LSU Law News
October 2016
Kuebel, Nickel Win 2016 Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition
October 25, 2016LSU Law second-year students Sara Kuebel and Sarah Nickel won the 2016 Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition on Oct. 24 in the Robinson Courtroom at the LSU Law Center. Kuebel and Nickel narrowly defeated their opponents, fellow 2Ls Alyssa Depew and Josie Serigne, in a challenging final round.
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21 LSU Law Students Named to 2017-18 Moot Court Board
October 25, 2016Twenty-one second-year LSU Law students have been selected as members of the 2017-18 Moot Court Board. Moot Court Board membership is an academic honor awarded to those students who receive the highest cumulative scores on their appellate brief and individual oral arguments in the Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition.
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LSU Law's Civil Rights Trial Competition Team Places as National Quarterfinalists
October 25, 2016The LSU Law Peter James Johnson National Civil Rights Trial Competition Team placed as National Quarterfinalists and one of the top eight teams in the nation at the Civil Rights Trial Competition, which was held at the Supreme Court of New York, Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola, NY. The team includes Robert Glueck, Hannah Marler, Doug Nielsen and Elizabeth Wong.
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Professor Andrea Carroll Selected to Participate in SEC Academic Leadership Development Program
October 25, 2016LSU Law professor Andrea Carroll was recently selected to participate in the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program, an initiative to advance faculty as academic leaders among Southeastern Conference institutions.
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Corbett Named Faculty Advisor of Louisiana Judicial College
October 24, 2016LSU Law professor Bill Corbett has been named faculty adviser of the Louisiana Judicial College, an arm of the Louisiana Supreme Court that provides continuing legal education for Louisiana judges. Corbett returns to the Judicial College after having served as Executive Director 16 years ago.
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LSU Law Mourns Passing of 1958 Grad, 2013 Distinguished Achievement Winner Dick Knight
October 21, 2016Richard “Dick” Knight of Covington, LA, an esteemed 1958 graduate of the LSU Law Center, passed away on Oct. 11, 2016. Dick was dedicated to his family, his community and to the LSU Law Center. He received the 2013 LSU Law Center’s Distinguished Achievement Award, and he was a long-standing member of the Law Center’s Board of Trustees.
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LSU Law Ranked No. 11 Best Value Law School by preLaw Magazine
October 17, 2016The LSU Law Center has been ranked the No. 11 Best Value Law School in the nation by the National Jurist preLaw Magazine, a legal education publication.
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LSU Law, School of Theatre, College of Music and Dramatic Arts Presents 'By Any Other’s Name: A Conference on Law, Authorship and Appropriation'
October 17, 2016The Louisiana State University School of Theatre, College of Music and Dramatic Arts and LSU Law Center in conjunction with the LSU Office of Research and Economic Development; the Law and Humanities Institute; and the Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association present “By Any Other’s Name: A Conference on Law, Authorship and Appropriation” October 28 and 29 on the campus of LSU.
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LSU Law SBA Raises More Than $3,500 for BRAF Flood Relief Fund
October 17, 2016The LSU Law Student Bar Association’s Athletic Committee raised more than $3,500 during its annual Powder Puff Charity Auction on Friday, with all of those proceeds going to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund.
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LSU Law 3L Alaina Richard named Best Oral Advocate at National Pretrial Competition
October 17, 2016LSU Law 3L Alaina Richard was named the Best Oral Advocate in the second preliminary round of the National Pretrial Competition this weekend in Gulfport, Fla., over the weekend.
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Cline, Gonsoulin Win Fall 2016 Flory Trial Competition
October 13, 2016LSU Law 3Ls Caity Cline and Rome Gonsoulin won the Fall 2016 Ira S. Flory Mock Trial Competition on Oct. 11 at LSU Law.
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Fourth Annual Apprenticeship Week Kicks Off Jan. 9
October 11, 2016The fourth annual LSU Law Center Apprenticeship Week kicks off on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. The week-long program offers a variety of mini-courses aimed at providing students with focused, task-oriented training not generally available in law school courses and usually available only through actual practice experience. Courses offered include many practical, hands-on topics that are taught by volunteer master lawyers and judges.
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LSU Law Students Achieve State’s Highest Passage Rate on July 2016 Bar Exam
October 7, 2016LSU Law Center students achieved the state’s highest passage rate among all examinees on the latest Louisiana State Bar Exam and among first time takers, according to results released Oct. 7 by the Committee on Bar Admissions of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The results are for test takers who sat for the statewide Bar examination in July 2016.
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LSU Law, Eric Voegelin Institute Present Affirmative Action Panel
October 7, 2016The LSU Law Center and the Eric Voegelin Institute will present a panel discussion on Oct. 10 about the Supreme Court decision on universities' use of affirmative action in the admissions process.
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