LSU Law News
July 2020
Daniel Bosch Joins LSU Law as New Advocacy Fellow
July 31, 2020Daniel Bosch, a 2020 LSU Law graduate and Order of the Barristers inductee, will remain at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center as the new Advocacy Fellow. Bosch will work with Professor Jeff Brooks in the administration, coaching, and preparation of students for moot court, mock trial, and alternative dispute resolution competitions. “I am very excited that Danny is returning to LSU Law as our new Advocacy Fellow,” says Brooks, Preis PLC Director of Advocacy and Professional Practice and Director of Professional Practice. “As a law student and member of our Board of Advocates, Danny demonstrated exemplary advocacy skills, extraordinary…
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Deans, lawyers commend La. Supreme Court for bar waiver
July 29, 2020The ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis demands sensitive, thoughtful, and bold leadership from many sectors, including all branches of government. We saw that kind of leadership this past week from the Louisiana Supreme Court.
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Louisiana’s four law schools urge Louisiana Supreme Court to adopt emergency-admission rule in response to bar exam cancellation
July 16, 2020The leaders of Louisiana’s four law schools are urging the Louisiana Supreme Court to adopt an emergency-admission rule for law students who recently graduated and are being adversely impacted by the announcement on Wednesday that the state’s July 27 bar examination has been cancelled. “Within an hour of the Court’s announcement yesterday, each of us witnessed the impact on our graduates of learning that the bar examination had been canceled without any clear path forward for them to begin their professional careers. They were disappointed and stunned,” reads the letter, which is signed by Dean Madeleine Landrieu of Loyola University…
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‘Louisiana Law Review’ announces 25 Junior Associates selected for publication in Volume 81
July 7, 2020The Louisiana Law Review Board of Editors and Senior Associates have selected 25 Junior Associates for publication in Volume 81. Since 1938, Louisiana Law Review has served as Louisiana’s flagship legal journal and has become a vibrant forum for scholarship in comparative and civil law topics. The journal currently ranks in the top 200 student-edited journals, and among the top 100 journals for the highest number of cases citing to a law review. Junior Associates of Louisiana Law Review are selected at the end of the first year of law school through a mandatory Write-On Competition. Junior Associates selected for Volume 81 are: Camille Arceneaux Kennedy Beal Heidi…
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'LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources' announces 17 Junior Associates selected for publication in Volume IX
July 7, 2020The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources Board of Editors has selected papers from 17 Junior Associates for inclusion in Volume IX. “The Journal received many excellent papers during the Write-On Competition and appreciates everyone’s hard work,” says the board. “The following Junior Associates’ work stood out in particular and promise to be great additions to the Journal.” The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources is a student-edited academic journal focusing broadly on energy and its relationship to other areas of law. It was created in 2011 to promote the study of energy law and the effects of…
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