LSU Law News
March 2021
Your Gifts at Work: DeMetris Causer
March 30, 2021Growing up in Waycross, a small, rural city in southeast Georgia where “few Black men or women were employed in the legal profession,” LSU Law 3L DeMetris Causer says his family encouraged him to pursue a legal education and “become the change I desperately wanted to see.” Now, Causer is preparing to become the first member of his family to obtain a post-graduate degree and the first to enter the legal profession. “After graduating, I will return to Georgia and sit for the Georgia Bar Exam. More, I will begin my legal career either in the public sector, ideally the…
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Alum Spotlight: Ivy Withrow's journey from LSU Law to the big screen
March 30, 2021In December, Redburn Street Pictures released “The Last Champion," the family-run production company's first film to be produced in Baton Rouge. Among the co-writers of the film is LSU Law alumna Ivy Withrow (’18), who has been producing and writing movies alongside her parents since her high school days in Los Angeles, California. While wrapping up her undergraduate studies at Chapman University in Orange, California, Ivy says the idea of pursuing her law degree in Baton Rouge “was kind of the last thing on my radar.” But that changed when her father—actor, director, and producer Glenn Withrow—decided to relocate Redburn…
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Easter Holiday Closure
March 29, 2021The law library will be closed Friday, April 2 through Sunday, April 4 for the Easter holiday. We will resume our regular hours on Monday, April 5.
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Three LSU Law professors honored with Professor Emeritus title by LSU
March 24, 2021LSU has granted the Professor Emeritus title to three longtime and recently retired LSU Law professors in honor of their distinguished careers and service to the Paul M. Hebert Law Center: William E. “Bill” Crawford (posthumous), Paul Baier, and Wendell Holmes. “Professors Crawford, Baier, and Holmes are icons at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center who, during their combined 134 years of service to LSU Law, made tremendous contributions to our school and helped countless students master difficult topics and achieve their professional goals,” said LSU Law Interim Dean Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge. “They are all already missed, each in…
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‘LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources’ announces 10 Junior Associates selected for publication in Volume X
March 22, 2021The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources Board of Editors has selected papers from 10 Junior Associates for inclusion in Volume X. The LSU Law students whose papers have been selected for Volume X are: Mary Eliza Baker | Plenty of Fish in the Sea: An Analysis of the Fifth Circuit’s Refusal to Bite on Aquaculture in the Gulf Alyssa Craton | Calling All Oysters: An Analysis of Living Shorelines, Legal Impediments, and Louisiana’s Land Loss Crisis Marisa Del Turco | The Transformation from Cooperative Federalism to Exclusive Jurisdiction: Issues in the Evolution of a New Era of Energy…
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West Study Aids
March 16, 2021The Law Library is pleased to announce the addition of West Study Aids to our database collection. This database will provide unlimited online access to hundreds of study aids, treatises, and audio lectures. The study aids collection enables you to add your own notes and highlights, which are saved to your account. You can also access multiple-choice practice questions. You will need to create a West Academic account. This is different from your Westlaw account.
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Giving Day 2021: Interim Dean Lockridge's fundraising challenge for the LSU Law Annual Fund
March 10, 2021LSU Law Interim Dean Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge is a proud supporter of the LSU Law Annual Fund, among many other important causes on campus. As we celebrate Giving Day, please help us meet the dollar-for-dollar match of $5,000 to the LSU Law Annual Fund made possible by Interim Dean Lockridge. “When seeking to support the Law Center — to support my students, really — I turn to the Annual Fund to help me make a difference for the diverse needs of our student body and to support our curriculum and instruction," says Interim Dean Lockridge. "The Annual Fund allows…
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Giving Day 2021: Jim and Ginger Roy's fundraising challenge for the Classroom to Courtroom Campaign
March 10, 2021Jim Roy ('76) pictured on campus with Ginger and his granddaughter, Elise. What a year, and what a difference a Tiger can make! As we celebrate Giving Day, Jim Roy (’76) and his wife Ginger are challenging everyone in our LSU Family to join them in supporting our Classroom to Courtroom Campaign. Funds raised will support our effort to remodel up to four classrooms to add functional courtrooms. Please rise to the challenge today to meet the $50,000 match by the Roys. "The foundation of my professional success began with my LSU Law school education. I am profoundly grateful for…
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Giving Day 2021: Mark and Mary Schroeder's fundraising challenge for the LSU Law General Scholarship Fund
March 10, 2021Today, as all Tigers celebrate Giving Day, we invite you to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to read and share the inspiring stories of our incredible students and alumni. Let’s rise with tenacity today! The continued success of our students is made possible by generous supporters like Mark (Business '78, Law ’83) and Mary (Business, ’82) Schroeder, whose annual scholarship is helping 1L student Catherine Rutherford achieve her dreams. “I have been practicing law for nearly 40 years, and whatever success I have enjoyed has to be attributed to the training and education I received at LSU Law,” says…
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Michele Forbes honored with Director Emeritus title by LSU, receives Distinguished Service Award from SACRAO
March 9, 2021Michele Forbes, who retired as LSU Law Registrar and Director of Student Academic Services on Sept. 30, 2020, after 36 years of service to LSU and the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, has been honored by LSU with the title of Director Emeritus. Forbes also recently received the Distinguished Service Award from the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO) for her career of service in the admissions and records profession. Forbes began her career at LSU in 1984, when she joined the LSU Office of Admissions as a clerk, and she served in the office for approximately 15 years. In 1999, she joined the…
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‘LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources’ elects Volume X Editorial Board
March 5, 2021The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources Volume IX Editorial Board has named the students who have been elected for the Volume X Editorial Board, including: Editor-in-Chief: Reagan Moody Managing Editor: Mary Eliza Baker Notes and Comments Editor: Mike Phillips Articles Editors: Bailey Anderson, Marisa Del Turco Production Editors: Alyssa Craton, Karly Kyzar Senior Editors: Katie Gonsoulin, Hannah Greer, Quinn Hamilton, Gillian Miculek Online Editor: Emily Fruge The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources is a student-edited academic journal focusing broadly on energy and its relationship to other areas of law. It was created in 2011 to promote the study of energy law and the effects…
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‘Louisiana Law Review’ selects 16 Junior Associates for publication in Volume 82, names Board of Editors
March 5, 2021The Louisiana Law Review Volume 81 Board of Editors has announced the 16 Junior Associates selected for publication in Volume 82, noting the decision process was extremely difficult this year due of the number of well-written student pieces. Since 1938, the Louisiana Law Review has served as Louisiana’s flagship legal journal and has become a vibrant forum for scholarship in comparative and civil law topics. It currently ranks in the top 200 student-edited journals, and among the top 50 journals for the highest number of cases citing to a law review. Louisiana Law Review scholars have been recognized around the world for their contributions to both common and civil law doctrine. Publication in the journal is an incredible honor, and…
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