LSU Law News
October 2024
LSU Law team wins Louisiana Battle of the Law Schools Mock Trial Competition
October 28, 2024A team of LSU Law students bested teams from the Southern University Law Center, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, and Mississippi College of Law to win the Louisiana Battle of the Law Schools Mock Trial Competition on Sunday, Oct. 27. The LSU Law team included Raegan Elizabeth Thanh Nguyen, Taylor Guice, Desiree Perkins, and Will Wood, all of whom are third-year law students. Guice, who won the Fall 2024 Flory Mock Trail last month, also took home the Best Overall Advocate award during the final round of competition on Sunday. The LSU Law team entered the final round…
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Voting Rights & Election Law
October 28, 2024Free and fair elections are the lifeblood of functioning democracies. To help understand the nuances of this process, HeinOnline has created Voting Rights and Election Law. This database features thousands of titles on the electoral process: how elections are conducted, how votes are counted, how political campaigns are run and funded, and who is allowed to vote. Featuring content on historical and more recent elections, this database allows users to understand both how our current electoral system came to be as well as the context for proposals for its complete overhaul.
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LSU Law Library lends Paul M. Hebert’s Nuremberg Military Tribunal judicial robe to Louisiana's Old State Capitol museum for ABA ‘Lawyers Without Rights’ exhibit
October 25, 2024Members of Military Tribunal VI at Nurnberg hearing the case against officials of the I. G. Farben Industry included (left to right): James Morris of Bismark, N.D.; Curtis Grover Shake, Vincennes, Ind., presiding; Paul M. Hebert of Baton Rouge, La.; and Clarence F. Merrill of Indianapolis, Ind., alternate. In the IG Farben Trial that Hebert presided over, 24 defendants were tried on five counts, the third of which related to the use of slave labor. On that count, except in the case of the atrocities that took place at Auschwitz—where the company had constructed a plant adjacent to the concentration…
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Sonny Marks (’07) reflects on the incredible life and career of his friend, mentor, and fellow LSU Law alumnus John Bradford (’74)
October 23, 2024Sonny Marks ('07), left, with mentor and friend, John Bradford (’74). I remember the Bankers Box with the dent in it, outside my law firm office. I could see it from my desk. The dent came from the shoe of John Bradford (’74), who kicked the cardboard box in anger at a strategic error I made in written discovery, early in my law practice. Bradford was a partner at the Lake Charles firm, near the top of the letterhead, and he brought me in to a case that went to jury trial. We were not formally put together as such,…
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Lord, Briscoe team up for Fall 2024 Tullis Moot Court Competition title
October 22, 2024LSU Law students Kiley Lord and Halli Briscoe won the Fall 2024 Robert L. Tullis Moot Court Competition on Monday evening, Oct. 21. The team of second-year students bested fellow 2Ls Reese Kelso and Garrett Powell in the final round of competition, which was held in the Robinson Courtroom at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. The finalists presented oral arguments in a fictional U.S. Supreme Court case before a distinguished panel of judges that included LSU Law Dean Alena M. Allen, the Hon. Hunter Greene of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, and the Hon. Brian Jackson…
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Sons of alumnus John T. Cox (’68) establish scholarship in parents’ honor with gift to LSU Law
October 15, 2024The sons of John T. (’68) and Tracey Cox have made a gift to the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center to establish a non-endowed scholarship in honor of the Shreveport couple. Trey and Stephen Cox made the gift in recognition of the legacy and values their parents instilled in them. Over the next eight years, the John and Tracey Cox Scholarship will cover roughly half of one LSU Law student’s tuition for an academic year. Tuition and fees for in-state students now top $24,000 per year. "Law school is a dream that many students can only achieve through the…
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LSU Law 3L Philip Young places second nationally in ABA Labor & Employment Writing Competition
October 14, 2024After Philip Young submitted an article to Louisiana Law Review that wasn’t accepted for publication last fall, his faculty advisor and senior editor encouraged him to continue working on the paper and submit it for a national writing competition. “Joseph Kaiser was my senior editor on this paper, and I couldn’t have had a better person to encourage and guide me,” said Young, who is now in his final year of studies at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. “I can’t thank Joseph enough for all his help, and it’s kind of funny how our stories have tracked so…
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Change in Sunday Library Hours
October 10, 2024Due to network maintenance being done by LSU ITS on Sunday, October 13th in the morning, the Law Library will open at noon when all network connectivity should be restored.
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LSU Law graduates achieve highest passage rate on Louisiana Bar Exam for first-time and all takers, July 2024 results show
October 4, 2024With 83.1% of LSU Law graduates passing the Louisiana Bar Exam on their first attempt, the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center achieved the highest pass rate among all Louisiana law schools on the July 2024 exam, according to newly released results from the Committee on Bar Admission of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Among all takers of the Louisiana Bar Exam in July, 81% of LSU Law graduates passed, which also ranks first among Louisiana law schools. “We are proud of our graduates’ success on this year’s Louisiana Bar Exam, and we congratulate all those who have earned the privilege…
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Six LSU Law professors receive promotions
October 3, 2024Five LSU Law faculty members—Grace Barry, Jeff Brooks, Marlene Krousel, Kathy Simino, and Heidi Thompson—have received promotions to Professor of Professional Practice, while Jack Harrison has received a promotion to Assistant Professor of Professional Practice. “The promotion of these dedicated and talented faculty members reflects our deep commitment to academic excellence, which serves as the foundation for everything we do at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center,” said Dean Alena M. Allen. “Cumulatively, these faculty members have well over 100 years of service to the Law Center. They have been integral in training the next generation of legal professionals…
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