The Louisiana Bar Foundation provides critical funding for free civil legal aid and related services that protect Louisiana’s most vulnerable residents. Civil legal aid ensures people with low incomes can access free legal assistance in non-criminal matters like housing disputes, employment issues and family law cases – services that can mean the difference between safety and crisis.
The impact extends beyond individual cases. When people lack access to civil legal aid, the effects ripple through families and communities – resulting in homelessness, financial instability and weakened public systems. Conversely, access to free civil legal aid promotes stability, strengthens communities and reduces poverty.
– Edmund J. Giering IV, President, LBF