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Southern University Law Center
February 22-28, 2016
Vol. 14, No. 5 A. A. Lenoir Hall
Reaching New Heights of Excellence
Calendar
Please submit your events by 4 p.m. Thursday
to be published the following week.
FEBRUARY
22-23 Faculty, Staff, Students Interviews of SULC
Chancellor Candidates, 8-noon, A. A. Lenoir Hall.
Consult Interview Schedules distributed by Interim
Vice Chancellor Alfreda Sellers Diamond, [email protected].
Student body presidents from Louisiana public colleges and universities, representing more than 200,000
students, passed a resolution urging state leaders to provide financial resources and greater support for higher
education, during its meeting this past weekend. “As students we felt it was necessary to express our concerns
on record about the critical position that Louisiana higher education is in,” said SBA President Patrick Harrington,
Board of Regents student member. “To us, this is a prime opportunity to provide a more viable long-term budget
solution for higher education if it’s truly a priority. It is our hope that practical solutions for sustainable funding
will be found,” Harrington said.
Black History Month at SULC features lectures, film festival, awards program and more
In observance of Black History Month at
The SULC National Lawyers Guild
SULC, the founding of SU School of Law and (NLG) presents the SULC Cold Case Film
the contributions of African Americans in the Festival featuring filmmaker Keith Beauchamp,
field of law, such as Charles Hatfield, Thurgood February 27-29. The festival kickoff event will
Marshall, Loretta Lynch, Clarence Thomas, be a screening of the Emmett Till documentary,
Charlotte Ray, and Malcolm B. Allen, will be followed by a panel discussion, noon-2 p.m.,
featured on a display board in the Law Center Saturday, Feb. 27, 129-130 A. A. Lenoir Hall.
Atrium.
Also on Saturday in conjunction with the
The Student Government Association has film festival, NLG will host the Pillar Awards
also scheduled activities and events throughout ceremony, honoring local living legends that
the month. Everyone is encouraged to attend. have made great strides in the areas of civil and
Upcoming events include:
human rights. The black-tie event will be held
Lectures by SULC students on “Federation from 5-7 p.m. in the Law Center Atrium.
of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance,”
The festival continues Sunday and Monday,
“Flint: Environmental Law Issues,” and “Identities Feb. 28 and 29, with screenings of two open
of the Diaspora,” will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Louisiana cold cases of Wharlest Jackson and
Feb. 23, Room TBA.
O'Neal Moore, set for 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Holiday
Also on Feb. 23 will be the UniverSOUL Forum, LSU Manship School of Journalism
Food lunch at noon (for day students) and dinner Building, followed by an interactive panel.
at 5 p.m. (for evening students), Law Center
Showings of two open cold cases of
Atrium.
Carol Jenkins and Louis Allen will be held from
The Lifetime Achievement Awards 5-7 p.m., Monday at Magnolia Theater, The
Ceremony, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25, at Magnolia Pavilion, Baton Rouge Community
the Southern University Museum of Art (SUMA) College, followed by a reception.
will be hosted by the SBA Black History Month
For more details, contact NLG President
Committee and the Black Interprofessional Ada Goodly, [email protected].
Caucus. According to Fatima Mann, chair of
The contact person for all SULC Black
SBA Black History Month Committee, the history History Month Events is SBA Student Affairs
of Robert and Roland Irvin, Sr., owners of the Committee Chair Robin Winn, Robin_Winn@
campus barbershop for more than 30 years, will sulc.edu.
be featured.
24 SBA Lecture Series, Featured Speaker, Doug
Smith of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, “Ending Mass Incarceration,” 10:30 a.m., Civil Rights
Room, Law Library. For more details, contact Lindsey Linder, [email protected].
26 The 30th Anniversary Commemoration of Clark
v. Roemer and Chisom v. Edwards, 11 a.m., Edward L. Patterson Moot Courtroom.
27 Kick-off of SULC Cold Case Film Festival,
Screening of “The Untold Story of Emmett L. Till,”
featuring filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, noon-2 p.m.,
129-130 A. A. Lenoir Hall. Followed by a panel discussion. (See article in this issue) For more information, contact SULC Chapter of National Lawyers
Guild President Ada Goodly, [email protected].
27 SULC Pillar Awards, sponsored by the SULC
Chapter of National Lawyers Guild (NLG), 5-7 p.m.,
Atrium, A. A. Lenoir Hall; For more details, contact
NLG Vice President Raymond Wilkes, Raymond_
[email protected].
29-March 1 First Circuit Court of Appeal, In Session, 9 a.m., each day, Edward L. Patterson Moot
Courtroom. For more details, contact Tavares
Walker, [email protected].
2016 Spring Convocation postponed
SULC has cancelled its 2016 Spring Convocation previously announced for Wednesday,
February 24. The rescheduling of the convocation will be announced.
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E-NEWS reporters:
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Prof. Angela Allen-Bell presented “The
To-Do List of a Southern Academic Activist: Pen
to Paper, Voice to Mike, Minds Emancipated and
Change Unleashed,” at the Poverty Law: Academic Activism Conference at Seattle University
School of Law, Washington, on February 19.
Interim Chancellor John K. Pierre will
appear on Cox 4 Across Louisiana at 7 a.m. and
again at 8 a.m., each day from February 20-26.
Pierre will discuss upcoming events including
the 30th Anniversary Commemoration of Clark
v. Roemer and Chisom v. Edwards, ”Two Legal
Challenges that Changed the Louisiana Judiciary
System Forever,” set for 11 a.m., February 26,
Edward L. Patterson Moot Courtroom, and
SULC’s noon March 9 SU Founders’ Day Program, featuring a round-table discussion on the
history of access to legal education in Louisiana.”
View at: https://youtu.be/6iHbwY5SfTQ
Rachel L. Emanuel, director of communications and development support, and
co-authors SUBR Prof. Ruby Jean Simms and
Prof. Charles Vincent, presented a book talk and
signing on Images of America: Scotlandville, at 11
a.m. Saturday, February 20, at the Baker Library.
Prof. Regina James will present “Multitasking for Professional Development: Legal Writing,
Constitutional Law, and Scholarship,” at the Capital Area Legal Writing Conference in Baltimore,
Maryland, Saturday, March 12.
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FEBRUARY
5 Adrienne Shields
11 Donise Banks
13 Jacqueline Nash Grant
20 Felicia Foreman
20 Juanita Richard
26 Albert Anderson
28 Dandrea Lee
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2016
The Year of
Charles J. Hatfield III
Jamar Myers-Montgomery, third-year
student, has won first place in the 2016 Pansy
Jacobs Jackson National Annual Student Research Competition, sponsored by the National
Association of African American Studies, for his
paper “Militarized Police Response to Civil Protest.” Montgomery was presented with a check
for $500 at the NAAAS National Conference in
Baton Rouge on February 13. His article will be
published in the NAAAS National Monograph
Series. Montgomery’s contest entry was derived
from a paper written for Prof. Ruby Andrew’s
Legislative Drafting seminar.
The authors and their topics published in
Volume 7, 2015-2016, Journal of Race, Gender,
and Poverty (JRGP) are second-year student
Melody West Allen, “A Legal Eulogy: Glenn
Ford and the Injustice of the Exoneree Compensation Process in the State of Louisiana”; Prof.
Frank R. Baumgartner of the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Tim Lyman of New
Orleans, “Louisiana Death-Sentenced Cases
and their Reversals, 1976-2015; Ally Bileaud,
“Why America Retains the Death Penalty: Americans’ Detachment from Their Criminal Justice
System”; Dr. Jessica Davis of the Faith & Public Policy Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, “The
Historical Convergence in the Desegregation of
Education in the United States”; Lisa Mays, associate, Sheppard Mullin’s Washington, D.C.,
“The United States’ Failure to Properly Investigate Rape Violates Its Due Diligence Obligations Under Current International Human Rights
Standards”; second-year student Alonna
Murray, “When the Over-income Dwell Where
Only the Under-income Should: HUD’s Current
Crisis”; and second-year student Melissa
Pestalozzi, “No Escaping the Registry: Louisiana’s Registration Scheme for Juveniles Adjudicated Delinquent.”
SULC Moot Court Board National Juvenile Law Competition team members are pictured from left: Charletta
Anderson-Fortson, Janet Madison, Candace Ford, and
Mohamed Khaled.
Four SULC Moot Court Board members
competed in the 2016 21st Annual National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition at Whittier
Law School, Costa Mesa, California, February
5-6.
The first team members were second-year
students Candace Ford and Mohamad Khaled
and the second team members were third-year
students Charletta Anderson-Fortson and Janet
Madison.
Madison and Ford were awarded the “Top
10 (out of 44 national competitors) Oral Advocate in the Preliminary Rounds Award” for their
superior oral advocacy skills.
Prof. Virginia Listach, director of clinical education, is the Moot Court Board faculty adviser.
Louisiana State Representative Katrina
Jackson, ’04, a former Moot Court Board chairperson, will be the guest speaker for the 201617 Moot Court Board Induction and Awards
Ceremony at 2 p.m., Friday, March 18, in the
Edward L. Patterson Moot Courtroom.
Judge Jewel “Duke” Welch will give the
oath of office to the inductees. Additionally, the
board will send off nine members who are part
of the 2016 graduating class, and will award the
annual “Cosey Cup.”
ALUMNI
Rubiante Brown, ’15, accepted a position as the law clerk/staff attorney for Judge Paula
Brown, ’92, Orleans Parish Civil District.
Jamiel Peterson, ’14, accepted a commission as a First Lieutenant/Judge Advocate in the
U.S. Air Force.
Shari Trahan, ’14, accepted a position as an assistant district attorney with the Fulton County District Attorney Office in Atlanta, Georgia.
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