Category Archives: Alumni
LSU Law Celebrates Black History Month
The LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, in collaboration with the LSU Law Black Law Student Association (BLSA), will participate in and host events in recognition of Black History Month.
Judges Needed for 2013 National Trial Competition
The LSU Law Center Advocacy Programs will host the Region 10 rounds of the National Trial Competition February 14-16 at the 19th Judicial District Courthouse in Baton Rouge. Sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Texas Young Lawyers Association, the National Trial Competition is the nation’s largest trial advocacy competition for law [...]
LSU Law Alum’s Argument Prompts Justice Clarence Thomas to Speak
During oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court on January 14, 2013, LSU Law alum Carla Sigler (’00), an Assistant District Attorney for Calcasieu Parish, heard something she may not have been expecting—Justice Clarence Thomas spoke for the first time during oral arguments in seven years. Click here to read the story from the [...]
Thank You for Your Support of LSU Law!
Thank you to our alums and friends who made charitable gifts to the LSU Law Center as part of our annual fund campaign!
Still Time to Support the LSU Law Center
As 2012 draws to a close, there is still time to support the LSU Law Center. Your charitable gift to the Annual Fund helps the Law Center develop the next generation of leaders in the legal, business, and public service arenas.
Case Western Reserve Law School Dean: “Law School Worth the Money”
Lawrence E. Mitchell, Dean of Case Western Reserve University Law School, published an Op Ed piece in the Thursday, November 29 issue of The New York Times extolling the virtues of a legal education, and he backs that up with facts and figures.
Law Students Contribute Notes and Essays to Journal of Civil Law Studies
The current issue of the Journal of Civil Law Studies (Volume 5, Number 1) marks the inauguration of a new Civil Law in Louisiana section, with case notes on the recent decisions of Louisiana courts, written by LSU Law students under the supervision of their professors. Mark Assad, Brian Flanagan, William Gaskins, Taylor Gay, Sarena [...]
LSU Law’s ABA Arbitration Team Wins Regional Championship
Congratulation to Andrew Baer, Zachary Ferguson, Michael Laborde, and Linda Matta, members of the LSU Law Center’s ABA Arbitration Competition Team, who took first place at the November 2012 regional rounds of the Arbitration Competition. In January, the team will travel to Chicago to compete in the national championship of the Arbitration Competition. A second [...]
LSU Law Announces New Endowment Gift
LSU Law Center Chancellor Jack M. Weiss announced on November 1 the creation of The Preis and Roy Director of Advocacy and Professional Practice Endowed Professorship, an endowment established through a $250,000 gift by the Preis and Roy law firm.
LSU Law Hosts State Party Leaders For Presidential Election Conversation
The LSU Law Center welcomed leaders from the state Republican Party and the state Democratic Party on October 23 for Democrat and Republican Perspectives: A Conversation About the Issues in the Presidential Election.
