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August 2006

LSU Law Students Learn By Doing: 2006 Trial Advocacy Program Set for August 7 - 9

August 4, 2006

LSU Law students will have a chance to practice their trial advocacy skills during a unique program involving mentors from throughout the nation. From cross-examination to voir dire jury selection, third-year students will role-play and receive critiques from some of the nation’s leading experts in courtroom practices. The annual Trial Advocacy program will be held August 7 - 9, 2006 at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. More than 180 third-year law students will participate in the program. “Few law schools in the United States include this type of program in their curriculum, and probably none have presented a…
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East Timor Ambassador Addresses LSU Law Students

August 3, 2006

Grover Joseph Rees III, Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor), spoke to LSU Law Center graduate students on Wednesday, August 2 at a luncheon at the LSU Faculty Club. Rees is a 1978 graduate of the LSU Law Center. Rees met with Law Center officials and spoke with international students who will study in the graduate LL.M./Master of Laws program at the Center over the next year. President Bush nominated Grover Joseph Rees as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Lest on September 4, 2002. The U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination on November 12, 2002, and Ambassador…
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