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Annualized meeting through Pro Bono track planned for 2019
                                                LJCC and 2020 LJCC.
                                            o  Create materials and trainings to educate judges and judicial
                                                staff
                                                   ▪  January 2020 event conducted in conjunction with LDJA
                                                       to educate judges (mainly in SELA) about ATJ
                                                       Commission work that may support their courts.
                                                   ▪  Assisted with the creation and dissemination of a bench
                                                       card and trainings on evictions laws under the CARES
                                                       Act for District Court Judges, City Court Judges, and
                                                       Justices of the Peace.
                                                   ▪  Creating materials using the JFA GIS data and map,
                                                       including maps of Louisiana that display varying levels
                                                       of poverty within civil legal resource deserts, as well as
                                                       the Louisiana Supreme Court districts.
                                                   ▪  Creating guides and best practices regarding remote
                                                       hearings.
                                                   ▪  In September, ATJ Staff and the Judicial College co-
                                                       hosted an Evictions CLE which focussed on Eviction
                                                       Diversion Programs. The presentation was put together
                                                       with the help of legal aid attorneys, district and city court
                                                       judges, and LSBA past-president Barry Grodsky.
                                                   ▪  Created and distributed a Post-Disaster Evictions Bench
                                                       Card for the judiciary.
                                                   ▪  Update ATJ and Self-Represented Litigants Packet for
                                                       Judges.
                                                   ▪  Created a Civil Legal Assistance Reference Guide,
                                                       which details how to use the various resources listed on
                                                       the LSBA’s Find Legal Help page. The Guide is mainly
                                                       judges, court staff, librarians, and others who serve their
                                                       community.
                                                   ▪  The Legal Services for Persons with Disabilities
                                                       Committee created a workgroup to provide resources
                                                       and training materials regarding disability rights and
                                                       issues that affect persons with disabilities across the
                                                       state. The workgroup will be working on sponsoring a
                                                       new ethics training with Louisiana Law Library.
                                     ▪  Share ATJ components of strategic plan with the Supreme Court of
                                         Louisiana and the Louisiana Bar Foundation to garner support; and
                                         The ATJ Commission adopted the strategic plan developed in
                                         February 2019, same presented to LBF.


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