LSU Law News
February 2010
Student Barristers Bowl Turns Dream Into a Reality
February 24, 2010The Purple Team won this year's game with a score of 26-14 over the Gold team, but no one walked away unhappy at the annual Barristers Bowl football game held recently. An annual event organized and run by law students, the goal is to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This year, Ian, a five-year-old boy from Gonzales who is recovering from leukemia, had a wish to travel to Walt Disney World to meet Mickey Mouse. The Barristers Bowl football team will make Ian’s dream become a reality. The Barristers Bowl VI raised well over $12,000 that included donations, t-shirt…
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LSU Law Students Win Team and Individual Honors at National Moot Court Competitions
February 23, 2010Teams of LSU Law students have represented the Law Center over the last month at Moot Court and Trial Competitions throughout the country including tournaments in Houston, New York, Washington D.C. and New Orleans. Six of our teams returned with individual and team honors. These students presented written and oral arguments in diverse legal areas, including international law, national security, tax, sports law, environmental, and constitutional law. Five more teams will compete later this semester. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition The LSU team of David Maples, Micah Fincher, Erin Cesta, David May and Meagan Messina were crowned Southwest Superregional…
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LSU Law Team—U.S. Southwest Super Regional Winners in Jessup Competition
February 19, 2010Left to right: Micah Fincher, David May, David Maples, Meagan Messina, and Erin Cesta. Five students from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center beat out teams from 24 other law schools to become the U.S. Southwest Super Regional winners in the 2010 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held Feb. 11-14, 2010. The Jessup competition is the largest moot court competition in the world with law school participants from more than 80 nations. Team captain David Maples along with Erin Cesta, Micah Fincher, David May, and Meagan Messina, as well as coach Jessica Orgeron, traveled to the University of…
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LSU Law National Security Law Moot Court Team Advances
February 18, 20102L Hannon Vey LaPlace and 3L Bruce Hamilton advanced to the semifinal round of the 2010 National Security Law Moot Court Competition held Feb. 13-14 at George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. Hamilton and LaPlace were one of eight teams out of 21 that advanced to the semifinal round, including teams from New York Law School, Villanova University, Cornell University, Florida State University, University of Miami, Duke University and George Washington University. In the semifinal round, LSU competed against the Cornell team, which advanced to the final round and fell to FSU. It is the first time LSU…
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2010-2011 Louisiana Law Review Editorial Board Named
February 12, 2010The Louisiana Law Review announced the Volume 71 Editorial Board:Kevin Blanchard, Editor-in-Chief| Michael Fagan, Managing Editor| Margaret McDonald, Production Editor| Michael Mims, Articles Editor| Chip Saulsbury, Executive Senior Editor| Roy Bergeron, Senior Editor| Josh Clayton, Senior Editor| Austin Holliday, Senior Editor| Thomas Hooks, Senior Editor
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First Circuit Holds Hearings at LSU Law Center
February 11, 2010Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal announced that the First Circuit will hold hearings in the David Robinson Courtroom at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, on Monday, February 22, 2010, beginning at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 23, 2010, beginning at 10 a.m., and Thursday, February 25, 2010, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Attorneys representing clients with appeals pending before the First Circuit will be presenting oral arguments before the judges sitting in three-judge panels. Hearings on Monday, February 22, 2010, will be before: Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter, and Judges John…
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