Foundation History

  • 2022

    ·Major Gifts Officer position created
    ·Marketing Plan
    ·Operations Manual

  • 2021

    ·Kendall Vick Public Law Fund
    ·Civil Legal Aid Fellow
    ·Communications Design and Content Manager
    ·Communications Plan
    ·Policymaker Education Plan
    ·Speak Out For Justice Program
    ·Spotlight on Hall of Fame Program
    ·Infinity Fund
    ·Civil Legal Aid Resource Deserts
    ·Accounting and Finance Policies and Procedures Handbook
    ·Operations Department
    ·Kids' Chance, LWCC Speaker Series
    ·The Kids' Chance Sponsorship Program was launched with first Dean's List Senior Sponsor

  • 2020

    · Regional Grantee Board & Staff Training
    ·Partnership with Spitfire Strategies
    ·LBF Pop Up Tour Launched
    ·2nd Economic Impact Study
    ·Strategic Plan Recalibrated
    ·First Online Auction 

  • 2019

    · Lagniappe Law Lab
    · Building Committee
    · Reestablished State of LA General Appropriation
    · 11th Fellows Class Project: Flight of the Legal Navigator

  • 2018

    · Casewide State Management System
    · Launched 365 Days of Justice
    · 10th Fellows Class Project: Legal Service Corportations (LSC) Liaison Project
    · Louisiana Legal Aid Navigator
    · Economic Impact Study

  • 2017

    · New Logo and Tagline
    · New Website
    · 4th Strategic Planning Retreat
    · Past President Advisory Council
    · Online Grants Application Process
    · 9th Fellows Class Project: Legal Service Corporations (LSC) Liaison Project

  • 2016

    · New Funding Category Self-Represented Litigants
    · Unidentified Funds Rule
    · First Louisiana Kids' Chance Awareness Week
    · 8th Fellows Class Project: Appleseed's Clear Title Project
    · Economic Impact Study

  • 2015

    · 7th Fellows Class Project: Educate Louisiana attorneys about the new CLE credit for Pro Bono work
    · South Carolina Disaster Relief Fund
    · Pro Hac Vice Fees
    · U.S. Department of Justice/Bank of America Settlement
    · LaSCAIP- funding for civil legal aid fellowships to Louisiana Bar Foundation supported legal service organizations.

  • 2014

    · 6th Fellows Class Project: Researching the application of Louisiana's In Forma Pauperis (IFP) laws to indigent case filings and developing strategies to ensure uniform application
    · Partnership with Pelican Center

  • 2013

    · 5th Fellows Class Project: Heirship Property and Title Clearing
    · LBF serves as administrator of funding on behalf of the Office of the Louisiana Attorney General for the federal mortgage servicing settlement

  • 2012

    · 4th Fellows Class Project: Teen Dating Violence
    · LA Supreme Court Rule Names LBF as Permissible Recipient of Cy Pres Funds

  • 2011

    · Inaugural Annual Assembly
    · 3rd Law Signature School Courtroom Complete: West Monroe High School
    · 3rd Fellows Class Project: Protect Your Property

  • 2010

    · New CPP: Bayou Region
    · 2nd Law Signature School Courtroom Complete: Lake Charles-Boston Academy of Learning
    · 2nd Fellows Class Project: Domestic Violence

  • 2009

    · Partnership with Louisiana Appleseed
    · Calogero Justice Award
    · 1st Law Signature School Courtroom Complete: Northside Highschool in Lafayette
    · Lawyers' Challenge for Children
    · 1st Fellows Class Project: Equitable Funding for Special Needs Children
    · LBF serves as the administrator for the State of Louisiana, DSS and the Louisiana Supreme Court for the Child in Need of Care (CINC) Program

  • 2008

    · Fellowship Program
    · Midwest Flood Disaster Fund
    · Distinguished Honoree Luncheon
    · IOLTA Rate Comparability Adoption and Implementation
    · Public Interest Attorney and Staff Supplemental Pay Initiatives
    · Summer Fellowships Initiative
    · Law Signature Schools/Courtroom Project

  • 2007

    · Distinguished Lecture Series
    · Annual Fellow Regional Luncheons
    · Grants Coordinator
    · Grant applications Online
    · Online Giving Established

  • 2006

    · Community Partner Panels
    · Public Interest Loan Repayment Assistance Program
    · Building Capital Development Grant Program
    · La Disaster Recovery Foundation Relief Grant Program
    · IOLTA Rate Comparability Initiative
    · Annual Presidents' Dinner

  • 2005

    · Equal Justice Works
    · Pro Bono Legal Core Program
    · Development Department
    · Disaster Efforts: Restricted Funds (3)

  • 2004

    · Communications Department
    · Oral Histories In-House Program
    · A. P. Tureaud Fund
    · Sale of the Bar Center to the LSBA

  • 2003

    · 1st cy-pres award received
    · Kid's Chance Fund
    · 3rd Strategic Planning Retreat

  • 2002

    · Public Service Announcements
    · 1st grants writing award received
    · The Louisiana Criminal Code: Ten Proposals for Reform Book
    · Kid's Chance Program
    · Website Live

  • 2001

    · Major Gifts Campaign: Raising the Bar
    · Trumpet Advertising Pro Bono
    · President's Award
    · Grantee Excellence in Service and Programming Award
    · Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education Fund

  • 1999

    ·10th Anniversary of the Bar Center Dedication
    · 2nd Strategic Planning Retreat

  • 1998

    · Access to Justice Fund
    · In Our Own Words: Reflections on Professionalism in the Law
    · The Louisiana Lawyer and Other People's Money

  • 1997

    · Oral Histories Program
    · Distinguished Professor Award

  • 1996

    · Launched Access to Justice Program
    · 1st Strategic Planning Retreat
    · Memorial Program

  • 1995

    · Conclave on Legal Education and Professional Development Book

  • 1994

    · Boisfontaine Fund and Award
    · Lawyers Assistance Program Fund

  • 1993

    · The Louisiana Civil Code: A European
    · Legacy for the United States Book

  • 1992

    · Lions Under the Throne Book
    · Launched LA Center for Law and Civic Education

  • 1991

    · Mandatory IOLTA Implementation
    · Scholar-in-Residence Program
    · First Annual Report
    · Conclave on Legal Education and Professional Development Conferencet.

  • 1990

    · Mandatory IOLTA Program Order by LA Supreme Court

  • 1989

    · 1st IOLTA Grant Awards
    · Louisiana Bar Center Dedication

  • 1987

    · Purchase of 601 St. Charles Avenue
    · Bar Center Capital Campaign

  • 1986

    · 1st Annual Fellows Dinner
    · 1st Annual Fellows Meeting
    · Launched New Orleans Pro Bono Project

  • 1985

    · Reactivation of the organization
    · Fellowship Program
    · Voluntary IOLTA Program

  • 1969

    · LBF Charter.