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Answers, and completing a draft SRL petition based off a family
                                                law hypothetical. This year’s program also featured several
                                                guest speakers: Alainna Mire, Chris Ralston, Greg Landry,
                                                Professor Virginia Listach, and Judge Lisa Woodruff-White.
                                            o  Coordinate outreach on children’s and disability law job
                                                opportunities
                                                   ▪  Members of the Children’s Law and LSPD Committees
                                                       offered interview skills trainings for law students at
                                                       Tulane University, at Loyola University, and at LSU’s
                                                       Apprenticeship week.
                                                   ▪  The LSU Public Interest Law Society has volunteered to
                                                       update the Family Law Training manual created at the
                                                       beginning of the pandemic for the benefit of civil legal
                                                       aid and volunteer attorneys.
                                                   ▪  Members of the Children’s Law and LSPD Committees
                                                       hosted skills training for law students at Tulane Law
                                                       School. Members of both Committees are working with
                                                       Loyola Law School to host a similar training.
                                                   ▪  Members of the Children’s Law Committee are working
                                                       with Loyola Law School to host a training on trauma-
                                                       informed representation for law students.
                                                   ▪  Members of the Children’s Law and LSPD committees
                                                       worked with LSU’s Apprenticeship week in collaboration
                                                       with the ATJ Language Access Committee to host a
                                                       Client Interview Skills training on January 5th, 2022.
                                                   ▪  Members of the LSPD committee are working with
                                                       Loyola Law School to host a training on trauma-informed
                                                       representation for law students.
                                     ▪  Research methods to increase attorney/legal volunteerism and
                                         develop initiatives and best practices;
                                         Researched other states’ Emeritus rules to provide the Supreme Court
                                         with information for the revision of the LSBA Emeritus Rule.
                                         At the most recent AJT Commission meeting on December 15, 2021,
                                         the Commission agreed to support a pro bono campaign for 2022. The
                                         campaign is currently being developed with the help of the pro bono
                                         subcommittee and various pro bono professionals.
                                     ▪  Relaunch the Louisiana Civil Justice Center (LCJC) to work with other
                                         stakeholders to provide civil legal services;
                                         LCJC services are missed during times of disaster response.
                                         However, we have worked with civil legal aid providers to develop
                                         mechanisms to provide services formerly conducted by LCJC.


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