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▪ 2022 Alternative Legal Status & Supportive Decision
Making training sponsored by the Legal Services for
Persons with Disabilities Committee in partnership with
the Louisiana Judicial College at the Annual Judge’s
Spring Conference on April 7th-8th.
▪ Judge Woodruff-White to present welcome remarks
regarding ATJ Commission efforts and resources for
judges at Judicial College Spring Conference on Apr.
8th
▪ ATJ Staff are scheduled to present at a Judges Only
session at Annual Meeting on ATJ and SRL resources.
o Host biannual Pro Bono Summit
Annualized meeting through Pro Bono track planned for 2019
LJCC and 2020 LJCC.
o Create materials and trainings to educate judges and judicial
staff
▪ January 2020 event conducted in conjunction with LDJA
to educate judges (mainly in SELA) about ATJ
Commission work that may support their courts.
▪ Assisted with the creation and dissemination of a bench
card and trainings on evictions laws under the CARES
Act for District Court Judges, City Court Judges, and
Justices of the Peace.
▪ Creating materials using the JFA GIS data and map,
including maps of Louisiana that display varying levels
of poverty within civil legal resource deserts, as well as
the Louisiana Supreme Court districts.
▪ Creating guides and best practices regarding remote
hearings.
▪ In September, ATJ Staff and the Judicial College co-
hosted an Evictions CLE which focussed 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.
▪ Created and distributed a Post-Disaster Evictions Bench
Card for the judiciary.
▪ Update ATJ and Self-Represented Litigants Packet for
Judges.
▪ 2022 Alternative Legal Status & Supportive Decision
Making training sponsored by the Legal Services for
Persons with Disabilities Committee in partnership with
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