LSU Law News
May 2023
144 LSU Law students earn academic honors in the Spring 2023 semester
May 31, 2023Fifty-seven LSU Law students have been named Paul M. Hebert Scholars for their academic achievement in the Spring 2023 semester and 87 students have been named Dean’s Scholars. The Paul M. Hebert Scholar is awarded to the top 10% of LSU Law students earning 12 or more semester hours of credit in courses taken during an individual semester, and the Dean’s Scholar is awarded to the top 25% of students who earn at least 12 hours of credit during an individual semester. The awards are noted on students’ transcripts. Congratulations to the following students for their academic achievement in the…
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Arboleda (’23) closes out LSU Law career with big court win for client as part of Juvenile Defense Clinic
May 29, 2023A few weeks before wrapping up his time at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and celebrating graduation with his classmates, John Arboleda got one last chance to use the advocacy skills he’s honed at LSU Law over the past three years to successfully defend a client in the courtroom as part of his work in the Juvenile Defense Clinic. Arboleda’s client was facing charges of illegal possession of a firearm and controlled substance, which resulted from a search of their person. The search was conducted during a traffic stop, in which police alleged the driver failed to obey a…
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Summer Library Hours
May 26, 2023The Law Library will begin its summer schedule on Monday, May 29, 2023. Please check the detailed hours page for further information.
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LSU Law Class of 2023 graduate Emily Vest awarded the 2023 CLEA Outstanding Clinical Student Award
May 24, 2023LSU Law Class of 2023 graduate Emily Vest received the 2023 Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Clinical Student Award for her dedicated work in two LSU Law clinics. “I was shocked when I found out I won,” said Vest, who participated in the Juvenile Defense Clinic last fall and the Parole & Reentry Clinic in the 2021 fall semester. “I feel so grateful to be recognized. It means so much when clients thank you for your time and professors commend your work, and receiving an award like this really shows that you used your skills for the best.” Through her…
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Your Gifts at Work: Erin Alpandinar
May 24, 2023For rising third-year LSU Law student Erin Alpandinar, winning the Spring 2023 Ira S. Flory Mock Trial Competition was a high-water mark of her law school career and it brought her one step closer to achieving her dream of becoming a litigator. “I worked so incredibly hard throughout the whole competition, and I genuinely had so much fun. It was such a great feeling to take home the win with my amazing teammate, Robin Capps,” she said. “Winning the Spring Flory Mock Trial Competition is one of my greatest LSU Law memories so far.” Through her first two years at…
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LSU Law celebrates the Class of 2023 at May 20 commencement
May 23, 2023Galligan urged the graduates to never allow themselves to be entirely satisfied with current conditions, and to always look for opportunities to further improve the legal profession and their communities. “If I can borrow from the Marvel Universe, you will be a guardian of the galaxy of justice. It is up to you and all of us as lawyers to keep that ideal of justice in mind,” Galligan said. “Justice requires fairness and we must work to make the system fair.” Midway through his address, Galligan paused to recognize retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice and LSU Law Class of…
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Student Organization Spotlight: The Federalist Society
May 19, 2023Officers of the LSU Law chapter of The Federalist Society (from left to right) are Karly Smith, 1L representative; Cole Baxter, vice president; Sydney Britt, president; and Brock McKiness, 2L representative. The members of The Federalist Society at LSU Law regularly host events to engage students at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center in lively discussions on the leading legal, societal, and political issues of the day. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., The Federalist Society is a conservative and libertarian legal organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, and the LSU Law chapter is one…
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Summer Access to Bloomberg, Lexis and Westlaw
May 19, 2023Bloomberg Law Returning students have unlimited summer access for academic or work purposes. New graduates have access for six months after graduation. Lexis Returning students have unlimited summer access for academic or work purposes. New graduates have access through December 31, 2023. For more information: https://www.lexisnexis.com/grad-access/ Westlaw Accounts may only be used for academic purposes. There is a cap of 180 hours of use a month. New graduates have access through November 30, 2023. Graduates should go to the following page to activate the six months of Westlaw: https://www.lawschool.tr.com.
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LSU Law faculty, staff, and alumni honor Interim Dean Lockridge for her years of service leading the Paul M. Hebert Law Center
May 16, 2023LSU Law Interim Dean Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge and Jim Roy ('76) following his address at the reception, during which Roy announced the launch of a fundraising campaign to create an endowed scholarship named in Lockridge’s honor. LSU Law faculty, staff, and alumni gathered at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center on Thursday, May 11, for a special reception to honor the exemplary leadership and dedicated service of Interim Dean Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge as she prepares to hand off the reins to incoming Dean Alena Allen this summer. “Lee Ann, your alumni appreciate all that you have done for…
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LSU President Emeritus and LSU Law Professor Thomas C. Galligan Jr. to deliver 2023 LSU Law Commencement address
May 15, 2023LSU Law Professor and LSU President Emeritus Thomas C. Galligan Jr. will deliver the commencement address at the LSU Law Class of 2023 Commencement, which will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU campus. Galligan’s teaching and scholarship focuses on torts, admiralty, and constitutional law. He holds the Dodson and Hooks Endowed Chair in Maritime Law, the James Huntington and Patricia Kleinpeter Odom Professorship of Law, and the Edwin W. Edwards Distinguished Professorship at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. From Jan. 1, 2020, to July 5, 2021, Galligan…
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