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Legal aid providers, Justice and Accountability Center, LBF,
Louisiana Appleseed, LA Public Defender Board, and the LSBA
have identified alternative funds through the Justice
Reinvestment reforms passed in 2017. The group submitted a
grant application in July 2019 to facilitate the coordinated
provision of legal services.
o Create stakeholder group to identify alternative funding options
Conversations included at Legal Aid Directors quarterly
meeting to examine alternative funding through foundations
and state entities (Kellogg, DCFS, etc.).
ATJ staff will participate in upcoming meeting led by LBF to
coordinate funding opportunities

■ The State Bar develops resources to ensure optimum funding of civil legal aid
providers.
 Facilitate the work of the Technology Committee and Disaster and IFP
Committees;
ATJ Commission chair obtained input from IFP Committee members
as LSLI revised IFP statutes and sent a bill with those revisions to the
legislature. The bill did not move through the legislature because of the
truncated session.
 Assess technical capacities of civil legal aid providers;
Technology Committee developed assessment tool to determine
statewide capacities.
 Assess statewide technology needs of the Civil Justice Community
and develop priority list of possible initiatives and projects;
Technology Committee evaluated a list of potential initiatives and
projects from Civil Justice Community partners and will identify one or
two projects to recommend to the ATJ Commission for development.
Learning Management System is being developed by providers and
Lagniappe Law Lab.
 Assess training needs and develop appropriate resources;
o Host annual Louisiana Justice Community Conference
The 2020 conference, originally scheduled in-person in
October, was successfully held online Dec 2-4 through a virtual
platform, Pathable with increased attendance and national
presenter participation. All CLEs were recorded and will be
made available through Probono.net/la.
o Provide targeted training throughout the year on public interest
legal issues

• Scheduled employment law, Social Security

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