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▪  The 2021 ATJ Internship program hosted 3 interns and
                                                       began on Monday, May 17th, ending on Friday, June
                                                       25th. The interns spent time with: The Baton Rouge Bar
                                                       Foundation, The Parole Project, Judge Cashe with the
                                                       21st JDC, Judge Woodruff White with the East Baton
                                                       Rouge Family Court, Judge Tim Marcel in the 29tht
                                                       JDC, the Justice & Accountability Center, Southeast
                                                       Louisiana Legal Services, The New Orleans Pro Bono
                                                       Project and Louisiana Appleseed.
                                                   ▪  Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC has joined the 2022
                                                       ATJ Developing Leadership Intern program as a
                                                       sponsor for Loyola College of Law.
                                                   ▪  Planning for the 2022 program is underway.
                                            o  Participate in LSU Apprenticeship Week
                                                The ATJ program participated in the 2019 & 2020 LSU
                                                Apprenticeship week with a course titled Serving the Public and
                                                the Profession. The 2021 LSU Apprenticeship week program
                                                was cancelled.
                                                The LSBA ATJ staff has been invited back for the 2022 LSU
                                                Apprenticeship Week. Staff is currently working to develop the
                                                curriculum for the program.
                                            o  Coordinate outreach on children’s and disability law job
                                                opportunities
                                                   ▪  Members of the Children’s Law and LSPD Committees
                                                       offered interview skills trainings for law students at
                                                       Tulane University, at Loyola University, and at LSU’s
                                                       Apprenticeship week.
                                                   ▪  The LSU Public Interest Law Society has volunteered to
                                                       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 Committee are working
                                                       with Loyola Law School to host a training on trauma-
                                                       informed representation for law students.
                                     ▪  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.
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