LSU Law News
March 2011
LSU Law Center to Host U.S. Army Eisenhower Series College Program, April 6
March 29, 2011Chancellor Jack M. Weiss and the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center will host the inaugural U.S. Army War College Eisenhower Series College Program at the LSU Law Center on Wednesday, April 6. The U. S. Army War College, located in Carlisle Barracks, PA., represents the highest level of education offered by the military services, according to program literature. The Eisenhower Series College Program is designed to engage students, academics, and the public about national security issues and the employment of military assets. Topics will include: China & Current Space Ops; Afghanistan & the Role of Special Forces; US Involvement in…
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Law Center Retains Top 100 Ranking in 2012 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools In Spite of Budget Reductions
March 16, 2011The LSU Law Center remained solidly positioned among the top 100 American law schools in rankings released on March 15. The 2012 U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings placed the Center at 84th nationally, down slightly from the previous rankings in 2011. LSU Law is one of only eight public law schools in the Gulf South region, stretching from Texas to Florida, ranked in the top 100 by U.S. News. It is one of only three schools in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, public or private, in the top 100. “We’re holding steady, consolidating our progress in recent years,”…
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Author of the Nation’s Leading Casebook on Constitutional Law to Speak at LSU Law, Tuesday, March 22
March 14, 2011Professor Kathleen M. Sullivan, a constitutional law scholar and former Dean of Stanford Law School, will speak at the LSU Law Center on Tuesday, March 22 as the featured lecturer in the Judge Alvin B. and Janice G. Rubin Visiting Professor Lecture Series. She is the author of the nation’s leading casebook on Constitutional Law. The lecture, titled “Is Constitutional Law Law? Recent Trends in Free Speech and Federalism,” will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the Law Center’s David W. Robinson Courtroom. The lecture is free and open to the public. Professor Sullivan is a nationally prominent scholar, teacher and litigator,…
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