LSU Law News
January 2010
January/February 2010
January 20, 2010February 2010 Professor Lucy S. McGough, the Law Center's Vinson & Elkins Professor of Law, was named a Distinguished Professor and a Calogero Justice Award recipient by the Louisiana Bar Foundation. She will be honored at a gala to be held in April in New Orleans. The Distinguished Professor honor is in recognition of individuals who have distinguished themselves in their chosen profession and have brought credit and honor to the legal profession. The Calogero Justice Award honors an individual or organization for a significant contribution to the Louisiana Justice system. For the past 13 years, a member of the…
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LSU Law Hosts Regional BLSA Convention
January 15, 2010Baton Rouge - Law students from throughout the Southern and Rocky Mountain Regions gathered at the Coast and Environment building on the LSU campus Thursday, January 14 to kick off the 39th Annual Rocky Mountain and Southern Regions' Black Law Students Association (SRBLSA) Convention. The students were honored with a welcome reception hosted by LSU Law Chancellor Jack Weiss and the LSU Law BLSA Chapter. This is the first time that the LSU Law Center hosted the annual convention. The approximately 400 participants had an opportunity to showcase and hone their oral advocacy skills through Mock Trial and Moot Court…
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Services Held for Boyd Professor of Law Saúl Litvinoff
January 11, 2010Saúl Litvinoff, Boyd Professor of Law at the LSU Law Center, was laid to rest on Saturday, January 9. Litvinoff taught at the Law Center for more than 43 years. He was a master of the civil law and one of the true giants in the history of the Law Center. Chancellor Jack M. Weiss and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Cheney C. Joseph, Jr. ('71) paid tribute to his life and work through their eulogies. Cordell H. Haymon ('68), whose family donated an endowed professorship in honor of Professor Litvinoff, also delivered a personal tribute to his late friend…
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Law Center Mourns Passing of Professor Saúl Litvinoff
January 5, 2010Professor Emeritus and Boyd Professor of Law Saúl Litvinoff, whose impact on the legal traditions of Louisiana spanned more than 43 years, died earlier today. “Professor Litvinoff made his mark not only on the civil law, but also on the literally hundreds of LSU Law students whom he taught over the course of his long career here. Saúl Litvinoff will go down in history as one of the greatest scholars and teachers of Louisiana law. We have lost one of the true giants in the history of our institution,” said Chancellor Jack M. Weiss. Litvinoff, the Oliver P. Stockwell Endowed…
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Seven LSU Law Students Earn Degrees
January 5, 2010Seven students have earned degrees from the LSU Law Center at mid-year, according to Chancellor Jack M. Weiss. Six law students were graduated with the Juris Doctor/Diploma in Civil Law degree and one student earned the Master of Laws degree at the conclusion of the Fall semester on December 23, 2009. The Law Center does not hold Commencement exercises in the Fall. The students will be awarded their diplomas at the May 2010 Commencement ceremony. JURIS DOCTOR/DIPLOMA IN CIVIL LAW (J.D./D.C. L.) LOUISIANA Baton Rouge Evan William Hoover Karole Roa Matthew Hickson Waguespack Paulina Erika Clair Duhe Guzman …
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