Louisiana Bar Foundation

Louisiana Bar Foundation is the state's largest funder of civil legal aid. We partner with a trusted network of more than 70 organizations that lead community driven efforts to help families facing non-criminal, civil legal challenges. Our goal is to make sure that all Louisianans, regardless of their background or income level, have access to civil legal services that they need.

Through grants, we assist women, children, elderly, people with disabilities, newly unemployed, those facing loss of their homes, disaster victims, veterans and military families, and many others by providing services that go to the very heart of the health, safety, and security of many of our citizens and their families.

Testimonials

"The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically increased the demand for civil legal services as well as the number of residents who cannot afford them. Civil legal aid is crucial to Louisiana's recovery from the ongoing economic crisis as it ensures that no Louisianan is left behind by our legal system to weather the pandemic alone." - Chief Justice John Weimer, Louisiana Supreme Court

"Sometimes legal aid is the only thing standing between a family's ability to be self-sufficient and poverty. For many Louisiana citizens facing crisis, an effective and powerful response must include civil legal aid." Skip Philips, LBF Past President