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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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