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Entergy attorneys and students from Loyola College of
Law and LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
● On Thursday, January 6th a virtual Free Legal Answers
clinic was held with volunteer attorneys and LSU Law
students. This clinic was built into the curriculum for the
2021 Access to Justice program during LSU’s
Apprenticeship Week.
● Additional virtual pro bono clinics were held with
attorneys from Entergy and Butler Snow and law
students from Tulane. These clincis were held on
February 17th and March 8th, 2022.
● Two virtual Free Legal Answers clinics are planned as
part of the ATJ Developing Leadership Intern program
curriculum. The four ATJ interns will assist our pro bono
volunteering in researching and drafting questions for
the site. These clinics will be held on Friday, June 3rd
and Friday, June 24th.
o Certified as Provider for “CLE for Pro Bono”
Certification allows for LSBA program volunteers to obtain CLE
credit for volunteer work
ATJ Staff will participate in the 2021 YLD Seminar to present
the CLE titled, “Louisiana’s Pro Bono Network and you.” The
CLE will feature all the pro bono programs throughout the state
and highlight the most important reasons to volunteer.
o Create Pro Bono CLE template to foster a culture of PB
representation
ATJ staff participated in two CLEs to promote pro bono. The
first was a part of the “Aging Gracefully for Lawyers” on April
16th and the second will be a part of the Leadership Class’ CLE
to encourage attorneys to volunteer after a disaster, that CLE
was held on Friday, April 23rd and was called “Pandemic Pro
Bono: Navigating Evictions and Small Successions. These
recordings were edited and added to the probono.net/la library
of resources.
o Facilitate education on volunteer portal of statewide case mgt
system
Pro Bono Subcommittee presented a CLE on the use of the
volunteer PBI (Private Bar Involvement) Portal, of the statewide
case management system that will facilitate engagement of pro
bono volunteers.
The Pro Bono Subcommittee has requested additional training

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