The Paul M. Hebert Law Center, often styled "LSU Law", is a
public
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law school in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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. It is part of the
Louisiana State University System
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William F. Tate IV is president of the LSU system, and also serves as chan ...
and located on the main campus of
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 ...
.
Because Louisiana is a
civil law state, unlike its 49
common law
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sister states, the curriculum includes both civil law and common law courses, requiring 94 hours for graduation; the most in the United States. In the Fall of 2002, the LSU Law Center became the sole United States law school, and only one of two law schools in the Western Hemisphere, offering a course of study leading to the simultaneous conferring of a J.D. (
Juris Doctor), which is the normal first degree in American law schools, and a D.C.L. (
Diploma in Comparative Law), which recognizes the training its students receive in both the common and the civil law.
Until voting in April 2015 to realign itself as an academic unit of Louisiana State University, the Paul M. Hebert Law Center was an autonomous school. Its designation as a Law Center, rather than Law School, derives not only from its formerly independent campus status but also from the centralization on its campus of J.D. and post-J.D. programs, foreign and graduate programs, including European programs at the
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
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School of Law,
France
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, and the
University of Louvain,
Belgium
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, and the direction of the Louisiana Law Institute and the Louisiana Judicial College, among other initiatives.
According to the school's 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 81.3% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.
History
In 1904, LSU constitutional law professor
Arthur T. Prescott, who earlier had been the founding president of
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research acti ...
, became the first to propose the establishment of a law school at LSU.
The law school came to fruition in 1906, under LSU president
Thomas Duckett Boyd
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, with nineteen founding students.
[ Since 1924, the LSU Law Center has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools and approved by the American Bar Association. The Law Center was renamed in honor of Dean Paul M. Hebertbr>]
(1907–1977), the longest serving Dean of the LSU Law School, who served in that role with brief interruptions from 1937 until his death in 1977. One of these interruptions occurred in 1947-1948, when he was appointed as a judge for the Nuremberg Trials, United States Military Tribunals in Nuremberg.
Demographics
In 2011, the Law Center received 1,437 applications for the J.D./C.L. program for an enrolled class of 239. The current first-year class includes graduates from 80 colleges and universities throughout the nation. Women make up 49% of the class, 51% are men. Approximately 35% of the class of 2014 came from outside Louisiana representing 19 others states, United States Virgin Islands
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, France, and China.
''LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources''
The Center publishes the biannual open-access
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''LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources'' that focuses on the law of energy development, energy industries, natural resources, and sustainable development.[Aladin - Washington Research Libraries Consortium - Libraries catalog]
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Employment
According to the Law Center's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 89% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment 10 months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners.Law School Transparency
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under-employment score is 11.6%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.
Costs
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at the Law Center for the 2014-2015 academic year is $39,880.75.
Notable alumni
Judges
* Walter O. Bigby, state representative and appeals court judge
* James E. Bolin (Class of 1937), state representative 1940-1944; Bossier-Webster district attorney 1948-1952, 26th Judicial District Court judge 1952-1960; Louisiana Second District Court of Appeal judge 1960 to 1978
* Bruce M. Bolin, former state representative (1978–1990); former 26th Judicial District Court judge from 1991-2012 (D)
* Henry Newton Brown, Jr., Chief Judge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal
*Roy Brun
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, state district court judge in Shreveport and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish
* Dewey E. Burchett, Jr. (Class of 1970), state district court judge in Bossier and Webster parishes, 1988-2008
*Paul G. Byron
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Biography
Byron received an Associate of Arts degree in 1981 from Miam ...
, judge
* Luther F. Cole, state representative from 1964 to 1967, state court and appeals court judge from 1967 to 1986, and Louisiana Supreme Court associate justice from 1986 to 1992
* Scott Crichton (Class of 1980), judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Shreveport since 1991
* James L. Dennis, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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* Eastern District of Louisiana
* M ...
judge
*Frank Burton Ellis
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Education and career
Born in Covington, Louisiana, Ellis attended the Gul ...
, 1929 L.L.B., state senator and federal judge
* Pike Hall, Jr. (Class of 1953, 1931-1999), Caddo Parish School Board Caddo Public Schools is a school district based in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of Caddo Parish.
History
In 1965, the board was sued by Shreveport pastor
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member, appeal court judge, and associate justice of Louisiana Supreme Court 1990 to 1994; Shreveport lawyer
* Douglas Gonzales, (born 1935), U.S. attorney (1972-1976) and judge of the state district court (1976-1992) and the circuit court (1993-2002) in Baton Rouge
* S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport Division
* George W. Hardy, Jr., (1900-1967), mayor of Shreveport from 1932 to 1934 and judge of the state circuit court of appeal from 1943 to 1967
* Guy Humphries, state court judge from Alexandria
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* Fred W. Jones, Jr., city, district, and state circuit judge from Ruston
*Eddie J. Lambert
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, 1982 J.D. (born 1956), state representative from Ascension Parish
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. Mrs. Lambert is an LSU Law graduate and a judge in Ascension Parish.
*Catherine D. Kimball
Catherine D. (Kitty) Kimball (born February 7, 1945)[Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball](_blank) (Class of 1970), judge of the Louisiana 18th Judicial District Court, 1982-1992; justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1993-2013, former chief justice
* Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr. (Class of 1948), Tallulah lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1952 to 1968; interim state court judge, 1992-1993
* Fred S. LeBlanc, 1920 L.L.B., mayor of Baton Rouge (1941–1944), state attorney general (1944-1948; 1952-1956), 19th Judicial District Court judge
* Charles A. Marvin (Class of 1957), district attorney of Bossier and Webster parishes (1971-1975); judge of the Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal for the Second District in Shreveport (1975-1999)
*James R. Mitchell (1946-2015), 30th Judicial District Judge, Division C in Louisiana.
* Morris Lottinger, Jr. (Class of 1965), state representative (1970-1975), judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal (1975-1998), and chief judge (1993-1998)
* Ragan Madden (Class of 1933), state representative (1940-1949) and district attorney (1949-1979) from Lincoln Parish
* W. T. McCain (Class of 1943), state representative from Grant Parish 1940 to 1948; first state district court judge only for Grant Parish (1976)
* Jay McCallum (Class of 1985) - judge of the Louisiana 3rd Judicial District Court since 2003; former state representative for Lincoln and Union parishes
*Eugene McGehee
Eugene Webb McGehee (March 19, 1929 – April 11, 2014) was an American judge and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
McGehee was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana Stat ...
, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1960-1972; state district court judge in East Baton Rouge Parish, 1972-1978
*John Victor Parker
John Victor Parker (October 14, 1928 – July 14, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
Education and career
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Parker received a Bachelor ...
(Class of 1952, 1928-2014), U.S. district judge for the Middle District of Louisiana (1979-2014)
* G. Thomas Porteous, United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana
*O. E. Price (1924–2006, Class of 1949), municipal, district, and state appeal court judge from Bossier City
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* Alvin Benjamin Rubin (1920–1991), Class of 1942, federal judge from 1965 to 1991
* Tom Stagg, United States District Judge in Shreveport
* Lloyd George Teekell (Class of 1951), state representative from Rapides Parish from 1953 to 1960; judge of the 9th Judicial District Court from 1979 to 1990
* Donald Ellsworth Walter (Class of 1964), U.S. District Judge for the , U.S. attorney for the Western District from 1969 to 1977, based in Shreveport
* Ralph E. Tyson, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
* Roy S. Payne (Class of 1977) - Current U.S. Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
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(Marshall, Texas
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) (2011–Present), former U.S. Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
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( Shreveport, Louisiana) (1987-2005)
* Marcus R. Clark, Louisiana Supreme Court Justice from West Monroe
* Bernette Joshua Johnson, chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013; associate justice, 1994-2013
* Jefferson D. Hughes, III, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013
Governors
* Edwin Washington Edwards, 50th Governor of Louisiana, from 1972–80, 1984–88, 1992-96.
* Robert F. Kennon, governor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956.
*John Bel Edwards
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, (Class of 1999) 56th Governor of Louisiana, 2016–present, and former State Representative.
*John McKeithen
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, 49th Governor of Louisiana from 1964-72.
* Sam H. Jones, 46th Governor of Louisiana from 1940-44.
* Ruffin Pleasant, 36th Governor of Louisiana from 1916-20.
Federal Legislators
U.S. Senators
*John Breaux
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, United States Senator from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005, lobbyist
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* J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., United States Senator from 1972 to 1997; former member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Caddo Parish; Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist
* Russell B. Long, American politician who served in the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1948 to 1987
U.S. House Members
* William Henson Moore, United States Representative from 1975 to 1987. Unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate; Commissioner, Panama Canal Consultative Committee, 1987–1989; Deputy Secretary of Energy, 1989–1992; White House Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992–1993; Professional Advocate.
*Overton Brooks
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(Class of 1923), United States Representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
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from 1937 to his death in 1961.
* Patrick T. Caffery (Class of 1956), United States Representative from 1969 to 1973 and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964 to 1968.
*Buddy Leach
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, United States Representative from 1979-1981, chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
* Gillis W. Long, United States Representative during the 1960s.
* Speedy Oteria Long, United States Representative from 1965 to 1973.
*Jim McCrery
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, United States Representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district
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(1988-2009).
*Cleveland Dear
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, U.S. representative
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from 1933 to 1937, district attorney, and state judicial district court judge.
* Wilbert Joseph "Billy" Tauzin, Jr., Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to 2005.
*Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician)
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(Class of 1998), U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district: First elected in 2016, he is also the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference
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. From 2015 to 2017, Johnson served as a representative in the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 8th district in Bossier Parish.
Others
* Charles C. Barham (1934–2010, Class of 1959), State senator for Lincoln
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* Lincol ...
and Union
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** ''Un ...
parishes; attorney in Ruston
* Greg Barro, state senator from Caddo Parish (1992–1996); Shreveport attorney
* Henry Bethard, former member of the Louisiana House from Red River Parish; former Coushatta town attorney
* Carl W. Bauer, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from St. Mary Parish, 1966-1976 (D)
*Allen Bradley
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(Class of 1976), state representative from DeRidder, 1984 to 1992, former CEO of AMERISAFE Company
* Chris Broadwater (Class of 2002), current District 86 state representative from Tangipahoa Parish
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* Algie D. Brown, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish from 1948 to 1972; Shreveport attorney
* Ossie Brown, former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney
*William Denis Brown, III
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(1931-2012), lawyer, businessman, state senator from Monroe
* Theo Cangelosi (Class of 1934), lawyer, businessman, politician, gubernatorial confidante
* Robby Carter, state representative from Greensburg, Louisiana, 1996-2008 and since 2016
*James Carville
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, American political consultant, commentator and pundit
*Joe T. Cawthorn
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(Class of 1932), lawyer, businessman, and politician affiliated with the Long
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faction
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, state senator from DeSoto and Caddo parishes from 1940 to 1944
* Jackson B. Davis (Class of 1940), state senator from Caddo Parish, 1952-1980; long-term Shreveport attorney
* C. H. "Sammy" Downs (Class of 1946), state senator and gubernatorial advisor[
*]Gil Dozier
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, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry from 1976 to 1980; convicted felon, disbarred and readmitted to the bar
* Francis Dugas, state representative from Lafourche Parish from 1956 to 1960; Robert F. Kennon's running-mate for lieutenant governor in 1963
* Ken Duncan, state treasurer from 1996 to 2000; Baton Rouge lawyer and businessman
* James R. Eubank, 1958 Law, attorney in Alexandria; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Rapides Parish in 1952, floor leader for Governor
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Robert F. Kennon, died in office at the age of thirty-seven
*Ron Faucheux Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald.
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*Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...
, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish; political consultant and pundit from New Orleans
* Jimmy Field, 1966 Law, member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission
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from Baton Rouge
* C.B. Forgotston, 1970 J.D., political activist and state government watchdog
* Mike Futrell, 1985 J.D., former state representative and East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council member
* Gerald J. Gallinghouse, 1948 J.D., former U.S. Attorney for the
* Ryan Gatti
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, state senator for District 36 since 2016; Bossier City lawyer
* Allen C. Gremillion, (1929–1971), state representative from Crowley
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* Crowley, Te ...
, 1964-1971
*Jack P. F. Gremillion
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, Attorney General of Louisiana from 1956-1972
*Rufus D. Hayes
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, (1913–2001), first state insurance commissioner, former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney, former state Democratic chairman
* George B. Holstead (1924–2002), State representative from Lincoln Parish from 1964–1980
* Thomas H. Hudson (born 1946), Baton Rouge attorney and state senator from 1976 to 1988
*John Brennan Hussey (Class of 1958), Mayor of Shreveport, 1982-1990, lawyer in Shreveport
* H. Alston Johnson, III, former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
* Mike Johnson (JD), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th district. Former Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bossier Parish; constitutional attorney in Benton
* J. Lomax "Max" Jordan, Jr., Louisiana State Senator from Lafayette and Acadia parishes, 1992–2000
*Joe LeSage
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Arts
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* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
* ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...
, (Class of 1952), Shreveport attorney, state senator (1968–1972), LSU supervisor (1956–1968; 1992, 1998), 1948 LSU quarterback
* Nicholas Lorusso (Class of 1992), state representative from Orleans Parish since 2007
*Charles McConnell, mayor of Springhill in Webster Parish, 1954-1958
* DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr. (Class of 1950), prominent Alexandria attorney from 1950 until his death in 2005
* Gregory A. Miller (Class of 1988), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Charles Parish
* John Willard "Jack" Montgomery, Minden attorney and state senator from 1968–1972
* Jay Morris (Class of 1983), Louisiana state representative since 2012 from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes
* L.D. "Buddy" Napper, state representative from Lincoln Parish from 1952 to 1964
* Sydney B. Nelson, state senator (1980–1992) from Caddo Parish
*James E. Paxton (Class of 1988), district attorney of Louisiana 6th Judicial District ( East Carroll, Madison Madison may refer to:
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* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
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* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
, and Tensas
parishes)
* Mike Powell (Class of 1992), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Caddo and Bossier parishes and former member of the Caddo Parish School Board; Shreveport attorney
* Randy Roach (born 1951, Class of 1976), lawyer, former state legislator, and mayor of his native Lake Charles since 2000
* Mike Schofield (born 1969), member of the Texas House of Representatives
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from Harris County since 2015
* Alan Seabaugh (born 1967), Class of 1993, state representative from Shreveport
*Andrew L. Sevier
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(1894–1962, Class of 1921), state senator from Tallulah
* Henry Clay Sevier, state representative from Madison Parish, 1936 to 1952
*Rob Shadoin
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* Rob (s ...
(Class of 1975), attorney in Ruston and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Lincoln and Union parishes
* J. Minos Simon (Class of 1946), attorney and legal author in Lafayette, Louisiana
* Frank P. Simoneaux, attorney in Baton Rouge and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1982
*Ed Tarpley
Ed, ed or ED may refer to:
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* ''Ed'' (film), a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc
* Ed (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') or Edward Elric, a character in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' media
* ''Ed'' (TV series), a TV series that ran fro ...
(Class of 1979), district attorney for Grant Parish from 1991 to 1997
* Risley C. Triche, Louisiana state representative, 1955–1976
* R.B. Walden, director of the Louisiana Department of Hospitals and former mayor of Winnsboro
* Edwin O. Ware, III (Class of 1951), District attorney for Rapides Parish, 1967-1984
* W. Scott Wilkinson, Shreveport attorney and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1920-1924 (D)
* J. Robert Wooley (Class of 1977), Louisiana Commissioner Insurance from 2000 to 2006; attorney with Adams & Reese in Baton Rouge (D)
See also
* Joseph T. Bockrath
* Tom Galligan
* Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
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References
Further reading
* W. Lee Hargrave. ''LSU Law: The Louisiana State University Law School from 1906 to 1977.'' Louisiana State University Press, 2004.
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