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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 2017 Annual Report

Making a Difference through Pro Bono

SLLS has vital partnerships with volunteer attorneys and pro bono providers. Through our Legal Services
Corporation (LSC) grant, SLLS provides subgrants to help fund the Baton Rouge Bar Foundation’s Pro
Bono Project and the Pro Bono Project in New Orleans. SLLS also operates several in-house pro bono
efforts including our Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, Northshore Pro Bono Project, and our partnership with
the LSBA LIFT Incubator Program at the New Orleans Family Justice Center. We were delighted to receive
an LSC Pro Bono Innovation Fund grant in 2017 to help us transform our pro bono efforts.

Law Students Make Lasting Contributions
SLLS is fortunate to have law clerks assisting in the delivery of civil legal aid from Loyola, LSU, Southern,
and Tulane Law Schools. We also host law students from schools across the country during alternative
spring and winter breaks. This nationwide interest in volunteering at SLLS started as an outpouring of
support after Hurricane Katrina and continues today. In 2017, law students provided over 10,000 hours
of service valued at over $150,000. Special thanks to all these dedicated future lawyers and their schools
in supporting our work for vulnerable clients.

Pictured above: 2017 Law Clerk Orientation with SLLS Board Vice-
Pictured above: SLLS summer law President Mark Surprenant
clerk distributing veteran surveys
2017 Annual Report