Category Archives: Student
Advisory: Information and Instructions for Graduates—Class of 2013
The LSU Law Center will hold Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 31, 2013, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center located on the LSU Campus. The Honorable Bernette Joshua Johnson, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, will serve as Commencement speaker.
LSU Law Ranked #10 for “Real Lawyers”
LSU Law made the Top 10 list for “real lawyers” based on an analysis of the employment data in the 2014 U.S. News and World Report law school ranking.
LSU Law Center’s National Energy and Sustainability Team Places 3rd in the Nation
The LSU Law Center’s National Energy and Sustainability Team placed third in the nation and brought home two Best Oralist awards at the national competition that was held March 14 to 16 at the West Virginia University College of Law. LSU Law students Mark Assad, Christopher Caswell, Edward Duhe, and Christopher Sellers comprise the competition [...]
LSU Law Students Offer Tax Assistance to Foreign Students, Teachers and Researchers
LSU Law students assisted approximately 250 foreign students, teachers and researchers who qualify as non-resident taxpayers in preparing federal and state income tax returns as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program that was held in February and March at the Law Center. Sponsored by the LSU Tax Law Society, the LSU Law [...]
Professor Kenji Yoshino to present “The Paradox of Political Power: Same Sex Marriage at the Supreme Court”
Professor Kenji Yoshino will present “The Paradox of Political Power: Same Sex Marriage at the Supreme Court” to the LSU Law community on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 12:40 p.m. in the McKernan Auditorium.
Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson, LSU Law Class of 1969, to serve as 2013 LSU Law Commencement Speaker
Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson, LSU Law ’69, will return to her alma mater to deliver the Commencement address at the LSU Law Center’s 2013 commencement ceremonies, Chancellor Jack M. Weiss has announced. The commencement ceremonies will be held on Friday, May 31, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU campus.
National Win for Corporate Law Moot Court Team
The LSU Law Center’s Ruby Vale National Corporate Law Moot Court Team of Sydnee Doolittle, Paul Gillespie, and Joshua McDiarmid placed among the top four teams in the nation at their competition that was held March 14 to 16 in Wilmington, Delaware. The competition is judged by attorneys and judges from the bench and bar [...]
Intellectual Property Moot Court Team Wins Best Brief
LSU Law students David Schroeter and Anna Scardulla, members of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Team, brought home an award for “Best Brief for the Appellee” at the regional rounds of the competition, which were held March 15 to 17 in Houston. The team also placed in the [...]
Moot Court Team Places in Top Sixteen Nationally
The LSU Law Center’s National Child Welfare and Adoption Law Moot Court competition team of Andrew Lambert and Kristi Obafunwa placed among the top 16 teams at their competition that was held March 15-16, in Columbus, Ohio. Hosted by the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy at Capital University Law School, this year’s competition [...]
U.S. Department of Energy Official to Speak at LSU Law
Ms. Priya Aiyar, Deputy General Counsel for Environment and Nuclear Programs for the U.S. Department of Energy, will speak at the LSU Law Center on Wednesday, March 27, from 12:40 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. in the McKernan Auditorium.
