LSU Law News
July 2011
LSU Law to Host Celebration of the Louisiana Children's Code, August 5
July 28, 2011The LSU Law Center will host a celebration of the Louisiana Children’s Code on August 5, 2011, beginning at 1:00 p.m. The Louisiana Children’s Code, enacted by the state Legislature in 1990, has guided the legal and social service communities in the areas of Delinquency, Children in Need of Care, Families in Need of Services, and Adoption. The Children’s Code is the comprehensive primary source of law relating to minors in Louisiana. “The Children's Code is the most important milestone in family law and the juvenile courts in Louisiana,” said LSU Law Professor Lucy McGough, a member of the…
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LSU Law Graduate Selected for United States Supreme Court Clerkship
July 25, 2011Michelle Shamblin Stratton, a 2009 graduate of the LSU Law Center, has been selected to serve as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for the 2011-12 term of the Court. Stratton is the first LSU Law graduate to serve as a Supreme Court law clerk, announced LSU Law Center Chancellor Jack M. Weiss upon receiving official word of Stratton’s appointment. “This is a proud moment for Michelle and an equally proud moment for LSU Law,” Weiss said. “I am very grateful for the opportunity to clerk for Justice Thomas,” said Stratton. “I greatly admire Justice Thomas's approach…
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LSU Law Community Mourns the Passing of The Honorable Ralph E. Tyson, Distinguished LSU Law Graduate
July 18, 2011July 18 - Baton Rouge The LSU Law Community received word today that The Honorable Ralph E. Tyson, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana and a 1973 graduate of the Law Center, has passed away. “Judge Tyson was universally admired and respected in the legal community and beyond,” said Chancellor Jack Weiss. “He was truly, in the proverbial sense, a gentleman and a scholar. We here at LSU Law feel a special connection to the Judge and his family, and a special pride in all that he stood for. We have lost…
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Professor Frank Maraist Teaches Final LSU Law Class
July 14, 2011Professor Frank L. Maraist, the Nolan J. Edwards and Holt B. Harrison Professor of Law at the LSU Law Center, walked in to his Evidence class today for the last time. It was as emotional - but characteristic “Maraist” ending - for a career that has spanned nearly four decades. Maraist has taught, mentored, and counseled several thousand students who have graced the halls of the LSU Law School. He showed up early today for his 7:30 a.m. class, expecting nothing out of the ordinary. But students and colleagues had other plans, and he was greeted with cameras and cakes…
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