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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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