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The Purple Team won this year's game with a score of 26-14 over the Gold team, but no one walked away unhappy at the annual Barristers Bowl football game held recently.

An annual event organized and run by law students, the goal is to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This year, Ian, a five-year-old boy from Gonzales who is recovering from leukemia, had a wish to travel to Walt Disney World to meet Mickey Mouse. The Barristers Bowl football team will make Ian’s dream become a reality.

The Barristers Bowl VI raised well over $12,000 that included donations, t-shirt sales, raffles and two auctions. For the second year in a row, a dinner for four and Natural Light with Vice Chancellor Cheney Joseph was the highest selling auction item. With Make-A-Wish being the first priority for money, any excess money will be donated to another cause. Last year, the Ryan LoProto Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Law Center was the recipient of excess funds.

More than 600...

Teams of LSU Law students have represented the Law Center over the last month at Moot Court and Trial Competitions throughout the country including tournaments in Houston, New York, Washington D.C. and New Orleans. Six of our teams returned with individual and team honors. These students presented written and oral arguments in diverse legal areas, including international law, national security, tax, sports law, environmental, and constitutional law. Five more teams will compete later this semester.

Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
The LSU team of David Maples, Micah Fincher, Erin Cesta, David May and Meagan Messina were crowned Southwest Superregional Champions and will represent the United States in the International Jessup Competition.

Moot Court National Championship Team
The LSU team of Andre Gaudin, Jr., Bridget Hillebrand, and Charlotte Youngblood finished as ...

Left to right: Micah Fincher, David May, David Maples, Meagan Messina, and Erin Cesta.

Five students from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center beat out teams from 24 other law schools to become the U.S. Southwest Super Regional winners in the 2010 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held Feb. 11-14, 2010.

The Jessup competition is the largest moot court competition in the world with law school participants from more than 80 nations.

Team captain David Maples along with Erin Cesta, Micah Fincher, David May, and Meagan Messina, as well as coach Jessica Orgeron, traveled to the University of Houston and competed to secure a place in the finals before beating the University of Texas in an exciting final round.

Maples along with teammate Meagan Messina competed in the final rounds to secure the victory for the team, but acknowledged they didn’t do it alone.

“Jessup is ultimately a team effort and the dedication shown by my team this year is truly...

2L Hannon Vey LaPlace and 3L Bruce Hamilton advanced to the semifinal round of the 2010 National Security Law Moot Court Competition held Feb. 13-14 at George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. Hamilton and LaPlace were one of eight teams out of 21 that advanced to the semifinal round, including teams from New York Law School, Villanova University, Cornell University, Florida State University, University of Miami, Duke University and George Washington University.

In the semifinal round, LSU competed against the Cornell team, which advanced to the final round and fell to FSU. It is the first time LSU has sent a team to the competition, which is more than two decades old. Judges for the final round included former CIA Director James Woolsey, former D.C. Appeals Court Judge Patricia Wald, and former National Security Council General Counsel Richard Klingler.

The LSU team did a terrific job in our first outing to this competition. Thanks to Todd Bruno, the members of...

The Louisiana Law Review announced the Volume 71 Editorial Board:
Kevin Blanchard, Editor-in-Chief| Michael Fagan, Managing Editor| Margaret McDonald, Production Editor| Michael Mims, Articles Editor| Chip Saulsbury, Executive Senior Editor| Roy Bergeron, Senior Editor| Josh Clayton, Senior Editor| Austin Holliday, Senior Editor| Thomas Hooks, Senior Editor

Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal announced that the First Circuit will hold hearings in the David Robinson Courtroom at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, on Monday, February 22, 2010, beginning at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 23, 2010, beginning at 10 a.m., and Thursday, February 25, 2010, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Attorneys representing clients with appeals pending before the First Circuit will be presenting oral arguments before the judges sitting in three-judge panels.  Hearings on Monday, February 22, 2010, will be before:  Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter, and Judges John Michael Guidry and John T. Pettigrew. 

Hearings on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, will be before:  Judges Randolph H. Parro, James E. Kuhn, and J. Michael McDonald. 

Hearings on Thursday, February 25, 2010, will be before:  Judges Robert D. Downing, Edward J. “Jimmy” Gaidry, and Page McClendon. 

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