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statewide substantive law task forces to discuss
common issues faced and training needs. Each Task
Force will host a practice area specific training at the
2019 LA Justice Community Conference.
● Scheduled and completed all quarterly task force
meetings for 2020. Each Task Force hosted CLE at the
virtual 2020 LA Justice Community Conference. 2021
quarterly meetings scheduled.
● Ongoing development of trainings with task forces for
the substantive law recorded training series geared
towards new attorneys.
o Investigate IFP issues
• Surveyed the legal providers regarding common issues
faced with misapplication of IFP statutes and used
research to substantiate LSLI request to examine.
• With approval of BOG was able to get Louisiana
Legislature (House and Senate) to adopt resolutions
requesting LSLI to examine current IFP statutes.
• ATJ Commission members will participate in Louisiana
State Law Institute meeting scheduled mid-January to
discuss IFP issues

• As stated above, the 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.
▪ Partner with Louisiana Bar Foundation to launch Legal Navigator
Program.
o Collaborated with Louisiana Bar Foundation to submit a Justice
For All grant application. If received, the funding will support the
assessment of civil legal aid and social services resources in
Louisiana. This assessment will later be used in developing the
LBF’s Legal Navigator.
o The Louisiana ATJ Commission was awarded a Justice For All
(JFA) grant, a project housed by the National Center for State
Courts, which provides funding to support a three-part process
that results in an inventory assessment and strategic plan for
how Louisianans access resources to address civil legal needs.
This grant outputs will be used to benefit development of the
Civil Legal Navigator.
o The JFA Kick-off event was held in Baton Rouge in conjunction

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