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o Update “Becoming an Adult” website
The Children’s Law Committee continues to work on updating
the “Becoming an Adult” guide and website. Plans are
underway to utilize a QR code that will direct users to the
website, rather than printing copies of the guide. The QR code
has been created and will be displayed as bookmarks that will
be shared per the request of the Children’s Law Committee’s
members and ATJ Stakeholders.
▪ Promote unmet statewide legal needs report recommendations;
Authored Bar Journal article featuring unmet statewide legal needs
report’s recommendations and Economic Impact Study results.
Presented unmet statewide legal needs report findings at the annual
Louisiana Justice Community Conference, October 2019. Findings will
be used in communication planning for the next phase of the JFA
process.
▪ Continue to administer the Legal Innovators for Tomorrow (LIFT)
Program which targets new attorneys interested in focusing a practice
on unmet legal needs;
o Address domestic violence, disaster and expungement legal
needs
o Launched Flood Proof program to increase access to legal
representation for people affected by the 2016 flooding in Baton
Rouge. Program now in its third and final year. Inaugural and
second class dedicating over 1000 pro bono hours combined.
▪ The Domestic Violence Project graduated 5 class of
th
participants.
▪ Recent training includes Clio Cloud Conference, Justice
Community Conference, Justice Fridays, and recorded
new Business Strategy Workshops.
▪ Formed partnership with Modern Juris, a new program
run by former legal incubator director, to provide
business training and development tools for new solo
practitioners in the LIFT program.
▪ Launching new Disaster Title Clearing Project with SLLS
to serve legal needs of people impacted by Hurricane
Ida in St. John The Baptist, Lafourche, Terrebonne, and
Jefferson.
o Match interested attorneys with providers to address unmet
legal needs
o LIFT in its 7th year has worked with 35 attorneys, matching
attorneys with civil legal aid service providers focusing on

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