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o  Coordinate ATJ Developing Leadership Intern Program
                                            o  Participate in LSU Apprenticeship Week
                                                The ATJ program participated for the first time in the 2019 LSU
                                                Apprenticeship week with a course titled Serving the Public and
                                                the Profession. We plan to participate again in January 2020.
                                            o  Coordinate outreach  on children’s and disability law job
                                                opportunities
                                                Outreach to law students and public by Children’s Law and LSPD
                                                Committees regarding work in these fields, including networking
                                                opportunities.
                                       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.
                                       Relaunch the Louisiana Civil Justice Center (LCJC) to work with other
                                         stakeholders to provide civil legal services;
                                       Educate and increase awareness among judges and judicial staff;
                                            o  Outreach to judiciary
                                                Participated in judicial  outreach at Family, Juvenile and City
                                                Court Judges Conference, and LSBA Annual Meeting with LDJA
                                                past president Judge Randow,
                                            o  Host biannual Pro Bono Summit
                                                Annualized meeting through Pro Bono track planned for 2019
                                                LJCC.
                                            o  Create materials and trainings to educate judges and judicial
                                                staff
                                       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.

                          ■      The State Bar develops alternative or additional legal resources to support
                                 unaddressed issue 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 recently co-hosted a CLE
                                                designed to increase access to affordable legal representation
                                                for people returning home after incarceration.
                                            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.
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