bar
associations. The department also encourages local and
specialty bar associations to include the LSBA as a
member of its listserv. This allows the LSBA to receive
information on programs and events. The department
internally tracks which local and specialty bar
associations it receives information from.
▪ The Department maintains records on specialty bar
programming and activities;
▪ The department encourages local and specialty bar
associations to provide an agenda/program related to
activities or events that the LSBA regularly attends and/or
sponsors. The agenda/program is stored internally.
▪ LSBA assists organizations with web development by
partnering with a web development company.
▪ The Member Outreach and Diversity Department
assisted with relaunching the website for the Southwest
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