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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 2017 Annual Report

Our Mission

To achieve justice for low-income people in Louisiana by enforcing and defending their legal
rights through civil legal aid, advocacy, and community education.

Our History

For 50 years, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) has provided a legal safety net. We serve 22
parishes covering half of Louisiana’s low-income population from our offices in Baton Rouge, Covington,
Harvey, Hammond, Houma, and New Orleans. SLLS attorneys and support staff are complemented by pro
bono attorneys, law students, and other volunteers. We work in partnership with other community
stakeholders.

SLLS provides legal help for indigent and other vulnerable people who cannot afford a lawyer. We protect
livelihoods, health, housing, and families. Programs like ours are essential to assuring fairness for all in the
civil justice system.

Pictured above: SLLS attorneys at the New Orleans Bar Pictured above left to right: Sister Bonnie Hoffman, Vice-
Association’s Bar and Grille fundraiser President of Mission, Daughters of Charity Services of New
Orleans; Mary Jane Ciccarello, Director, Borchard
Foundation Center on Law & Aging; Rebecca Holmes,
SLLS Staff Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnership; and Elena
Perez, SLLS Pro Bono Program Managing Attorney at
Daughters of Charity Health Clinic
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2017 Annual Report