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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 8, 2024

OFFICERS
Ms. Shayna L. Sonnier
HON. SHAYNA BEEVERS MORVANT
PRESIDENT Veron Bice, LLC
721 Kirby Street
SCOTT L. STERNBERG
TREASURER Lake Charles, LA 70601

LORETTA LARSEN

SECRETARY Re: LCLCE Report to the LSBA Board of Governors

HON. RANDALL L. BETHANCOURT
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Dear Ms. Sonnier,

The Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education (LCLCE) is pleased to provide you

BOARD OF DIRECTORS and the 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
W. THOMAS ANGERS

support educational programming in support of the rule of law in a variety of ways.
DANIELLE L. BOREL

Since our last report, the LCLCE conducted an eight-hour professional development
LAWRENCE J. CENTOLA, III

program in Baton Rouge. This is part of the We the People: Civics that Empowers All

HON. SYLVIA R. COOKS Students (CEAS) program. The LCLCE was granted a subaward for this program by

HON. SCOTT J. CRICHTON the Center for Civic Education, the CEAS administrator for the U. S. Department of

Education. A third follow-up training will be held in May 2024 at the World War II
BRIAN ENGERON Museum in New Orleans. The participants are all teachers that attended the 2023

ALLISON C. FOSTER Summer Institute. Each one of these teachers will have their students conduct a

simulated congressional hearing before the end of the school year.
C. KEVIN HAYES

JEFFREY D. HUFFT The 2023-24 Nominating Committee will submit to the LCLCE Board of Directors

HON. C. WENDELL MANNING their recommendation for the 2024-25 LCLCE presidency at the January 19, 2024

Board Meeting. This meeting will be held during the LSBA’s MidYear Meeting in
RYAN M. MCCABE
Baton Rouge.
HON. JOHN J. MOLAISON

As of December 31, 2023, the LCLCE checking account balance was $417,430.17. Funds
RONNIE SLONE

to assist with operational expenses were received and deposited from private

SHAYNA L. SONNIER contributions received through the LSBA dues check-off option.

PATRICK A. TALLEY, JR.
Sincerely,
BARBARA TURNER WINDHORST

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.