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o Developed live and recorded trainings for librarians to assist the
public with basic legal questions.
o Held LEAP Library Trainings at the Westside Regional Library
Branch in Alexandria on December 16 and at the Shreve
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Memorial Library on December 17 for librarians in Rapides
th
and Caddo Parishes as well as the surrounding areas.
o In 2020, trainings planned in St. Tammany, Orleans, Lake
Charles, and Houma were cancelled due to the pandemic.
o Worked with partners to update legal guides for librarians to
provide information in Spanish.
o Developed a Facebook page for Lawyers in Libraries virtual
events and continue to use it to distribute trainings and
materials for librarians to assist the public.
▪ Create and support legal resources for the public;
Educated LSBA receptionist and recorded message to which public
can be directed to “Find Legal Help” site
Created a Brochure for requesting an interpreter which the Supreme
Court’s Office of Language Access is distributing to Clerks of Court.
o Develop and expand use of “Find Legal Help” site
▪ Requested website analytics for Find Legal Help and
related pages in order to understand and increase user
traffic.
▪ Updated Find Legal Help to include local domestic
violence shelters and hotlines and COVID-related
resources and guides.
▪ Added Civil Legal Navigator button on FLH
o Create new and maintain existing SRL resource centers
(websites and help desks) and statewide uniform domestic
forms
Set up Google analytics in order to analyze traffic to LSBA-
managed Judicial District Court self-help websites.
SRL & Technology Committees are working on making forms
automated and guided.
o Develop and expand membership of online modest means
directory
Hosted three free CLEs to attorney members of the Modest
Means Directory. Increased the number of attorneys listed on
the Directory by 15.
▪ Attended a meeting of the Washington Parish Bar
Association to encourage participation in the Modest
Means Online Directory and as volunteers for
LA.FreeLegalAnswers.org.
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