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▪ Continue to support Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (JLAP).
o Board of Governors allocated $300,000 for JLAP in FY
2020/2021 budget
o LSBA President-Elect continues to serve as JLAP Treasurer
o LSBA assisting as needed as JLAP searches for new executive
director.
■ The State Bar partners with other stakeholders including inns of court, local
and specialty bar associations, law school, the judiciary and law firms.
▪ Continue outreach to the law schools in these areas;
Ongoing
▪ Contact the leaders of all local and specialty bar associations and offer
to provide free to their members (including speakers and materials) the
one-hour CLE program (including PowerPoint) to discuss the Revised
Code of Professionalism (this could be a stand-alone presentation or
could be included as part of a multi-topic program);
Committee on the Profession project. Contact completed and
programs scheduled. 17 programs conducted in 2021. Programs in
progress. Ongoing.
▪ Coordinate with the Senior Lawyers Division to provide panelists from
that group to discuss the Revised Code of Professionalism and their
experiences through the years with respect to professionalism, ethics
and the practice of law. This program could be offered to other
organizations and/or law schools to make presentations to their
respective groups;
Committee on the Profession agenda item. In process.
Continue joint programming between the Senior Lawyers Division and
the Young Lawyers Division to advance professionalism in the practice
of law and to provide a forum for those groups to learn from and
benefit from one another’s perspectives;
Ongoing.
▪ Contact either judges’ associations or judges and offer to present the
one-hour CLE program on the Revised Code of Professionalism,
including providing speakers and materials; and
Committee on the Profession project. Contact completed and
programs scheduled. Programs in progress. Ongoing.
▪ Provide a copy of the Revised Code of Professionalism of appropriate
size and quality for display in every courthouse throughout the state
(the actual goal would be to provide a framed copy of the code but
budget implications would need to be explored).
Sent framed copy of the revised Code of Professionalism to the courts.

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