LSU Law News
May 2008
Beaird Appointed Interim Director of the LSU Law Library
May 28, 2008A. Michael Beaird has been appointed interim library director at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center for the 2008-2009 academic year, effective June 1. Beaird was appointed on the recommendation of a search committee consisting of Professor Wendell Homes, Vice Chancellor Glenn Morris, and librarians Charlene Cain and Melanie Sims. Beaird comes to LSU after having previously worked in a similar capacity at UNLV. He has served as the law librarian at the University of Mississippi and as law library director and tenured associate professor of law at the University of Arkansas/Little Rock School of Law. Beaird also served as vice…
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LSU System President John Lombardi Addresses Young Alumni Leadership Council
May 28, 2008"LSU is in the game, and we must compete in that game," said John Lombardi, president of the LSU System. Lombardi addressed the Law Center's Young Alumni Leadership Council at its May 10, 2008 meeting. The advisory group convened for its second meeting since being appointed by LSU Law Chancellor Jack Weiss in 2007. With straight talk, Lombardi candidly discussed issues that impact top-flight, national research universities. Among the biggest concern is, "competing for the best faculty, students, grants, and even facilities," said the president. "You don't get points for anything other than quality." The same is true for law…
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Chancellor Weiss's Remarks to Law Graduates May 22, 2008
May 27, 2008Governor Jindal, President Lombardi, Members of the Board of Supervisors, Colleagues, Parents, Friends... and Members of the Law Center Class of 2008: Class of 2008, this is a proud day for all of us and for all of you. Although you leave us today, we are confident that you begin—that you "commence"— a future of accomplishment, professional satisfaction, and public service. You have a rigorous foundation in both the common law and the civil law that qualifies you to practice skillfully not just in Louisiana, not just in the other 49 states of the United States, but throughout the world.…
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LSU Law Center Confers Degrees at Commencement Exercises, May 22
May 23, 2008The Paul M. Hebert Law Center awarded degrees to 190 students at commencement exercises held May 22 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. One hundred eighty-three students received the Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.). Seven students - representing five countries, including France, Argentina, Canada and China - received the Master of Laws (LL.M.). The ceremonies were presided over by Chancellor Jack M. Weiss, while Jerry E. Shea, Jr., chairman of the LSU Board of Supervisors, assisted in the conferring of degrees Gov. Bobby Jindal served as Commencement speaker. John N. Gallaspy spoke on behalf of the…
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Bennett Named Chair of Law Center Young Alumni Leadership Council
May 20, 2008Norma Bennett, a 2000 graduate of the LSU Law Center, was recently named chair of the Law Center's Young Alumni Leadership Council by Chancellor Jack M. Weiss. The YALC is made up of 20 members - two each from the last 10 graduating classes of the Law Center - and serves as an advisory board to the chancellor and the Law Center. Bennett is an associate in the Patent Litigation practice of the Litigation Regulatory Department of Weil, Gotshal, & Manges' Houston office. She has represented clients in several industries, including oil and gas, energy services, pharmaceutical, and computer industries.…
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Chancellor’s Council Welcomes CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin, Nearly 200 Guests
May 20, 2008LSU Law Center Chancellor Jack M. Weiss and Dean A. Sutherland, chairman of the Chancellor's Council, welcomed 188 guests to the annual black tie Chancellor's Council Dinner on Friday, May 2, 2008, at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center Hotel. The dinner honored friends and graduates who annually contribute a minimum of $1,000 unrestricted gifts to the Law Center. Also recognized were donors of new endowments or major gifts to the Law Center during 2007. Jeffrey Toobin, CNN legal analyst and author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, was the featured speaker. For more…
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Law Center Welcomes New Faculty Members
May 15, 2008Four new faces will be navigating the winding, M.C. Escher-like corridors of the Law Center soon, placing a premium on breadcrumbs, Post-it Notes, and anything else useful in leaving a trail. Robert E. Lancaster, who previously served as Clinical Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law, will assume the position of director of LSU Law's Clinical Legal Education Program. He will also have the title of Professor of Professional Practice. Lancaster received his bachelor's degree at Millsaps College in 1989 and his J.D. at Tulane Law School in 1993. He was also named a Robert M. Cover…
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Announced as Speaker for Law Center Commencement
May 12, 2008Governor Bobby Jindal will serve as the speaker for the Paul M. Hebert Law Center 2008 Commencement exercises, Thursday, May 22, at 10:30 a.m. in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Chancellor Jack M. Weiss will preside over the ceremony.More than 200 students - from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Yantai, Shandong Province, China - will receive their degrees. Assisting in the conferring of degrees will be Chairman of the LSU Board of Supervisors Jerry E. Shea, Jr. Guests to the commencement ceremony may enter through all portals - both ground and concourse levels. Jindal was sworn in as governor of Louisiana on…
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Bicentennial of Louisiana Civil Code Celebrated in 35th Tucker Lecture
May 11, 2008If you have checked your calendar recently and thought you were forgetting an important holiday, don't worry. You haven't missed the bicentennial of the Louisiana Civil Code.To celebrate the event, there will be a number of lectures, Friday, May 16 and Sunday, May 18. In addition, the Digest Online will be unveiled to the public, marking the culmination of a project to make the text of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825 available online. The Digest is published in both the original French and English translation, with the notes made by the drafters at the time. An added search function…
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CNN Analyst and Best-Selling Author Jeffrey Toobin in Conversation with Chancellor at LSU Law Center
May 7, 2008Roe v. Wade, Bush v. Gore, Obama v. Clinton and Toobin v. Delay were just some of the topics addressed recently when Jeffrey Toobin—CNN analyst and author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court—sat down for a candid conversation with Law Center Chancellor Jack Weiss. Toobin arrived 10 minutes late to the scheduled 2 p.m. forum in the student lounge because of travel delays but hit the stage straightaway, starting the discussion with a recollection of studying for the bar and constantly hearing "this applies everywhere except Louisiana." Talk turned quickly to the upcoming presidential election…
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Ceremony and Conference Honors Professor Litvinoff
May 5, 2008On April 3, 2008, the LSU Law Center faculty, friends, former colleagues and distinguished alumni gathered in the Tucker Room to commemorate the publication of a volume of Essays in Honor of Saúl Litvinoff. Standing between the other two editors of the project, Mr. Julio Romañach and Professor Alberto Zuppi, Professor Olivier Moréteau, Russell Long Chair and Director of the Center of Civil Law Studies, presented the volume, 860 pages, consisting in 46 contributions by jurists from 12 different nations, honoring our world famous comparatist and civilian. The book includes testimonials reflecting how Professor Litvinoff contributed to the development of…
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