News and Past Events

The Emancipation Proclamation…Law Day CLE

On May 2, 2013, New Orleans attorney Phelps Gay, board member of The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society and the A.P. Tureaud Inn of Court, gave a CLE presentation entitled “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: How the Commander in Chief Created …

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Celebrating 200 years

The Louisiana Supreme Court celebrated its 200th anniversary on March 1, 2013. The Louisiana Supreme Court first convened in New Orleans on March 1, 1813. Present at the Court’s first session in 1813 were judges Dominick A. Hall (presiding) and …

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Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson Becomes Chief Justice

CHIEF JUSTICE BERNETTE JOSHUA JOHNSON Bernette Joshua Johnson is the first African-American Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Chief Justice Johnson brings a unique perspective to the bench that is informed by principles of justice and equality. She is …

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John A. Rockwell CLE

On January 7, 2013, the Law Library of Louisiana and The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society sponsored a free one-hour CLE entitled “John A. Rockwell and the origins of U.S.-Mexico Litigation.”  An attorney and Whig congressman from Connecticut, John …

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An Evening with Justice Holmes

Four justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court joined LSU law professor and SCLHS board secretary Paul R. Baier in a Boston production of his play “Father Chief Justice”:  Edward Douglass White and the Constitution, November 9, 2012, Social Law …

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Museum Reception

On November 2, 2012, The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society sponsored a Reception at the Louisiana Supreme Court Museum for the Henri Capitant Society’s Twelfth Congress of the International Association of Legal Methodology, which was held at Loyola University …

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Southern Region High Court Conference

The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society and the Louisiana Supreme Court co-sponsored the Southern Region High Court Conference which was held in New Orleans September 27-29, 2012.  The conference was attended by high court judges, justices and state administrators …

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Lecture on Judah P. Benjamin at Loyola

On August 23, 2012, The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law sponsored a mid-day lecture by Ms. Catharine MacMillan at Loyola entitled “Judah P. Benjamin: the Early English Career of an American …

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Homer A. Plessy Day

On June 7, 2012, the Plessy and Ferguson Foundation and The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society co-sponsored a program to honor Homer A. Plessy Day, which was established in 2005 and marks the anniversary of his 1892 arrest. The …

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Law Day 2012: “Father Chief Justice”

A preview of the play “Father Chief Justice,” written by The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society Board Member and Treasurer and George M. Armstrong, Jr. Professor of Law Paul R. Baier, was presented on Law Day, May 1, 2012 …

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