# Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for Louisiana (FY2025) — context brief

Louisiana's LSC-funded civil legal aid capacity from the LSC Basic Field grant directory, with each figure's status labeled so a consuming agent can weight it correctly: the measured LSC records (provider count, awarded grant dollars, service-area types, and the Census-based poverty population LSC allocates by); one computed figure — LSC funding per person in poverty — a transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes, with its formula disclosed; and the interpretive boundary (what this funding/capacity surface is, and is not). Source: LSC Basic Field grant directory. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **2 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $9,617,466 in Louisiana (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **811,014 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Louisiana (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC grant counts by service-area type in Louisiana (FY2025): Basic Field 2** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in Louisiana (FY2025) — a derived ratio** — DERIVED · Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for Louisiana (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Louisiana sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (La. Civ. Code art. 3492 / 3493.11)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1386443)
- **Louisiana sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for fraud (La. Civ. Code art. 3492 / 3493.11)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1386443)
- **Louisiana sets a 1 year (3-year repose) civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (La. Rev. Stat. § 9:5628)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109377)
- **Louisiana sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for property damage (La. Civ. Code art. 3493)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110523)
- **Louisiana sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (La. Civ. Code art. 3493.11)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1386443)
- **Louisiana sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for product liability (La. Civ. Code art. 3493.11)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1386443)
- **Louisiana sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (La. Civ. Code art. 2315.2)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109371)
- **Louisiana sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (La. Civ. Code art. 3494)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/civil-code/article-3494/)
- **Louisiana sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (La. Civ. Code art. 3499)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=110525)
- **Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/la.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Louisiana — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 2 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 2 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 9617466 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Louisiana — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (1): Basic Field — 2…
**Louisiana — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (2): Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation — LA-13 — Basic Field — 4843304 — 408422; Acadiana Legal Service Corporation — LA-15 — Basic Field — 4774162 — 402592…