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▪ The Member Outreach and Diversity Department is
currently assisting the Jessie N. Stone Legal Society in
Shreveport with reorganization.
o Promote diversity and inclusion and preserve historical content
▪ LSBA encourages local and specialty bar associations
to become a signatory to the LSBA Statement of
Diversity Principles;
▪ An article with information related to the Diversity
Statement can be found on the Diversity webpage
throughout the year. An article is featured in LSBA
publications periodically.
▪ LSBA encourages specialty bar associations to provide
a copy of its bylaws and current member listserv;
▪ The Member Outreach and Diversity Department assists
with updating the listserv of local and specialty bar
associations. The department also encourages local and
specialty bar associations to include the LSBA as a
member of its listserv. This allows the LSBA to receive
information on programs and events. The department
internally tracks which local and specialty bar
associations it receives information from.
▪ The Department maintains records on specialty bar
programming and activities;
▪ The department encourages local and specialty bar
associations to provide an agenda/program related to
activities or events that the LSBA regularly attends and/or
sponsors. The agenda/program is stored internally.
▪ LSBA assists organizations with web development by
partnering with a web development company.
▪ The Member Outreach and Diversity Department
assisted with relaunching the website for the Southwest
Louisiana Bar Association, Louis A. Martinet Legal
Society, Inc. Baton Rouge Chapter and the Louis A.
Martinet Legal Society, Inc. Southwest Louisiana/Lake
Charles Chapter.
▪ Maintain presence at events across state including red masses and
bench-bar conferences;
The Member Outreach and Diversity Department maintains an
ongoing presence at statewide events. The LSBA President joins the
department at these events whenever possible. The activities of local
and specialty bar events are placed on a calendar of events located on
the LSBA website on the Member Outreach webpage.
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