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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 2, 2022

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 Board of Governors

LORETTA LARSEN
SECRETARY Dear Mr. Dwyer,

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 LC LCE 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 and

LAWRENCE J. CENTOLA, III 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. Crichton and Chief

HON. SYLVIA R. COOKS Justice John L. Weimer were among the speakers. The LCLCE also hosted an exhibition booth and a

HON. SCOTT J. CRICHTON cocktail reception in honor of its bo ard officers that was open to all attendees of the Annual Meeting
and Joint Summer School.
BRIAN ENGERON

Between May 1 and the end of the 2021-22 school year, the LCLCE organized 16 Lawyers/Judges in
st
ALLISON C. FOSTER the Classroom programs reaching 14 84 students statewide.

C. KEVIN HAYES

The LCLCE Executive Director and LCLCE board member Judge Randall L. Bethancourt were

JEFFREY D. HUFFT speakers at the Louisiana Association of Schoolboard Superintendents’ Summer Conference that was

HON. C. WENDELL MANNING held in June in Lafayette. The topic was “Lawyers/Judges in the Classroom”.

BETTY ANN MAURY The 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 cost. In addition to
RYAN M. MCCABE

expert training in law-related curriculum, the Summer Institute provides housing, meals, mileage, and

HON. JOHN J. MOLAISON educational materials. During the Summer Institute, Chief Justice Weimer presented the President’s

Award of Excellence for Outstanding Civics Teacher to Chris Kourvelas, a middle school teacher in

GRAHAM H. RYAN Bossier City. This is a joint award given by the LSBA and the LCLCE.

RONNIE SLONE

As of August 1, 2022, the LCLCE checking account balance was $468,357.48. Funds to assist with

SHAYNA L. SONNIER operational expenses were received and deposited from the Louisiana State Bar Association,

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

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.