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Schedule

The 2016 Symposium will take place on January 22 in the McKernan Auditorium. Below you will find a list of our planned activities.

Activity Time
Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:45 – 8:10
Opening Remarks
Interim Co-Dean Bill Corbett, LSU Law Center
8:10 – 8:15
Keynote Address
Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
8:15 – 8:45
Panel 1 – Louisiana Practitioner Roundtable

Moderator:
The Honorable Scott Crichton (’80), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana

Speakers:

  • Lauren Anderson (’13), Orleans Public Defenders Office
  • James Boren (’75), James Boren Law Firm
  • Bernard “Bernie” Boudreaux (’61), Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison LLC
  • Hillar Moore, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney
  • Mike Walsh (’83), Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P.
  • Judge John E. Conery, Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal
8:45 – 10:15
Break 10:15 – 10:30
Presentation 1-Organizational Sentencing Guidelines

Kenya Smith, Associate Professor, Arizona Summit Law School
10:30 – 11:30
Lunch 11:30 – 12:30
Presentation 2 – Juvenile Sentencing Practices

Katherine Hunt Federle, Professor, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
12:30 – 1:30
Panel 2 – Historical Perspectives on U.S. Sentencing

Moderator:
Associate Dean Ray Diamond, LSU Law Center

Speakers:

  • Paul Finkelman, Visiting Professor, University of Saskatchewan College of Law
  • Peter Wallenstein, Professor of History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1:30 – 3:00
Break 3:00 – 3:15
Panel 3 – Philosophical and Rational Considerations

Moderator:
Professor Ken Levy, LSU Law Center

Speakers:

  • Kevin Bennardo, Professor, Robert H. McKinney School of Law
  • Russell Christopher, Professor, The University of Tulsa College of Law
  • Tamara Lawson, Professor, St. Thomas University School of Law
3:15 – 4:45