LSU Law News
April 2013
LSU Law Ranked #10 for “Real Lawyers”
April 19, 2013LSU Law made the Top 10 list for “real lawyers” based on an analysis of the employment data in the 2014 U.S. News and World Report law school ranking.
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LSU Law Center to Host U.S. Army War College, April 17
April 8, 2013The LSU Law Center will host the U.S. Army War College Eisenhower Series College Program on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 12:40 p.m. in the McKernan Auditorium at the Law Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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LSU Law Center’s National Energy and Sustainability Team Places 3rd in the Nation
April 2, 2013The LSU Law Center’s National Energy and Sustainability Team placed third in the nation and brought home two Best Oralist awards at the national competition that was held March 14 to 16 at the West Virginia University College of Law. LSU Law students Mark Assad, Christopher Caswell, Edward Duhe, and Christopher Sellers comprise the competition team. The “purple” team of Duhe and Sellers placed third overall nationally. Duhe also received an award for 8th place best oralist. The “gold” team of Assad and Caswell placed among the top 16 teams and came out of the preliminary rounds as the 2nd…
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LSU Law Students Offer Tax Assistance to Foreign Students, Teachers and Researchers
April 2, 2013LSU Law students assisted approximately 250 foreign students, teachers and researchers who qualify as non-resident taxpayers in preparing federal and state income tax returns as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program that was held in February and March at the Law Center. Sponsored by the LSU Tax Law Society, the LSU Law Center’s VITA site is the only VITA site in the Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Lafayette area where law student volunteers prepare federal and Louisiana state income tax returns for foreign students, teachers and researchers that qualify as non-resident taxpayers. The majority of those assisted…
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Professor Kenji Yoshino to present “The Paradox of Political Power: Same Sex Marriage at the Supreme Court”
April 2, 2013Professor Kenji Yoshino will present “The Paradox of Political Power: Same Sex Marriage at the Supreme Court” to the LSU Law community on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 12:40 p.m. in the McKernan Auditorium.
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