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THE LOUISIANA CENTER FOR LAW & CIVIC EDUCATION

601 St. Charles Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Phone (504) 619-0134 Fax (504) 528-9154

May 18, 2023

OFFICERS Ms. Shayna L. Sonnier

Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson
HON. SHAYNA BEEVERS MORVANT 721 Kirby Street
PRESIDENT Lake Charles, LA 70601

SCOTT L. STERNBERG

TREASURER Re: LCLCE Report to the LSBA Board of Governors

LORETTA LARSEN
SECRETARY Dear Ms. Sonnier,

HON. RANDALL L. BETHANCOURT The LCLCE is pleased to provide you and the LSBA Board of Governors with a
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

report on the activities of the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education

(LCLCE). As set forth below, the LCLCE continues to promote and support

BOARD OF DIRECTORS educational programming in support of the rule of law in a variety of ways.

W. THOMAS ANGERS The 2023-24 Board will include the LSBA YLD designee, Danielle Lauren Borel.

LAWRENCE J. CENTOLA, III
Since our last report on April 11, 2023, the LCLCE finalized plans to present a four-

HON. SYLVIA R. COOKS hour CLE at the LSBA Annual Meeting and Joint LSBA/LJC Summer School. There

will be a two-hour judges and lawyers training on conducting Adult Civics Education
HON. SCOTT J. CRICHTON
programs, and a presentation by Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John L.

BRIAN ENGERON Weimer, followed by Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Scott J. Crichton’s

program on “Crime, Consequences and the Power of Choice”. There will also be an
ALLISON C. FOSTER

in-person six-day professional development program for teachers held at the

C. KEVIN HAYES Louisiana Supreme Courthouse in June.

JEFFREY D. HUFFT

The Judge Benjamin Jones Judges in the Classroom Award Committee selected
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HON. C. WENDELL MANNING Roger P. Hamilton Jr., 16 JDC, as this year’s recipient. The award presentation will

be made before the General Assembly at the LSBA’s Annual Meeting in June. Since
BETTY ANN MAURY

our last report, thirty-five Lawyers/Judges in the Classroom presentations were

RYAN M. MCCABE organized benefitting 2,766 students statewide.

HON. JOHN J. MOLAISON As of May 1, 2023, the LCLCE’s checking account balance was $447,250. Funds to

GRAHAM H. RYAN assist with operational expenses were received and deposited from private

contributions received through the LSBA’s dues check-off option.
RONNIE SLONE

SHAYNA L. SONNIER Sincerely,

PATRICK A. TALLEY, JR.

WILLIAM J. WILSON

BARBARA TURNER WINDHORST

Hon. Shayna Beevers Morvant Peggy V. Cotogno

President Executive Director

PEGGY V. COTOGNO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Making Law and Civic Education Come Alive in the Classroom

Serving as the public education partner of the Louisiana State Bar Association. This program is financially assisted, in part by
the Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts Program through the Louisiana Bar Foundation.