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Overpayments, and SNAP trainings for 2020
Substantive Law Training Series.

• Hosted and recorded FEMA training following Hurricane
Laura for civil legal aid and volunteer attorneys
• In partnership with legal aid attorneys, district and city
court judges, LSBA past-president Barry Grodsky, and
the Lafayette Bar Association, hosted multiple virtual
training sessions and CLEs on the new eviction laws
under the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act. Sessions were attended by over
160 judges and Justices of the Peace and recordings
were made available for those that could not livestream.
• Created 8 training videos and corresponding training
manuals for civil legal aid and volunteer attorneys on
issues arising from COVID-19, including evictions and
family law.
• Hosted a CLE on Re-entry Legislative Updates attended
by DOC, DA offices, PD offices, legislative offices,
advocates, and members of the judiciary to educate
people on the new laws reducing legal barriers to people
released from incarceration.
• Hosted the Disability Law CLE on November 22, 2019
which provided attorneys with in-depth training on
representing clients with disabilities.
• Facilitated the 2019 Substantive Law Training Series for
Public Interest attorneys, providing CLEs in-person and
via simulcast. Recorded trainings and made available
online through the LSBA Vimeo page and ProBono.Net.
Trainings with materials on Family Law, Domestic
Violence, Successions, Social Security Disability,
Consumer and Bankruptcy are currently available.

• Hosted the Special Education Workshop in partnership
with Southern University Law Center on October 19,
2019 offering attorneys and members of the public an
opportunity to learn more about laws, policies, and
procedures relating to special education.
 Coordinate the statewide legal services disaster response plan;
Successfully tested new disaster response plan during Hurricane
Barry.

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