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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 2017 Annual Report

Increasing Access to Justice for All through Technology Innovations

SLLS continued to expand justice to all by operating the statewide free legal information website
Louisianalawhelp.org with resources available in both Spanish and English, and legal alerts through our
website and Face book page.

Statewide Public
Information 134,000 Unique 163,000 Page
Website Site Users Views
www.LouisianaLawhelp.org

www.slls.org 31,000 Unique 44,000 Page
Site Visitors
Views

SLLS’ Website Coordinator recruits, trains, and supervises "LiveHelp" navigators from the Paul M. Hebert
Law Center at Louisiana State University. The navigators help people find information on
LouisianaLawHelp.org. Law Student Volunteers use instant messaging software to communicate in real-
time with hundreds of visitors to LouisianaLawHelp.org. For more information or to become a volunteer
please contact Lisa Stansky at lstansky@slls.org.

SLLS Receives Technology Initiative Grants
In November 2017, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) awarded SLLS two
Technology Initiative Grants (TIGs) to provide greater quality legal assistance to
low-income people. SLLS will streamline and update LouisianaLawHelp.org.
The project will refresh the look of the site, improve navigation, and boost
access for mobile device users.

SLLS is also working on a TIG to develop interactive online forms to help pro se litigants with consumer
debt and simple divorce cases. This project will also develop instructional “LibGuides” to help librarians
refer pro se litigants to legal information.

Innovative “Flood Proof” App
SLLS partnered with Stanford University, the Baton Rouge Bar Foundation,
Southern University Law Center, the LSU Law Clinic, Louisiana Appleseed,
and the American Bar Association’s Center for Innovation to create Flood
Proof. This app for iPhones and Android phones helps flood victims track
down the proof of home ownership they need to qualify for federal and state
disaster assistance. Grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Baton
Rouge Area Foundation made funded this innovation which is being
replicated for Hurricane Harvey and Irma disaster survivors.

2017 Annual Report