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update the Family Law Training manual created at the
beginning of the pandemic for the benefit of civil legal
aid and volunteer attorneys.
▪ Members of the Children’s Law and LSPD Committees
hosted skills training for law students at Tulane Law
School. Members of both Committees are working with
Loyola Law School to host a similar training.
▪ Members of the Children’s Law and LSPD committees
worked with LSU’s Apprenticeship week in collaboration
with the ATJ Language Access Committee to host a
Client Interview Skills training on January 6, 2022.
▪ Members of the LSPD Committee hosted a cultural
competency skills training at Loyola Law School on
March 18, 2022.
▪ The Children’s Law Committee is working on putting
together a new Children’s Law edition of the Bar Journal
for the August/September edition. One of the articles
was written by two 2022 LSU Law Graduates in
collaboration with Judge Grover from the East Baton
Rouge Parish Juvenile Court. The article will be
published in a later edition of the Bar Journal.
▪ Research methods to increase attorney/legal volunteerism and
develop initiatives and best practices;
Researched other states’ Emeritus rules to provide the Supreme Court
with information for the revision of the LSBA Emeritus Rule.
At the most recent AJT Commission meeting on December 15, 2021,
the Commission agreed to support a pro bono campaign for 2022. The
campaign is currently being developed with the help of the pro bono
subcommittee and various pro bono professionals.
▪ Relaunch the Louisiana Civil Justice Center (LCJC) to work with other
stakeholders to provide civil legal services;
LCJC services are missed during times of disaster response.
However, we have worked with civil legal aid providers to develop
mechanisms to provide services formerly conducted by LCJC.
Providers have shown no interest in relaunching LCJC and no funding
seems to exist to do so.
▪ Educate and increase awareness among judges and judicial staff;
o Outreach to Judiciary
▪ Participated in judicial outreach at Family, Juvenile and
City Court Judges Conference, and LSBA Annual
Meeting with LDJA past president Judge Randow.

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