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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

April 11, 2023

OFFICERS Mr. Stephen I. Dwyer
Dwyer, Cambre & Suffern, APLC

HON. SHAYNA BEEVERS MORVANT 3000 W. Esplanade Ave. N. Ste. 200
PRESIDENT
Metairie, LA 70002-3726
SCOTT L. STERNBERG
TREASURER
Re: LCLCE Report to the LSBA B oard of Governors
LORETTA LARSEN
SECRETARY Dear Mr. Dwyer,

HON. RANDALL L. BETHANCOURT

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT The LCLCE is pleased to provide you and the LSBA Board of Governors with a 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 educational programming in support of

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

W. THOMAS ANGERS During the first quarter of 2023, the LCLCE organized 22 Judges/Lawyers in the Classroom

LAWRENCE J. CENTOLA, III presentations benefitting 1813 students. In addition to students and speakers, this program

involved teachers, district attorneys, school administrators, and members of the local law

HON. SYLVIA R. COOKS enforcement communities. Also during this time, the LCLCE Executive Director participated

HON. SCOTT J. CRICHTON in the four-hour Louisiana Bar Foundation Grantee Board & Staff Training.

BRIAN ENGERON In addition, the LCLCE began the organization of a four-hour CLE to be held at the

ALLISON C. FOSTER Louisiana State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting and Summer School. Lawyers and judges

will be afforded the opportunity to learn about the Lawyers/Judges in the Classroom program

C. KEVIN HAYES and it provides training and materials related to presentation topics. This program offers up

JEFFREY D. HUFFT to four hours of professionalism c redit. The LCLCE also began the organization of the six-

day Justice Catherine D. Kimball Summer Institute which will provide 36 hours of

HON. C. WENDELL MANNING professional development on the nationally acclaimed social studies curriculum, “We the

People”. The new Louisiana 2023-24 academic state standards for social studies will be fully
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addressed at the Summer Institute. The LCLCE has received a grant from the U.S.

RYAN M. MCCABE Department of Education that will underwrite the costs of the Summer Institute. This

HON. JOHN J. MOLAISON program is available at no cost to participating teachers. This will be the first time that the

LCLCE organized a Summer Institute twice during the same fiscal year.
GRAHAM H. RYAN

As of March 31, 2023, the LCLCE’s checking account balance was $458,721. Funds to assist
RONNIE SLONE
with operational expenses were received and deposited from the Louisiana State Bar

SHAYNA L. SONNIER Association, Louisiana Bar Foundation, and private contributions including those received

through the LSBA’s dues check-off option.
PATRICK A. TALLEY, JR.

BARBARA TURNER WINDHORST 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.