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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

August 14, 2023

OFFICERS Ms. Shayna L. Sonnier
Veron Bice, LLC
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 Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education (LCLCE) is pleased to provide you and the

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Board of Governors with a report on the activities of

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

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

Since our last report, The LCLCE held a four-hour CLE at the Louisiana State Bar Association’s

W. THOMAS ANGERS Annual Meeting & Joint LSBA/LJC Summer School in Florida. This program offered training

DANIELLE L. BOREL and materials for prospective presenters of the Adult Civic Education program and the

Judges/Lawyers in the Classroom programs. Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Scott J.

LAWRENCE J. CENTOLA, III Crichton and Chief Justice John L. Weimer were among the speakers. The LCLCE also hosted an

HON. SYLVIA R. COOKS exhibition booth and a cocktail reception in honor of its board officers that was open to all

attendees of the Annual Meeting and Joint Summer School.
HON. SCOTT J. CRICHTON

The Honorable Roger P. Hamilton Jr., 16 JDC, was presented the Judge Benjamin Jones Judges
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BRIAN ENGERON in the Classroom Award before the General Assembly and House of Delegates at the LSBA’s

ALLISON C. FOSTER Annual Meeting.

C. KEVIN HAYES Between May 1 and the end of the 2022-23 school year, the LCLCE organized Lawyers/Judges
st

JEFFREY D. HUFFT in the Classroom programs that reached over 1600 students statewide.

HON. C. WENDELL MANNING The six-day Justice Catherine D. Kimball Summer Institute was held at the Louisiana Supreme

Courthouse in New Orleans. This is a professional development program offered to teachers at no
BETTY ANN MAURY

cost. In addition to expert training in law-related curriculum, the Summer Institute provides

RYAN M. MCCABE housing, meals, mileage, and educational materials. During the Summer Institute, Chief Justice

Weimer presented the President’s Award of Excellence for Outstanding Civics Teacher to Bruce

HON. JOHN J. MOLAISON Sweatt, a teacher at Barbe High School in Lake Charles. This is a joint award given by the LSBA

RONNIE SLONE and the LCLCE.

SHAYNA L. SONNIER As of August 1, 2023, the LCLCE checking account balance was $430,647.18. Funds to assist

with operational expenses were received and deposited from the Louisiana State Bar Association,

PATRICK A. TALLEY, JR. Louisiana Bar Foundation (IOLTA), and private contributions received through the LSBA dues

BARBARA TURNER WINDHORST check-off option.

Sincerely,

PEGGY V. COTOGNO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Hon. Shayna Beevers Morvant Peggy V. Cotogno

President 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.