January 19, 2022 The Louisiana Bar Foundation and Lagniappe Law Lab are 2022 recipients of the American Bar Endowment Opportunity Grant. With these funds, Lagniappe Law Lab will design, develop, and launch Good Repair, a new digital service for Louisiana renters experiencing habitability problems, which are especially common after disasters. With Good Repair, tenants can...Read More
The LLL Board of Directors voted unanimously to adopt the organization’s proposed 2-year strategic plan. Organizational goals and strategies include activities like: Strengthening existing and building new long-term partnerships in Louisiana’s justice community, Developing more robust internal fundraising systems, and Broadening awareness of legal innovation in Louisiana law schools. Programmatic goals focusing on advancing LLL’s...Read More
On January 7th, 2022, Lagniappe Law Lab Executive Director Amanda Brown participated in the Serving the Profession and the Public track of LSU Law School’s Apprenticeship Week program. During the program, master lawyers and judges taught LSU Law upperclass students in small enrollment, hands-on mini-courses. Each mini-course provided students with focused, task-oriented training not generally...Read More
On December 15th, the Louisiana Access to Justice Commission voted to adopt a formal business process that will outline the development of automated forms for use in Louisiana courts. This work is an expansion of LLL’s recent pilot with Suffolk LIT Lab and the Louisiana Supreme Court’s Technology Commission, seeking to formalize the process by...Read More
Lagniappe Law Lab’s Executive Director, Amanda Brown, has been appointed as a member of the Legal Service Corporation’s Rural Justice Task Force. She will serve as a member of the Task Force’s Model Practices and Innovative Legal Service-Delivery Models that Benefit Rural Areas working group. Through the Rural Justice Task Force, LSC seeks to raise awareness...Read More
Happy Holidays! As Lagniappe Law Lab nears its 3rd full year in operation, I find myself reflecting back on our mission and just how far we’ve come: Lagniappe Law Lab’s purpose is to narrow the Access to Justice Gap by ensuring the Louisiana civil justice system is operating at its full potential. Through the use...Read More
Thousands of Louisianans rely on quality legal information through LouisianaLawHelp.org. Today, we’re happy to share that, thanks to our partners at ProBono.Net, the site has undergone a design refresh. Now, users of the site will notice a more modern feel and better ways to navigate the site. LouisianaLawHelp.org before updates. LouisianaLawHelp.org after updates. “We’re grateful...Read More
The Louisiana Access to Justice Commission was awarded a second “implementation” grant for its work on the Justice for All Project. Lagniappe Law Lab will continue to serve as the project’s manager and lead the research, design, and development of “Access Points” in civil legal resource deserts identified in the first phase of this work....Read More
Lagniappe Law Lab has recently entered into a partnership with the Louisiana Supreme Court’s Technology Commission and the Suffolk Legal Innovation and Technology Lab (“LIT Lab”) to pilot a new court document automation program. During the pilot, Lagniappe Law Lab will automate two high-use self-represented litigant court forms, the Louisiana Adult Name Change and Article...Read More
Despite COVID-19-related setbacks, the Justice for All project Inventory Assessment and Strategic Plan is finally complete. Taking into consideration over a dozen factors set forth by the NCSC Justice for All Framework, the Louisiana Access to Justice Commission has adopted the following strategic goals to move Louisiana toward 100% meaningful access to justice: Increase and...Read More
