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▪ Attorneys listed now increased to 70, with 5700 total
visitors and 5% increase in views in 2020 versus 2019.
Directory nominated for Louis M. Brown Award.
o Update “Becoming an Adult” website
The Children’s Law Committee continues to work on updating
the “Becoming an Adult” guide and website. Plans are
underway to utilize a QR code that will direct users to the
website, rather than printing copies of the guide.
▪ Promote unmet statewide legal needs report recommendations;
Authored Bar Journal article featuring unmet statewide legal needs
report’s recommendations and Economic Impact Study results.
Presented unmet statewide legal needs report findings at the annual
Louisiana Justice Community Conference, October 2019. Findings will
be used in communication planning for the next phase of the JFA
process.
▪ Continue to administer the Legal Innovators for Tomorrow (LIFT)
Program which targets new attorneys interested in focusing a practice
on unmet legal needs;
o Address domestic violence, disaster and expungement legal
needs
o Launched Flood Proof program to increase access to legal
representation for people affected by the 2016 flooding in Baton
Rouge. Program now in its third year with funding for a third
cohort of participating attorneys. Inaugural class to graduate
December 2020 dedicating 500 pro bono hours.
▪ In first year of Flood Proof program, attorneys dedicated
300 pro bono hours to disaster survivor cases. Second
cohort of participants selected to work in program
through June 2021.
▪ Domestic Violence Project now working with its 5 class
th
of participants.
▪ Two new Business Strategy Workshops took place in
December for participants and alums of LIFT. Training
was recorded.
o Match interested attorneys with providers to address unmet
legal needs
LIFT has worked with 30 attorneys, matching attorneys with
civil legal aid service providers focusing on various practice
areas including: family law, expungements, housing,
successions, and re-entry related legal needs.
▪ Develop and implement a pilot conflict resolution program located
where other resources are not readily available;
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