LSU Law News
March 2023
Your Gifts at Work: Andrew Kuebel
March 31, 2023After earning his Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the University of Georgia, New Orleans native Andrew Kuebel returned home to pursue his law degree at LSU Law, with aspirations of following in his father’s footsteps and practicing in Louisiana. “Studying at LSU Law reaffirms my commitment to my home of Louisiana, which I realized is a place worth fighting for after departing it for undergrad,” said the first-year law student. “To learn from both experts in the civil tradition and skilled attorneys from common law jurisdictions at one institution is a unique opportunity, and I believe it would be…
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LSU Law honors scholarship benefactors and recipients at annual Scholarship Reception, announces five new scholarships
March 29, 2023In fiscal year 2022, five new scholarships were created, including the: Gene Fendler Memorial Scholarship (endowed) Pugh Accardo Scholarship (non-endowed) Theresa M. Gallion Scholarship (non-endowed) Arnold & Itkin Trial Lawyers Advocacy Scholarship (non-endowed) William Craig Henry Class of 1973 Scholarship (currently non-endowed, but it is anticipated that this scholarship will be endowed in the future) The Vinson & Elkins law firm also renewed an agreement to continue funding its $10,000 annual award for another 10 years. Each year, LSU Law submits applications to the Louisiana Board of Regents for endowed scholarship matching funds through the Endowed Superior Graduate Student Scholarship…
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46 students in the Class of 2024 selected for Board of Advocates
March 28, 2023Forty-six students in the LSU Law Class of 2024 have been selected for membership on the 2023-2024 Board of Advocates, a student honor organization dedicated to the promotion and development of oral and written persuasive advocacy skills. Rising third-year law students are selected to membership on the Board of Advocates based on a holistic application that looks at a student’s success in the Law Center’s many different internal and external advocacy competitions, teams, and other skills development opportunities. The Board of Advocates is the result of a merger of the former Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Boards. Those selected for…
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McKenzie Connelly wins 2023 Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition
March 28, 2023LSU Law Interim Dean Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge (from left to right), Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice William J. Crain (’86), McKenzie Connelly, Foster Willie, and Louisiana Department of Justice Assistant Solicitor General Morgan Brungard following the final round of the 2023 Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition at LSU Law on March 27. McKenzie Connelly took home the coveted Dean’s Cup crystal trophy on Monday, March 27, after besting fellow second-year law student Foster Willie during the final round of the 2023 Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition, which was held in the Robinson Courtroom at the Paul M. Hebert Law…
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US Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals to hold hearings at LSU Law on Wednesday, March 22
March 17, 2023LSU Law students will have the unique opportunity to observe a hearing of the U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday, March 22, when the court visits the Paul M. Hebert Law Center as part of its public outreach program. Six LSU Law students were selected to submit amicus briefs in advance of the hearing, and two of them—3Ls Chad Thornton and Hannah Turner—will argue their briefs before the court. The hearing will take place in the David Robinson Courtroom from 1 to 2:30 p.m., with a question-and-answer session to take place following adjournment. All rules of the…
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‘LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources’ selects Junior Associate Comments for Vol. XII
March 16, 2023The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources Volume XI Editorial Board has announced the Junior Associate Comments selected for publication in Volume XII. The student-edited journal was created to promote the study of energy law and the effects of technological innovation on a local, national, and international level. The comments selected for publication in Vol. XII are: Erin Alpandinar — “Constitutional Symmetry and Divergence: A Synthesis of Federal Fourth Amendment Law Post-Carpenter and Louisiana’s Fourth Amendment Analog” Nathan Bromley — “It’s Going to be a Bumpy Ride, Especially in Louisiana: Why Louisiana Needs to Rethink its Funding for Road…
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Procopio and Flores win the 2023 LSU Law Transactional Negotiation Competition
March 14, 2023LSU Law students Sarah Procopio and Yenifer Flores won the 2023 LSU Law Transactional Negotiation Competition on Monday, March 13, during the final round of competition in the David Robinson Courtroom at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. The Transactional Competition is an internal competition at LSU Law that is designed to develop students’ skills in dispute resolution, transactions, and negotiation. In each round, teams receive a common set of facts known by all participants and confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. Competitors must negotiate a series of disputes, and the dispute at issue will…
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Barrister Bowl raises more than $26K for Make-a-Wish Foundation, Louisiana boy battling congenital heart disease
March 13, 2023LSU Law students at the 2023 Barrister Bowl with the family of Jesse Corcoran (left, front row), a six-year-old from Slaughter, Louisiana, who is battling a congenital heart disease. LSU Law students raised more than $26,000 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation and Corcoran at the game.
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Labor and Employment: The American Worker
March 13, 2023The Law Library has added a new database to its HeinOnline collection. Be sure to take a look at Labor and Employment: The American Worker. This database contains thousands of titles on the American workplace, covering the labor rights movement in the 19th century to the workplace of today.
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PILS, Innocence Project of New Orleans to host panel discussion on March 23 at LSU Law
March 8, 2023The LSU Law Public Interest Law Society, in collaboration with the Innocence Project of New Orleans, will host a panel discussion featuring two IPNO attorneys and a wrongfully convicted exoneree on Thursday, March 23, from 12:40 to 1:40 p.m. in Room 106 of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. RSVP to attend. “Freedom for the Wrongfully Imprisoned: A Panel with the IPNO & Raymond Flanks, a Recently Freed Exoneree” will highlight Raymond Flanks, an IPNO client who was exonerated on Nov. 17, 2022, after spending 38 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Other panelists include IPNO…
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Charlton Meginley (’02) lands back home in Louisiana after 20 years with US Air Force JAG Corps
March 8, 2023Over the past two decades, Charlton Meginley’s assignments in the United States Air Force JAG Corps have moved him across the country and around the world on 10 different occasions, with stops in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, California, Illinois, Texas, Washington, Maryland, Germany, and Iraq. In January, the Alexandria native and 2002 LSU Law graduate retired as a Colonel and Appellate Military Judge on the U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals so his family could finally return to Louisiana and begin putting down roots here. “We came home for a reason,” said Meginley, who is now residing in Madisonville and…
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Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal holds oral arguments at LSU Law
March 7, 2023Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal Judges (from left to right) Guy Holdridge (’78), Panel Chief Page McClendon, and Hunter Greene held oral arguments in the David Robinson Courtroom at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center on Wednesday, March 1. The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal held oral arguments in the David Robinson Courtroom at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center on Wednesday, March 1, as part of the courts’ education outreach program. Panel Chief Judge Page McClendon and Judges Guy Holdridge (’78) and Hunter Greene presided over the docket. All first-year LSU Law students observed the arguments as…
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‘LSU Law Journal for Social Justice & Policy’ announces Vol. IV Board of Editors
March 6, 2023The LSU Law Journal for Social Justice & Policy Volume III Board of Editors has announced the Junior Associates selected to serve on the Volume IV Board of Editors. Those selected for the board are: Gaven DeVillier / Editor-in-Chief Holland Crain / Managing Editor Sydney Mayeaux / Production Editor Max Nedanovich / Executive Senior Editor Kailee Lloyd / Senior Editor Foster Willie / Senior Editor
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‘LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources’ announces Vol. XII Editorial Board
March 6, 2023The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources Volume XI Editorial Board has announced the newly elected Volume XII Editorial Board. Those selected to serve on the board are: Erin Alpandinar / Editor-in-Chief Levin Pinho / Senior Managing Editor Patrick Van Burkleo / Notes and Comments Editor Natalie Marionneaux / Production Editor Miranda Scotten / Production Editor Dakota Scurlock / Senior Articles Editor Camille Webre / Online Articles Editor Isabella Eakins / Senior Editor Ann Marie Rome / Senior Editor Adam Guarisco / Senior Editor Colton Duhon / Senior Editor
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‘Narrative of Life Sentences’ event at LSU Law to explore excessive sentencing in Louisiana with formerly incarcerated people, social scientists, policy makers, and lawyers on Friday, March 17
March 3, 2023There are approximately 4,300 people incarcerated in Louisiana with life sentences. Approximately 5,700 more people are incarcerated with sentences of 20 years or more. The LSU Law Parole and Re-Entry Clinic, in collaboration with the Parole Project and the Visiting Room Project, will host a conversation with formerly incarcerated people, social scientists, policy makers, and lawyers at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center on Friday, March 17, to explore the issues of excessive sentencing in Louisiana. “Narrative of Life Sentences: Moving from Excessive Sentences to Second Chances” will take place in the McKernan Auditorium from noon to 4 p.m. The…
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Pugh Institute for Justice to present 'Pursuing Justice: When Lawyering Collides with Powerful Interests' Symposium at LSU Law on March 10
March 1, 2023The George W. and Jean H. Pugh Institute for Justice will present the “Pursuing Justice: When Lawyering Collides with Powerful Interests” Symposium at LSU Law on Friday, March 10. The symposium will take place in the McKernan Auditorium from 11:30 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. It is free and open to the public, and attendees will have the opportunity to earn CLE credits. RSVP to attend. Melissa J. Hordichuk, executive director and managing attorney for the Access to Justice Project, and Leroy Maxwell Jr., an attorney with the Maxwell + Tillman law firm, will be the featured speakers. Hordichuk is the…
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LSU Law student Hannah Cottrell named President Management Fellow finalist, lands clerkship with US Tax Court Judge Christian N. Weiler
March 1, 2023Third-year LSU Law student Hannah Cottrell has been named a finalist for the 2023 President Management Fellows Program, a prestigious and highly competitive two-year fellowship administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. “I was very excited and a little surprised when I was notified about it, because it’s such a competitive program,” said Cottrell, a West Monroe native who earned her undergraduate degree at LSU. Cottrell is more than deserving of the honor. She has earned Dean’s Scholar honors for her academic achievement and served the Student Bar Association as Community and Media Vice Chair as a 2L, and…
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