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court judges, LSBA past-president Barry Grodsky, and
the Lafayette Bar Association, hosted multiple virtual
training sessions and CLEs on the new eviction laws
under the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act. Sessions were attended by over
160 judges and Justices of the Peace and recordings
were made available for those that could not livestream.
● Hosted a CLE in Aug. 2020 on Re-entry Legislative
Updates attended by DOC, DA offices, PD offices,
legislative offices, advocates, and members of the
judiciary to educate people on the new laws reducing
legal barriers to people released from incarceration.
● Hosted the Disability Law CLE on November 22, 2019
which provided attorneys with in-depth training on
representing clients with disabilities.
• Hosted the Special Education Workshop in partnership
with Southern University Law Center on October 19,
2019 offering attorneys and members of the public an
opportunity to learn more about laws, policies, and
procedures relating to special education.
● 2021 Substantive Law Trainings are being provided on a
rolling as needed basis and have been uploaded to the
probono.net/la library of resources.
● 2021 Eviction Moratorium and Diversion Programs
training in partnership with legal aid attorneys, district
and city court judges, and LSBA past-president Barry
Grodsky, was held in September.
▪ Coordinate the statewide legal services disaster response plan;
o Successfully tested new disaster response plan during
Hurricane Barry.
o The Disaster Preparedness and Response subcommittee has
met since March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
bringing together Justice Community members to provide a
coordinated response.
o In response to Hurricane Laura, the subcommittee again
implemented the Statewide Disaster Plan for Legal Assistance.
LA Appleseed completed the update of the disaster training
manual for volunteers. The 1-800-310-7029 disaster hotline
was activated and provides a recorded message providing
referral information. In addition, the LSBA Disaster Response
website was activated providing vital legal information and

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