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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
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

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