LSU Law News
April 2025
From the Courtroom to the Wall: LSU Law team secures National Energy and Sustainability Law Moot Court Competition Championship
April 23, 2025(from left to right) 3Ls Jason Parker and Lorin Staup; National Champions, National Energy & Sustainability Law Moot Court Competition Driving through the snow-covered Appalachian Mountains from Pittsburgh International Airport to Morgantown, West Virginia in early March, third-year LSU Law students Jason Parker II and Lorin Staup had no idea what to expect at the National Energy and Sustainability Law Moot Court Competition. “We weren’t even supposed to be competing there that weekend,” said Staup, explaining that their original plan to compete in another moot court competition fell through months prior. “That weekend happened to be the one that worked…
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Easter Holiday Closure
April 12, 2025The law library will close at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 17 and will remain closed through Sunday, April 20 for the Easter holiday. We will resume our regular hours on Monday, April 21.
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LSU Law Board of Advocates elects 2025-26 Executive Committee
April 8, 2025The Executive Committee of the 2025-26 Board of Advocates was elected on Monday, April 7, with the following students being elected to leadership positions: Bre Reed — President Braelyn Brown — Vice-President of Internal Competitions: Kiley Samantha Lord — Vice-President of External Competitions Daniel Philipose — Vice-President of Judicial Relations Maggie Eubanks — Vice-President of Community Relations Jailyn Ivy — Director of Internal Appellate Competitions Tanner Davis — Director of Internal Trial Competitions Isabella Rovere — Director of Internal Dispute Resolution Competitions Laura Bacon — Director of External Appellate Competitions Zachary Hartz — Director of External Trial Competitions Joshua Silverman…
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LSU Law Alum Justin Mannino (’13) Elected Fellow of Prestigious American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
April 2, 2025Justin Mannino ('13) was recently elected as a Fellow to The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Justin Mannino, a 2013 graduate of the LSU Law Center and partner at Taylor Porter, was recently elected as a fellow to The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), an organization of trust and estate lawyers and law professors in the United States and around the world. Fellows of ACTEC are considered leading members of the Trust and Estate profession who have made a substantial contribution to the Trust and Estate field. Mannino is one of only 30 ACTEC Fellows…
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