Paul Macarius Hebert (1907–1977) was a jurist who is best known as the longest serving Dean of the

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

's law school (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center), serving in that role with brief interruptions from 1937 until his death in 1977. One such interruption occurred in 1947-1948 when he was appointed as a judge for the United States Military Tribunals in Nuremberg, and presided over the

IG Farben Trial ''The United States of America vs. Carl Krauch, et al.'', also known as the IG Farben Trial, was the sixth of the twelve trials for war crimes the U.S. authorities held in their occupation zone in Germany (Nuremberg) after the end of World War ...

. Hebert attended

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and later Louisiana State University, both located in Baton Rouge. While at LSU he was a member of the Zeta Zeta chapter of

Delta Kappa Epsilon Delta Kappa Epsilon (), commonly known as ''DKE'' or ''Deke'', is one of the oldest fraternities in the United States, with fifty-six active chapters and five active colonies across North America. It was founded at Yale College in 1844 by fiftee ...

and was a member of the Friars Club.

External links

Hebert Nuremberg Documents and Photos

Dissenting Opinion of Judge Paul M. Hebert (image of original document
12-28-1948, Nuremberg Military Tribunal 6 - I.G. Farben Case
DigitalCommons@LSU Law Center
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hebert, Paul M. 1907 births 1977 deaths Judges of the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals Leaders of Louisiana State University Louisiana State University alumni 20th-century American judges 20th-century American academics