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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

January 6, 2025

OFFICERS
Mr. Patrick A. Talley, Jr.
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
SCOTT L. STERNBERG 365 Canal Street, Ste. 2000
PRESIDENT New Orleans, LA 70130

JEFFREY D. HUFFT

TREASURER Re: LCLCE Report to the LSBA Board of Governors

LORETTA LARSEN Dear Mr. Talley,
SECRETARY

HON. SHAYNA BEEVERS MORVANT 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 conducted an eight-hour professional development program in

W. THOMAS ANGERS Baton Rouge. This is part of the We the People: Civics that Empowers All Students (CEAS)

HON. RANDALL L. BETHANCOURT program. The LCLCE was granted a subaward for this program by the Center for Civic Education,

the CEAS administrator for the U. S. Department of Education. A third follow-up training will be

LAWRENCE J. CENTOLA, III held in the Spring of 2025 at the World War II Museum in New Orleans. The participants are all

HON. SYLVIA R. COOKS teachers that attended the 2024 Summer Institute. Each one of these teachers will have their

students conduct a simulated congressional hearing before the end of the school year.
HON. SCOTT J. CRICHTON

The LCLCE recruits schools, judges, and lawyers to make in-school presentations and organizes

BRIAN ENGERON the events. During October, November, and December, the LCLCE’s Lawyers/Judges in the

ALLISON C. FOSTER Classroom program organized 48 in-school presentations, engaging 3538 students.

SENAE D. HALL In December, LCLCE board member Judge Wendell Manning and the LCLCE Executive Director

C. KEVIN HAYES participated in the Louisiana Commission on Civic Education’s meeting and reported on civic

education events that had occurred statewide since the last report to the Commission last Spring.

HON. C. WENDELL MANNING This meeting was held at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. The LCLCE hosted an

exhibition table at the Louisiana Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference which was held

RYAN M. MCCABE at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.

HON. JOHN J. MOLAISON

As of December 31, 2024, the LCLCE checking account balance was $459,601. Funds to assist

RONNIE SLONE with operational expenses were received and deposited from the Louisiana Bar Foundation, the

SHAYNA L. SONNIER Center for Civic Education and from private contributions received through the LSBA dues check-
off option.
PATRICK A. TALLEY, JR.
Sincerely,
BARBARA TURNER WINDHORST

PEGGY V. COTOGNO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Scott L. Sternberg 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.