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▪ 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.
Participation in the Clerk of Court conference was
postponed due to cancelation of conference because of
the pandemic. Engaged LDJA members and City Court
Judges Association for assistance with bench card and
trainings on evictions laws under the CARES Act.
▪ ATJ Staff worked with Board of Directors for the
Louisiana Chapter of the Association of Family and
Conciliatory Courts regarding possible presentation.
▪ Coordinating with the Judicial College and members of
the judiciary regarding upcoming opportunities for
outreach and trainings.
▪ Outreach efforts to the Louisiana Supreme Court
Justices and judges in Concordia East Carroll, West
Carroll, Madison, and Tensas Parishes are underway
regarding the ATJ Commissions Justice for All report
and GIS mapping project.
▪ ATJ Staff is coordinating a presentation at the 3rd Circuit
Judges Association Conference in Natchitoches in
March 2022 that will focus on training judges on SRL-
related issues and other ATJ projects.
▪ In September, ATJ Staff and the Judicial College co-
hosted an Evictions CLE which focused on Eviction
Diversion Programs. The presentation was put together
with the help of legal aid attorneys, district and city court
judges, and LSBA past-president Barry Grodsky.
▪ ATJ Staff helped prepare LSBA past-president Alainna
Mire and Judge Woodruff-White to give an ATJ
Continuum of Legal Services presentation for lawyers
and judges at the New York CLE in November.
o Host biannual Pro Bono Summit
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