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Online Modest Means Directory’s income guidelines.
• Updated the site’s training resources with relevant legal
trainings on divorce and FEMA applications and
appeals.
• Calculated year end statistics for 2020: 1,043 questions
submitted to the site, 818 of those answered (answer
rate of 78%), and 779 clients served. This represents a
53% increase in questions to the site.
● On Friday, October 22nd, the first virtual Free Legal
Answers clinic was held with attorneys from Butler Snow
and LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Students. Attorneys were
paired with students to answer the questions submitted
online through the site.
● On Thursday, October 28th, as part of Celebrate Pro
Bono Week, another virtual legal clinic will be held with
Entergy attorneys and students from Loyola College of
Law and LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
● On Thursday, January 6th a virtual Free Legal Answers
clinic was held with volunteer attorneys and LSU Law
students. This clinic was built into the curriculum for the
2021 Access to Justice program during LSU’s
Apprenticeship Week.
● Additional virtual pro bono clinics were held with
attorneys from Entergy and Butler Snow and law
students from Tulane. These clincis were held on
February 17th and March 8th, 2022.
● Two virtual Free Legal Answers clinics were held as part
of the ATJ Developing Leadership Intern program
curriculum. The four ATJ interns assisted our pro bono
volunteering in researching and drafting questions for
the site. These clinics were held on Friday, June 3rd and
Friday, June 24th.
● As part of this year’s Celebrate Pro Bono Week, a multi-
state Free Legal Answers clinic will be held in
partnership with Entergy on Thursday, October 27th.
The participating states will likely include Arkansas,

Texas, and Mississippi. Attorney from Entergy and
Baker Donelson along with law students from Loyola
College of Law participated in the event. Participants in
the Louisiana event answered 28 questions on the site
over the two hour period. In total, across all 4 events, 94

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