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Lawyers Division Awards and Louisiana Bar Foundation
Honorees.
o Members of the Leadership LSBA Class were pictured
delivering care packages to hospitals and healthcare workers
across the state at the start of the pandemic.
o Graphics and articles were posted in April 2020 in support of
ABA Day and explaining how the work of legal service
organizations benefits the public.
o The Bar’s Twitter account regularly interacts with the tweets of
members, organizations and law firms announcing
accomplishments.
o Wills for Heroes events held by the YLD are posted on all LSBA
social media accounts. Due to COVID, WFH events not taken
place since March 2020.
o Photos of Judge Scott Schlegel and his ABA Journal cover
were posted on social media when he was named a 2021 Legal
Rebel for his innovations to court technology.
o Photos of President Mire and the Louisiana Supreme Court
justices were posted on social media from their Black History
Month initiatives.
o Photos from the virtual 2021 High School Mock Trial
Competition of participants and lawyer and judge volunteers
were posted to social media.
o The April/May 2021 issue of the Louisiana Bar Journal, whose
cover story focuses on how lawyers are responding to access
to justice issues, was promoted across social media channels.
▪ Defend judicial decisions which are attacked in the press by defending
the process and the rule of law (rather than defending the actual
outcome);
▪ Promote the Secret Santa program to lawyers and the public; and
o The program was promoted via LSBA social media outlets and
LSBA publications. Photos were posted on social media
highlighting that 646 children were “adopted” for the holidays by
the legal community.
▪ Share the articles that are published in the Louisiana Bar Journal
about the Rule of Law and the good works of Louisiana Lawyers.
At this time, no Journal articles on rule of law topics have been shared.
But articles published in the Journal on “the good works of Louisiana
lawyers” are distributed to local media outlets. These articles include
installation of LSBA and YLD leaders, Annual Meeting award
recipients, Pro Bono Award recipients, YLD award recipients and
Citizen Lawyer Award recipients.
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