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▪ Assess training needs and develop appropriate resources;
o Host annual Louisiana Justice Community Conference
The 2020 conference, originally scheduled in-person in
October, was held online Dec 2-4 through a virtual platform,
Pathable with increased attendance and national presenter
participation. All CLEs were recorded and made available. 2021
conference held online October 14-15. Introducing Justice
Fridays which will include online training for public interest
attorneys throughout the year. Completed the first Justice
Friday event on October 22, 2021 followed by November 5 and
November 12 dates planned. Our Spring Justice Fridays series
will launch on May 20th to June 17th. The series will consist of
3 to 4 Justice Fridays training days and each training day will
offer 3 hours of CLE credit. The events are scheduled to be
held in-person in the following cities, Lafayette, Baton Rouge,
Shreveport, and New Orleans. As part of our Justice Fridays
initiative, we will be holding a training event in collaboration with
the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness in Baton Rouge.
Provide targeted training throughout the year on public interest
legal issues
• Facilitated the 2019 Substantive Law Training Series for
Public Interest attorneys, providing CLEs in-person and
via simulcast. Recorded trainings and made available
online through the LSBA Vimeo page and ProBono.Net.
Trainings with materials on Family Law, Domestic
Violence, Successions, Social Security Disability,
Consumer and Bankruptcy are currently available.
● 2020 Substantive law series included FEMA training
following Hurricane Laura for civil legal aid and volunteer
attorneys and created 8 training videos and
corresponding training manuals for civil legal aid and
volunteer attorneys on issues arising from COVID-19,
including evictions and family law.
● In partnership with legal aid attorneys, district and city
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

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