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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 2017 Annual Report

Southern University Law Center: “NITA Public Service Trainings”
In 2017, SULC continued its partnership with SLLS to offer staff training through an innovative National
Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) program. Under NITA’s new Public Service program, 32 public interest
lawyers were paired with 16 SULC students for intensive free four-day training. This training gives students
interested in public service careers an edge while also sharpening the skills of civil legal aid attorneys.
SULC was one of the first law schools in the country to participate in the NITA program. The program is
slated to continue through 2018. SLLS is proud to partner with SULC on several projects including its
Successions Clinic as part of our “Flood Proof” project.

Pictured above: SLLS staff and NITA Instructors
at the 2017 NITA Training at SULC

Tulane University Law Center: Lutz Fellowships Expand Services to Victims

Since 2014, eight recent Tulane Law School graduates have started their practice while filling civil legal
services gaps for victims of domestic violence, child abuse/neglect, and disasters. Through a gift from
corporate attorney Laurent C. Lutz, a 1986 Tulane Law School graduate, the law school and SLLS share
the cost of one-year Fellowships. Mr. Laurent Lutz, EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Sallie
Mae, says in creating the fellowship, he and his family hoped to “give new Tulane lawyers opportunities to
follow their aspirations to help others,” with a focus on improving children’s lives. SLLS has been fortunate
enough to retain each Lutz Fellow on staff at the end of their Fellowship.

Pictured above: Lutz Disaster Fellow Julia Pictured above: Jessica Wood, 2014-2015 Lutz
Wilson at community outreach event Fellow, Josephine Vanderhorst, 2015-2016 Lutz
Fellow, and Ana Lopez 2016-2017 Lutz Fellow

2017 Annual Report