LSU Law News
May 2009
Chancellor Weiss's Remarks to Law Graduates May 28, 2009
May 31, 2009Judge Davis, Justice Traylor, Chairman Roy, President Lombardi, Members of the Board of Supervisors, Colleagues, Parents, Friends, Golden Grads, and Members of the Law Center Class of 2009: This year marks, as you know, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. From the age of 27 until he was elected President in 1860 at the age of 51, Lincoln spent most of his career as a practicing lawyer based in Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln traveled around the state, "riding the circuit" and trying almost every imaginable kind of case. You are our Lincoln bicentennial class. So let's consider together…
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Remarks of Commencement speaker Judge W. Eugene Davis, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
May 29, 2009Friends and family, faculty and staff and most importantly, graduates. I am honored to be with you this morning and I congratulate each member of this class of 2009. You had a lot of help to get here today. You should take a few minutes to thank those important people who helped you, counseled you, paid your tuition and told you what you needed to hear. This is as much their celebration as it is yours. It is customary to tell a commencement audience how honored you are to be at their graduation but I want you to know I…
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Professorship Established in Memory of Lake Charles Native
May 26, 2009LSU Law Center Chancellor Jack M. Weiss (center) is joined by members of the Judge Earl E. Veron family at an event commemorating the establishment of the Judge Earl E. Veron Endowed Professorship for support of the Law Center's Clinical Legal Education program. Joining the Chancellor (L to R) are family members Louis Veron, brother; Mrs. Verdy Veron, wife; J. Michael Veron, son; and Michael's wife, Melinda Veron. A law professorship has been established in memory of the late Judge Earl E. Veron by his wife, Verdy Veron and son, J. Michael Veron, at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law…
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Sternberg Elected LSU Board Student Representative
May 13, 2009Scott Sternberg, third-year student at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, was recently elected to be the new student member of the LSU Board of Supervisors. Sternberg was picked for the one-year position at a meeting of LSU student government leaders in Baton Rouge. He will be sworn in at the board’s June 4 meeting in Baton Rouge. “After going to LSU A&M and now being at LSU Law, I am really honored to represent the 50,000 plus students of the LSU System in this important year,” said Sternberg. “I am particularly honored given the tough issues we face…
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Dodson Family Endows Professorship in Honor of Yiannopoulous
May 13, 2009"LSU Law never had a better friend," said Richard J. "Jerry" Dodson, about former LSU Professor A.N. Yiannopoulous. Dodson and his wife, Gloria, recently established the A.N. Yiannopoulous Endowed Professorship at the LSU Law Center in honor of the former Law Center faculty member. Chancellor Jack M. Weiss, Yiannopoulous, and his family, friends and colleagues, gathered at the Law Center on May 29, 2009 to commemorate the gift. "We are grateful to Jerry and Gloria for honoring Professor Yiannopoulous with this gift," said Weiss. "The professor is a part of the rich history of the Law Center, and his work…
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Construction Underway on Clinic Space at Law Center
May 13, 2009Work on the LSU Law Center's new Clinical Legal Education space has begun in earnest, with an expected completion date of mid-June. "Providing an appropriate space for our clinical program has been a priority of the Law Center," said Chancellor Jack M. Weiss. "We are looking forward to working with our clients from the community in a setting that serves their needs while also offering the best possible educational experience for our students."The space will include a reception area and waiting room, client interview rooms, a conference room/classroom with AV capabilities, student workrooms, a file room, a mail/copy room, and…
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Ellison Awarded CLEA Outstanding Student Award for Work in Juvenile Case
May 13, 2009By LSU Law Director of Clinical Programs Robert Lancaster's account, third-year law student Paige Ellison faced one of the most demanding cases to come through the school's Immigration Legal Services Clinic.Ellison, working with Adjunct Clinical Professor Ken Mayeaux, represented a Honduran native in a special immigrant juvenile status case. It was this case Lancaster cited in nominating Ellison for the Clinical Legal Education Association's Outstanding Student Award for LSU, of which she is the 2009 recipient. She was recently recognized at the Association of American Law Schools' Conference on Clinical Legal Education in Cleveland, Ohio, along with winners from other…
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Ziober Receives LSBA Student Pro Bono Award
May 13, 2009During her first year as a law student at LSU, the most hectic year of law school most students would say, Leslie Ziober single-handedly coordinated an effort to organize a group of LSU Law students to travel to Biloxi, Mississippi for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. In her second year, she arranged for another group of law students to go to Acadiana Legal Services in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where they assisted those affected by Hurricane Rita.Now in her third year, she once again coordinated a group of law students to assist hurricane victims by arranging for a work trip to areas…
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May 2009
May 4, 2009During the Spring 2009 semester the LSU Law Center welcomed three Distinguished Visitors who brought their own distinct global perspectives, enriching the experience of law faculty and students alike: Professor Ulrich Magnus, University of Hamburg (Germany), February 10 - March 4, taught International Sales Law; Professor Fernando Toller, Austral University (Argentina), February 9 - February 27, taught Constitutional Fundamental Rights; Professor Sheldon Leader, University of Essex (United Kingdom), March 23 - April 8, taught International Trade, Investment, and Human Rights. The Center of Civil Law Studies initiated a Civil Law Workshop Series in honor of Professor Saúl Litvinoff. The general topic is Civil…
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LSU Law Moot Court Program Ranked No. 12 Nationally
May 1, 2009Based on its record in moot court competitions in 2008-09, LSU Law will be invited as one of the top 16 moot court programs in the country to the National Moot Court Championship in Houston to be held January 2010. LSU is the No. 12 program in the country according to the University of Houston Law Center's Blakely Advocacy Institute, which ranked schools based on results from more than 60 different moot court competitions during the 2008-09 school year. LSU is the only school from Louisiana and the Southeastern Conference to be invited to the competition. "Our Moot Court/Trial Advocacy…
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