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Jefferson.
o Match interested attorneys with providers to address unmet
legal needs
o LIFT in its 7th year has worked with 35 attorneys, matching
attorneys with civil legal aid service providers focusing on
various practice areas including: family law, expungements,
housing, successions, and re-entry related legal needs.
o Launching Rural Justice Incubator Project in partnership with
Acadiana Legal Service Corp. to address the unmet legal
needs of low- and moderate-income Louisianans living in
underserved rural communities.
▪ Develop and implement a pilot conflict resolution program located
where other resources are not readily available;
A pilot mediation program requiring a partnership between legal aid
service providers and volunteer mediators from the LSBA’s ADR
Section was proposed.
▪ Collaborate with the Supreme Court of Louisiana and Clerks of Court
as to what data needs to be collected; and
Discussed with LDJA and SRL what data needed to be collected and
drafted survey questions.
▪ Convene Clerks of Court, and other stakeholders from judicial bodies
to discuss the unified court systems.
After initial contact, appearance at Clerk of Court conference was
postponed due to event cancelation.

Goal 5: The LSBA improves public trust and confidence in the legal

system and its participating judges and lawyers.

■ The State Bar effectively communicates the value of a self-regulated
profession to facilitate the public’s understanding of the importance of lawyers
and their role in the delivery of legal services.
▪ Continue to work with the Lawyers in Libraries program;
LSBA is working with local libraries again this year to obtain media
coverage and recap the events in LSBA publications.
▪ Promote and grow the Suit Up for the Future High School Summer
Institute and Intern Program;
The Member Outreach and Diversity Department currently promotes
the program on a designated LSBA webpage, in LSBA publications,
and advertisement to high school principals/counselors statewide.
Additional promotion of the program includes television and
newspaper articles. The LSBA president and the Just the Beginning

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