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▪ ATJ Commission members to present CLE on SRL at
Third Circuit Judges Conference in March 2022.
o Host biannual Pro Bono Summit
Annualized meeting through Pro Bono track planned for 2019
LJCC and 2020 LJCC.
o Create materials and trainings to educate judges and judicial
staff
▪ January 2020 event conducted in conjunction with LDJA
to educate judges (mainly in SELA) about ATJ
Commission work that may support their courts.
▪ Assisted with the creation and dissemination of a bench
card and trainings on evictions laws under the CARES
Act for District Court Judges, City Court Judges, and
Justices of the Peace.
▪ Creating materials using the JFA GIS data and map,
including maps of Louisiana that display varying levels
of poverty within civil legal resource deserts, as well as
the Louisiana Supreme Court districts.
▪ Creating guides and best practices regarding remote
hearings.
▪ In September, ATJ Staff and the Judicial College co-
hosted an Evictions CLE which focussed on Eviction
Diversion Programs. The presentation was put together
with the help of legal aid attorneys, district and city court
judges, and LSBA past-president Barry Grodsky.
▪ Created and distributed a Post-Disaster Evictions Bench
Card for the judiciary.
▪ 2022 Alternative Legal Status & Supportive Decision
Making training sponsored by the Legal Services for
Persons with Disabilities Committee in partnership with
the Louisiana Judicial College at the Annual Judge’s
Spring Conference on April 7th-8th. Attorneys from both
Disability Rights Louisiana and the Supreme Court of
Louisiana will be collaborating to develop an Alternative
Legal Status Bench Card for the judiciary.
▪ Share ATJ components of strategic plan with the Supreme Court of
Louisiana and the Louisiana Bar Foundation to garner support; and
The ATJ Commission adopted the strategic plan developed in
February 2019, same presented to LBF.
▪ Continue to coordinate annual LSBA Pro Bono Awards recognition.
Updated online nomination system and opened nominations for 2020
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