More than 170 students will receive the Juris Doctor/Graduate Diploma in Civil Law and eight students will receive the Master of Laws degree at Commencement Ceremonies scheduled for Friday, May 28, announced Chancellor Jack M. Weiss. Ceremonies will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU Campus.
James “The Ragin’ Cajun” Carville, America’s best-known political consultant and a 1973 graduate of the LSU Law Center, will deliver the keynote address.
The LSU Law Center Class of 1960 Golden Graduates will also participate in the ceremonies.
Inductees in The Order of the Coif, a national honorary law fraternity for students deemed eligible and graduating in the top ten percent of the class, will be honored in separate ceremonies at the Law Center prior to Commencement. The Order of the Coif awards program will begin at 9 a.m. in the LSU Law Center’s McKernan Auditorium.
A brief reception for all graduates and guests will follow the ceremony. The reception will be in tented area immediately to the right of the Maravich Assembly Center exits.
Information for the public follows.
| Commencement Ceremonies: | |
| Time: | 10:30 a.m. |
| Location: | Pete Maravich Assembly Center, LSU Campus |
| Entrances: | Southeast Portal; Southwest Portal |
| Parking: | Bernie Moore Lot |
| Nicholson Lot | |
| South Stadium Lot | |
| South Alex Box Lot | |
| West Graham Hall Lot | |
| Kirby Smith Lot | |
| West Graham Hall Lot | |
| Tennis Court Lot | |
| * Note: LSU West Stadium Lot and North PMac Lot ARE NOT available | |
| Reception for All Graduates and Guests Immediately Following Ceremony: | |
| Location: | Tented area to right of PMac exits |
| Pre-Commencement Ceremonies for The Order of the Coif Inductees and Guests: | |
| Time: | 9 a.m. |
| Location: | LSU Law Center McKernan Auditorium/“Old” Law Building |
