LSU Law News
April 2009
LSU Law Achieves State’s Highest Passage Rate on February 2009 Bar Exam
April 30, 2009LSU Law Center students achieved the highest passage rate among all examinees on the latest Louisiana State Bar Exam, according to results recently released by the Committee on Bar Admissions for the Supreme Court of Louisiana. LSU Law students continued their traditional first place passage rate, with 82.5 percent of examinees receiving passing scores on the February 2009 administration of the Bar. In all, 40 LSU Law Center students took the exam and 33 successfully passed the Bar. "The consistent success of LSU Law graduates on the Louisiana State Bar Exam continues to reflect well on our tradition of demanding…
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LSU Law Center Jumps 13 Spots to #75 in 2010 U.S. News Rankings
April 23, 2009The annual U.S. News & World Report law school rankings are out, and LSU Law has jumped dramatically, climbing from 88th to 75th in the closely watched list. The #75 ranking is the highest in LSU Law history and the 13 place move is one of the largest positive moves of any law school. Although some 184 law schools in the nation are reviewed by the magazine, only law schools that place in the top 100 receive a specific numerical ranking. Chancellor Jack Weiss said: "This is exciting news for our students, our faculty, our alumni and our friends. The…
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LSU Law Students Receive Best Brief Award in Austria
April 22, 2009LSU Law students Erin Bray, Sara Donohue, Carmen Hebert, Andrew Lilly, and Adam Savoie recently returned from Vienna, Austria, where they won an award for Best Brief for the Claimant - Honorable Mention at the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot. The award was given to only 23 law schools in the world, placing LSU in the top 10 percent of all law schools that participated in the Vienna competition. In all, 233 law schools from 58 countries, including 53 American law schools, competed in Vienna. Teams write two briefs and participate in oral arguments, with awards being given for…
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Louisiana Law Review Symposium to Address Punitive Damages
April 16, 2009The Louisiana Law Review will hold its symposium on Punitive Damages Today and Tomorrow, Friday, April 17, in the LSU Law Center's Tucker Room.The event begins at 8:20 a.m. with opening remarks from LSU Law Professor Frank Maraist and is open to the public.The schedule for the symposium is as follows: 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.: Tom Dupree of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP-Punitive Damages and the Constitution. 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.: Francis McGovern, Professor at Duke University School of Law-Punitive Damages and Class Actions. 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.: David W. Robertson, W. Page Keeton Chair in Tort…
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Professor Litvinoff Honored at Chancellor’s Council Event
April 6, 2009Saúl Litvinoff, Boyd Professor of Law, was honored on March 20 at an event hosted by Chancellor Jack M. Weiss and members of the LSU Law Center Chancellor's Council. Members of the council, former students, friends, colleagues, and family members, gathered at the Energy, Coast and Environment Building to pay tribute to the professor for the contributions he has made to the Law Center and legal community over his 43 years of service at LSU. Litvinoff will retire following the spring 2009 semester. Cordell Haymon ('68) served as emcee of a panel of friends and former students who shared memories…
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April 2009
April 6, 2009Professor Paul Baier was the featured panelist at the Chapman University School of Law's Nexus Journal 2009 Symposium on Judicial Activism: Same Sex Marriage and the Aftermath of Proposition 8. He spoke as part of the first panel, which discussed whether or not the courts were entering into the political policymaking arena. Baier also joined Jerry Goldman, inventor of the Oyez Project, at a Loyola Law Review symposium on the use of technology in the courtroom, the classroom, and beyond on Friday, March 13. Baier's paper, Beyond Black Ink: From Langdell to the Oyez Project-The Voice of the Past, details…
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LSU PILS Completes 1,000 Hours Challenge
April 6, 2009LSU law students recently helped the LSU Public Interest Law Society—or PILS—complete its 1,000 Hours Challenge, volunteering more than 2,000 hours of community service, including pro bono work, in and around Baton Rouge. In recognition of their community service, students who completed at least 10 hours of service were invited to a banquet at Fred's in "Tigerland," where donated prizes were randomly awarded to the participants.Participants volunteered for a litany of organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Volunteers In Public Schools, Thirst for Justice, Acadia Legal Services, Catholic Charities, general church work, PILS Day of Service, Lonestar Legal Aid, St. Vincent…
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Louisiana Law Review Holds Annual Banquet
April 2, 2009The Louisiana Law Review held its annual banquet on March 27, 2009, celebrating the successful publication of Volume 69 of the review. Chancellor Jack Weiss welcomed the 130 attendees with warm words about the contributions the Law Review has made to the LSU Law Center. The guest of honor at the event was Symeon C. Symeonides, dean of Willamette University College of Law and former Judge Albert Tate Professor of Law at LSU, who delivered remarks on the value of student-run law reviews. Symeonides humorously acknowledged the criticisms levied at law reviews, but explaine d why student-run publications remain important,…
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