LBF Seeking Nominations for 2025 Boisfontaine Award
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) is seeking nominations for the 2025 Curtis R. Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy Award. Nominations must be received in the LBF office by Monday, February 10, 2025. The award will be presented at the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida. The recipient will receive a plaque and $1,000 will […]
Apply for LBF Grants
2025-26 Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) LRAP provides forgivable loans of up to $5,000 per year to attorneys working in a public interest position. LRAP applications for 2025-26 funding are available online beginning December 2, 2024. The deadline for submitting LRAP applications is February 14, 2025. For more information on LRAP click here or email […]
LBF Partners with Loyola University New Orleans College of Law on New Clinic
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law recently celebrated the launch of an exciting new Children and Families Justice Clinic. Housed in the nationally recognized Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic at the law school, the clinic will provide direct legal services for children experiencing abuse and neglect at the […]
LBF Is Popping Up in Your Community!
Find out why the LBF is Good for the Profession when we Pop Up in your area with a free 1-hour CLE. Save the date to visit with colleagues and meet new people. These events are open to all interested in learning about the LBF, how it operates, the growing need for civil legal aid, […]
President’s Message August/September 2024
Highlighting LBF Programs Helping Children and Families For some, summer in Louisiana evokes memories of vacations, crawfish boils and local festivals. For some of our most vulnerable citizens, it does not. As a former District Court judge, I spent the last five years of my career handling juvenile cases. This experience highlighted the challenges faced […]
LBF Announces Chief Financial Officer
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) is pleased to announce that Franziska Wagner has joined the LBF team as Chief Financial Officer. Franziska graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Spring 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting with a concentration in legal studies while working in the oil and gas industry. After […]
