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because of the truncated session due to COVID. The bill
has been filed for the 2021 Regular Session and
members will track its progress.
▪ Partner with Louisiana Bar Foundation to launch Legal Navigator
Program.
o Collaborated with Louisiana Bar Foundation to submit a Justice
For All grant application. If received, the funding will support the
assessment of civil legal aid and social services resources in
Louisiana. This assessment will later be used in developing the
LBF’s Legal Navigator.
o The Louisiana ATJ Commission was awarded a Justice For All
(JFA) grant, a project housed by the National Center for State
Courts, which provides funding to support a three-part process
that results in an inventory assessment and strategic plan for
how Louisianans access resources to address civil legal needs.
This grant outputs will be used to benefit development of the
Civil Legal Navigator.
o The JFA Kick-off event was held in Baton Rouge in conjunction
with the LJCC and brought traditional and non-traditional
stakeholders together to share their perspectives on civil legal
needs and how people interact access legal information and
resources.
o ATJ is moving forward with traditional and non-traditional
stakeholders to assess statewide inventory and gaps in
available resources and services to address civil legal needs.
o The series of in-person meetings to collect input from Justice
Community providers, end-users and community programs
became a series of virtual meetings, GIS data collection and
other avenues to obtain input to complete assessment of
Louisiana's civil legal aid and social resources. Work continued
in a most determined way.
o Commission finalizing strategic plan resulting from survey
results and GIS data to move into the implementation phase of
the Justice For All Project.
o The Civil Legal Navigator launched on a limited number of civil
legal topics--including divorce, child custody, employment law,
and private landlord-tenant law--and is accessible via the
LSBA’s Find Legal Help page and LA.FreeLegalAnswers.org.
o The Civil Legal Navigator has also launched a referral navigator
based on location. Other civil legal topics continue to be
developed.
■ The State Bar fosters development in civil legal aid.
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