Our LLMs Edit the Journal of Civil Law Studies

The newly created Journal of Civil Law Studies, published by the LSU Center of Civil Law Studies (CCLS), is now accessible online at www.law.lsu.edu/jcls

Professor Olivier Moréteau, Director of the CCLS and Editor-in-Chief of the JCLS, and Agustin Parise, Managing Editor, are proud to acknowledge the contribution of our Graduate Editors: Volume 1 was edited by Helena Abebe, Matías Argarate, Liliana Noriega, Andrew Nyombi, and Tatiana Vorobieva, all 2009 LLM Candidates.

The Journal of Civil Law Studies is a comparative law journal, and a section publishes essays or comments by LSU students. It is hoped that present and future LLM candidates will continue editorial participation and will also contribute as authors.

Our LLMs may have Access to the Louisiana State Bar!

The Supreme Court of Louisiana amended its rules, making the Bar Exam accessible to foreign lawyers authorized to work lawfully in the United States. Previously, the Louisiana Bar was accessible to US Citizens and Permanent Residents only.

Candidates must provide proof, in addition to full legal training recognized as equivalent to a JD, that they "successfully completed a minimum of 14 semester hours of credits, or the equivalent, in professional law subjects from an American law school, in any of the following categories: Constitutional Law, Contracts, Louisiana Obligations Law, Criminal Law, Corporations or Business Organizations, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Federal Civil Procedure, Louisiana Civil Procedure, Taxation, Uniform Commercial Code, and Torts, provided that no more than 4 credit hours in any one subject shall be counted toward this requirement."

LSU LLM students carefully choosing their courses will easily qualify for these 14 credits. In addition, their J1 visa status enables them to have a one year professional experience following the completion of the LLM, opening an opportunity to qualify to sit for the Bar Exam. If they pass the exam, they will earn admission to the Louisiana Bar.