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program coordinator have been featured on WDSU.
                                     ▪  Continue to support and partner with the Louisiana Center for Law and
                                         Civic Education and its initiatives;
                                            o  Develop a “Speaker’s Bureau” for LCLCE programs that could
                                                speak on the rule of law but also other important relevant topics.
                                     ▪  Develop a “Speaker’s Bureau” to speak at local Rotary Clubs, Lions
                                         Clubs, etc. to emphasize the Rule of Law and the role of lawyers and
                                         judges in maintaining the rule of law.  Speakers would use the
                                         approved PowerPoint presentation that was created by Bar leaders
                                         and staff;
                                     ▪  Facilitate attendance of Board of Governors and Young Lawyers
                                         Division District Representatives at local Board meetings and social
                                         events;
                                         YLD district reps will continue to be involved in their local bars and
                                         attend local bar association meetings throughout 2020-2021.
                                     ▪  Create a list of bullet points of what services lawyers offer and what they
                                         do for the public that they can reference when being criticized by the
                                         public;
                                     ▪  Solicit articles for the Louisiana Bar Journal once or twice a year about
                                         the Rule of Law; and
                                         October-November 2019 Journal, ABA President Judy Perry
                                         Martinez’s article and her the installation speech focused on the Rule
                                         of Law.
                                         LASC Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson discussed aspects of
                                         the Rule of Law in her farewell interview published in the December
                                         2020-January 2021 Journal.
                                         LASC Chief Justice John L. Weimer discussed rule of law in his
                                         Journal interview in February-March 2021.
                                         LSBA President Alainna R. Mire discussed rule of law as part of her
                                         speech given at the investiture of Chief Justice Weimer, published in
                                         the February-March 2021 Journal.
                                         Solicitation of Rule of Law topics/articles is placed on every Journal
                                         Editorial Board meeting agenda. At the 8-27-21 Editorial Board
                                         meeting, a specific request was made for Rule of Law-related articles
                                         and one Board member is working with SULC professors to produce
                                         articles on the Rule of Law for future issues.
                                         The first SULC-solicited Rule of Law article by Prof. Nadia E. Nedzel
                                         was published in the June-July 2022 Journal (“The Rule of Law: What
                                         Is It and Is It Still Relevant?”). More Rule of Law-themed articles are
                                         expected for publication through 2022-2023.
                                     ▪  Share relevant articles with the local press and authorize reprints of
                                         same.
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