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Awards on December 2, 2019.

■ The State Bar develops alternative or additional legal resources to support
unaddressed issues or provide extra-judicial services.
▪ Continue to facilitate the work of the Building Bridges, Modest Means
and SRL Committees, as well as the Gap Assessment Subcommittee;
o The Building Bridges Committee continues to host CLEs and
cross-trainings designed to educate attorneys on collateral
consequences of incarceration and increase access to free and
affordable legal representation for people returning home after
incarceration. Committee completed brochure on new child
support law affecting noncustodial incarcerated parents,
currently under review by DCFS and DOC.
o Building Bridges coordinated with OMV and DOC to release a
provisional driver’s license pamphlet, to be distributed to people
returning from prison statewide.
o Working with DOC to facilitate work of Louisiana Prisoner Re-
Entry Initiatives Implementation Steering Team for Legal Needs
to address various civil legal needs of reentry population.
o Modest Means Committee finalized and published Limited
Scope Representation Toolkit with new on-demand CLE for
attorneys. Working to address attorney concerns drafting
pleading for self-represented litigants.
o Met with Clerks of Court in Rapides and Caddo Parishes to
discuss opportunities for assistance from the SRL Committee.
o SRL Committee continues to coordinate and distribute COVID-
and disaster-related resources.
o Worked closely with Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic
Violence to identify Clerks of Court providing notarial services
for self-represented litigants filing protective orders and
restraining orders. A bill was passed during the 2021
Legislative Session allowing for a written affirmation, rather
than an affidavit, in a petition for protective order, explicitly in
cases involving domestic violence.
o Continue development of ADR program modeled after ABA
manual for legal service organizations and in partnership with
the ADR section
o SRL Committee continues to coordinate and distribute COVID-
and disaster-related resources. Committee is working with the
LDJA to create training videos to address best practices for
remote access to courts and with the Technology Committee to
automate forms.
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