LSU Law News
February 2020
LSU Law students, professors attend Institute for Energy Law Oil & Gas Conference in Houston
February 28, 2020LSU Law School was prominently represented at the Institute for Energy Law Annual Oil & Gas Conference in Houston on Feb. 20 and 21. LSU Law students Taylor B. Ashworth, Destiny Manning and Shawn Waldron attended, as did LSU Professor Keith Hall and Professor Emeritus Patrick H. Martin. Numerous lawyers who are graduates of LSU Law School also attended. The conference attracted more than 400 participants from around the country, with many of the participants being lawyers who have significant experience in the oil and gas industry. This made the conference an excellent place for LSU’s students to network, according…
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Your Gifts at Work: Hailey Manint
February 27, 2020Second-year LSU Law student Hailey Manint is passionate about helping those around her. She’s an active member of the Public Interest Law Society, serving as the Career and Fellowship Board Chair, and she likes to spend her free time doing pro bono work. She’s serving as a criminal law student tutor this year, she’ll be participating in the Juvenile Defense Clinic next semester, and after graduation she’s hoping to use her law degree to pursue a career in public interest law. “My dream job would be to work for the ACLU doing civil impact litigation,” says the Baton Rouge native…
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LSU Law alumni profiles of success: U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes ('99)
February 27, 2020Cold winters drove Erin Wilder-Doomes from the Midwest after she graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.S. in psychology in 1995, and the warmth of those whom she met as a student at LSU Law has kept her in Baton Rouge ever since. A native of Topeka, Kansas, Wilder-Doomes decided to head to Iowa for college after receiving a full scholarship offer. She enjoyed her time in Iowa City, but as her undergraduate studies came to a close, she began thinking of warmer climates as she started planning to attend law school. “I remember it being May and…
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Mardi Gras Holiday
February 21, 2020The Law Library will be closed on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, in observance of Mardi Gras. We will resume our regular hours on Wednesday, February 26, 2020.
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LSU Law chapter of American Constitution Society named ‘Student Chapter of the Week’
February 19, 2020The American Constitution Society has named the LSU Law chapter its “Student Chapter of the Week.” In honoring the LSU Law chapter, ACS cites its impressive lineup of events thus far this year. Among them, the LSU Law chapter has hosted a guest speaker from local non-profit Voice of the Experience (VOTE), which advocates for the rights of formerly incarcerated people. To mark Constitution Day, it taught a lesson on the First Amendment and separation of powers to high school students at LSU University Laboratory School. The chapter also continued to partner with advocacy groups by co-hosting a bake sale…
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Photos: 2020 LSU Law Scholarship Reception honoring benefactors and student recipients
February 18, 2020LSU Law hosted its 2019-2020 Scholarship Reception honoring benefactors and student recipients on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at The Club at Union Square. The annual event connects scholarship donors with the student recipients of those scholarships. Students have the opportunity to learn more about the donors and what motivated their generosity. Donors are delighted to meet “their” students and learn about the unique qualifications, ambitions, accomplishments and challenges that led them to LSU Law.
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Applications being accepted for Fall 2020 field placements and clinics
February 17, 2020Applications are being accepted from LSU Law students who are interested in participating in Fall 2020 field placements and clinics. The deadline to apply is midnight on Wednesday, March 11. Clinics being offered this fall include Civil Mediation Clinic, Immigration Law Clinic, Parole and Reentry Clinic, Prosecution Clinic (third-year students only), and Juvenile Defense Clinic (third-year students preferred). Field placement opportunities this fall include Governmental Field Placement, Judicial Field Placement, and Public Interest Field Placement. All LSU Law students are required to earn six experiential learning program credits prior to graduation. Get more details on experiential learning programs. Get application…
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Celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment
February 14, 2020The LSU Law Library will host the "100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future" traveling exhibit beginning February 14 through February 25. The 19th amendment gave women the constitutional right to vote. The traveling exhibit has been brought to the Law Center by the Diversity and Professionalism Committee. More information on the traveling exhibit is available at this LINK. HeinOnline's Women and the Law (Peggy) provides additional information on women's legal rights and suffrage.
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Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal to hold oral arguments at LSU Law
February 13, 2020The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal will hold oral arguments at LSU Law on Wednesday, Feb.19 in the Robinson Courtroom beginning at 9:30 a.m. The First Circuit is one of five Louisiana intermediate appellate courts. The First Circuit's territorial jurisdiction extends over 16 parishes in the southeastern part of Louisiana. The court is domiciled in Baton Rouge and normally holds hearings at its courthouse located at 1600 North Third Street. As part of its educational outreach program, the First Circuit on occasion travels to various locations within its jurisdiction, such as LSU Law, to hold court. Attorneys representing clients…
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LSU Law to host traveling exhibit celebrating centennial anniversary of Nineteenth Amendment
February 13, 2020Beginning Saturday, Feb. 15, LSU Law will host the “100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future” traveling exhibit in the LSU Law Library. A project of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress, the exhibit celebrates the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment with historic photos and artifacts—mainly from the Library of Congress—as well as details about the story of the battle for ratification and its influence on subsequent movements related to equal rights. The exhibit was recently awarded a 2019 GDUSA American Graphic Design Award. “The centennial…
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Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky visits LSU Law to deliver 2020 Rubin Lecture, lead classes
February 7, 2020The Robinson Courtroom at the LSU Law Center was filled to capacity on Thursday evening as Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky delivered the 2020 Judge Alvin B. and Janice G. Rubin Visiting Professor Lecture. Chemerinsky is one of the nation’s leading legal scholars on constitutional law. His Feb. 6 guest lecture, “Closing the Courthouse Doors,” detailed several ways in which the U.S. Supreme Court has limited individuals’ access to the court over the past decade, including: restricting who has standing to sue; expanding the immunity of governments and government workers; limiting the kinds of cases the federal courts…
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Baton Rouge area attorneys sought to judge Dean’s Cup Competition in March
February 6, 2020The LSU Law Board of Advocates is seeking Baton Rouge attorneys who can serve as judges for the annual Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition at the LSU Law Center in March. Judges are needed for five rounds of the competition taking place from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on March 9, 10, 11, 16 and 18. Attorneys can serve as a judge for single or multiple rounds of the competition. The Dean’s Cup Competition is an appellate advocacy competition in which second-year and third-year law students compete individually. The competition simulates oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in currently pending…
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LSU Law to host Spring Open House on Feb. 19 for prospective students
February 5, 2020Are you thinking about attending LSU Law? If so, be sure to visit the LSU Law Center on Wednesday, Feb. 19, for the Spring Open House to learn more about the admissions process and get all your questions answered by Office of Admissions staff members and current students. The Spring Open House will take place from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium at the LSU Law Center. Along with getting information about all the opportunities LSU Law has to offer, attendees will be able to tour the LSU Law Center. RSVP to attend the LSU Law Spring Open House.
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