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 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 training materials using the JFA GIS data and
map.
 Coordinating with members of the judiciary and the
Judicial College regarding upcoming opportunities for

trainings.
 Share ATJ components of strategic plan with the Supreme Court of
Louisiana and the Louisiana Bar Foundation to garner support; and
The ATJ Commission adopted the strategic plan developed in
February 2019, same presented to LBF.
 Continue to coordinate annual LSBA Pro Bono Awards recognition.
Updated online nomination system and opened nominations for 2020
Awards on December 2, 2019.

■ The State Bar develops alternative or additional legal resources to support
unaddressed issues or provide extra-judicial services.
 Continue to facilitate the work of the Building Bridges, Modest Means
and SRL Committees, as well as the Gap Assessment Subcommittee;
o The Building Bridges Committee recently co-hosted a CLE
designed to increase access to affordable legal representation
for people returning home after incarceration.
o Building Bridges coordinated with OMV and DOC to release a
provisional driver’s license pamphlet, to be distributed to people
returning from prison statewide.
o Working with DOC to facilitate work of Louisiana Prisoner Re-
Entry Initiatives Implementation Steering Team for Legal Needs
to address various civil legal needs of reentry population.
o Building Bridges Committee worked with IST Legal
Subcommittee to host CLE on reentry legislative updates
o Modest Means Committee finalizing development of Limited
Scope Representation Toolkit for attorneys offering affordable
legal services
o Met with Clerks of Court in Rapides and Caddo Parishes to
discuss opportunities for assistance from the SRL Committee.
o Most recently, the SRL Committee coordinated the distribution
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