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PROGRAMMING UPDATE 2022-2023

BOARD OF GOVERNORS APRIL 2023 ORIENTATION

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 Board of Governors and the 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. Additionally, the
Department has provided some staff assistance to and developed co-sponsored activities,
initiatives, and programs with specialty bar associations with a diverse membership. The specialty
bar associations are as follows:

A.P. Tureaud American Inn of Court Dean Henry George McMahon Am. Inn of Court
American Board of Trial Advocates Federal Bar Association, Baton Rouge Chapter
Association for Women Attorneys Federal Bar Association, Central Louisiana Chapter
American Inn of Court of Acadiana Federal Ba Association, Lafayette/Acadiana Chapter
Association of Corporate Counsel of America Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter
Conference of Court of Appeal Judges Federal Bar Association, North Louisiana Chapter
Crossroads Am. Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association
Florida Parishes of Louisiana American Inn of Court Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
Louisiana City Attorneys Association

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