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o SRL Committee continues to coordinate and distribute COVID-
and disaster-related resources.
o Worked closely with Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic
Violence to identify Clerks of Court providing notarial services
for self-represented litigants filing protective orders and
restraining orders. A bill was passed during the 2021
Legislative Session allowing for a written affirmation, rather
than an affidavit, in a petition for protective order, explicitly in
cases involving domestic violence.
o Continue development of ADR program modeled after ABA
manual for legal service organizations and in partnership with
the ADR section
o SRL Committee continues to coordinate and distribute COVID-
and disaster-related resources. Committee is working with the
LDJA to create training videos to address best practices for
remote access to courts and with the Technology Committee to
automate forms.
o SRL and Technology Committees hosted strategic planning
meetings and developed lists of priority goals.
o SRL and Technology Committees prioritized forms most used
by SRLs and is working with the Supreme Court’s Technology
Commission on developing and automating. The Committees
finalized the automation of the Name Change and 103 Divorce
forms.
o SRL and Technology Committees are updating Petition to
Establish Custody form and creating 102 divorce forms in
preparation for automating. The Committees are also working
on choosing additional forms to draft, update, and automate.
o Members of the SRL Committee are helping coordinate
meetings with judicial staff and Clerks of Court in Northeast
Louisiana to discuss the JFA and GIS Mapping project and
ways to expand civil legal resources.
▪ Continue to partner with libraries to support the Legal Education and
Assistance Program (LEAP);
o Created and updated basic legal guides for librarians to
educate the public, most recently including a COVID-19 guide.
o Developed live and recorded trainings for librarians to assist the
public with basic legal questions.
o Held LEAP Library Trainings at the Westside Regional Library
Branch in Alexandria on December 16 and at the Shreve
th
Memorial Library on December 17 for librarians in Rapides
th
and Caddo Parishes as well as the surrounding areas.
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