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ATJ Commission chair obtained input from IFP Committee members
as LSLI revised IFP statutes and sent a bill with those revisions to the
legislature. The bill did not move through the legislature because of the
truncated session. The bill has been filed for the 2021 Regular Session
and has successfully moved through the House and Senate.
Members of the Technology Committee meeting monthly to discuss
funding and grant opportunities.
▪ Assess technical capacities of civil legal aid providers;
Technology Committee developed assessment tool to determine
statewide capacities.
▪ Assess statewide technology needs of the Civil Justice Community
and develop priority list of possible initiatives and projects;
Technology Committee evaluated a list of potential initiatives and
projects from Civil Justice Community partners and will identify one or
two projects to recommend to the ATJ Commission for development.
Learning Management System is being developed by providers and
Lagniappe Law Lab. LearnUpon has been selected as the learning
management system, and now working on the implementation phase,
starting with onboarding materials.
▪ Assess training needs and develop appropriate resources;
o Host annual Louisiana Justice Community Conference
The 2020 conference, originally scheduled in-person in
October, was held online Dec 2-4 through a virtual platform,
Pathable with increased attendance and national presenter
participation. All CLEs were recorded and made available. 2021
conference held online October 14-15. Introducing Justice
Fridays which will include online training for public interest
attorneys throughout the year. Completed the first Justice
Friday event on October 22, 2021 followed by November 5 and
November 12 dates planned. Starting to plan for our Spring
Justice Fridays virtual training series. A set date is to be
determined this month. These training sessions will be held
from mid April to early May and will focus on topics such as
disaster law and legislative updates.
Provide targeted training throughout the year on public interest
legal issues
• Facilitated the 2019 Substantive Law Training Series for
Public Interest attorneys, providing CLEs in-person and
via simulcast. Recorded trainings and made available
online through the LSBA Vimeo page and ProBono.Net.
Trainings with materials on Family Law, Domestic

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