LSU Law News

The Louisiana Bar Foundation will honor Professor Robert A. Pascal as Distinguished Professor and alumnus W. Shelby McKenzie as Distinguished Attorney at the 26^th Annual Fellows Gala on April 20, 2012.  The event will be held at the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans.

Professor Robert A. Pascal obtained his J.D. from Loyola University, New Orleans in 1939, a Master of Civil Law from Louisiana State University in 1940, and a Master of Laws from the University of Michigan in 1942. He joined the law faculty of Louisiana State University in 1945, where he taught with distinction for 35 years until he became Professor Emeritus in 1980. He has taught at the University of Chicago Law School, at the University of Rome, Italy, and at Loyola University, New Orleans.

W. Shelby McKenzie ('64) of Taylor Porter Brooks & Phillips, chaired the LSU Law Center's Forever LSU Campaign, is a former chair of the LSU Law Alumni Board of Trustees, and received the LSU Law Center Distinguished Alumnus of the...

The LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s Federal Bar Association (FBA) Moot Court Team placed in the Top 8 nationally when they competed at the FBAs Thurgood Marshall National Moot Court Competition that was held in Washington, D.C. March 29 through 31.  This was the Law Center’s first time competing at the competition. Jonathan Moore and Lindsay Jarrell advanced through multiple rounds ultimately placing in the Top 8.  James Sudduth and Donna Lee advanced out of the preliminary rounds to the 16^th round.

This competition is held in conjunction with the FBA’s annual meeting, and judges included federal court practitioners and federal judges from around the country.  This year’s problem dealt with...

The Trial Advocacy Board of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University is pleased to announce and congratulate the newly elected officers who have been elected for 2012-13 school year:

Rikki Weger, President

Barry Edwards, Vice-President of Internal Competitions

William Macke, Vice-President of Internal Competitions

Arthur Kraatz, Vice-President of External Competitions

Drew Nordgren, Vice-President of Judge and Faculty Relations

Jeremy Ancar, Vice-President of Media and Outreach

Donna Lee, ABA Arbitration Chair

Cassandra Jelincic, National Trial Chair

Members:

Anna Brown

Kelly Burris

Valerie Fontenot

Haley Jones

Arthur Mitchell

Lalla Morris

Christopher Moss

William Priestley

Je'Rell Rogers

Dan Schilling

James Sudduth

Reshonda Thompson

Arvind Viswanathan

Ed Waters

Bill Willis

Joshua Wood

The Moot Court Board of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University is pleased to announce and congratulate the newly elected officers who have been elected for the 2012-13 school year:

Anna Brown, President

Michael Heier, Vice-President of Internal Competitions

Chelsea Gomez, Vice-President of External Competitions

Katherine Lagow, Vice-President of Judge and Faculty Relations

Lauren Thompson, Vice-President of Media and Outreach

Members of the 2012-2013 Moot Court Board:

•  Jessica Allain

•  Mark Assad

•  Christopher Caswell

•  Christopher Cummings

•   Jessica Engler

•   Andrew Heacock

•   Heidi Kemple

•   Arthur Kraatz

•   Caroline Massey

•   Thomas McCall

•   William Priestley

•   Scott Raney

•   John Simmons

•   Matthew Smith

•   Sarah Trufant

•   Edward Waters

•   Rikki Weger

Jessica Allain and Dominic Cvitanovic placed first in LSU Law's first ever Arbitration Competition on March 24, 2012. Competitors were required to argue both sides of a mock arbitration involving a dispute between a former employee and a corporation over the course of three days. Lani Gholston and Michael Heier placed second in the competition, and Bradley Pierson and Melanie Johnson placed third. Jessica Allain won an award for the Best Advocate in the final round, and Michael Heier won an award for the Best Advocate in the preliminary rounds. Special thanks are due to our esteemed final round arbitrators, Mr. Don Frattini and the Honorable Robert Burns, Sr.

Arbitration is a dispute resolution process in which the disputing parties present their case to a third party intermediary (or a panel of arbitrators) that examine all the evidence and then make a decision for the parties. This decision is typically binding. Like court-based adjudication, arbitration is adversarial. However,...