Honors and Appointments

HONORS

• CityBusiness Leader in Law, 2017
• 2017 Louisiana Youth Seminar, No Man Is an Island Award
• 2017 Gillis Long Poverty Law Center Public Service Award
• 2014 Professor of the Year, 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05
• Outstanding Research in Law Faculty, 2006-07
• Outstanding Teaching in Law Faculty, 2003-2004 and 2004-05

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APPOINTMENTS

Professional

• Fellow, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, 2014 to present
• Louisiana Law Institute, Reporter, Civil Procedure articles relating to the law of Tutorship, 2009 to       present
• Marriage-Persons Committee, 2009 to present
• Child Custody Committee, 2009 to present
• Family Law Committee, 2008 to present
• Birth Certificate Committee, 2011 to present
• Board of Governors for the Louisiana State Bar Association, 2011-13, 2015-17
• Chair, Bar Exam Process Reform Committee
• 2017 Co-chair Legal Economics Committee
• 2012-13 Executive Committee, Family and Juvenile Law Section of the AALS, 2007 to 2012
• New Scholar Committee Member, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS)
• St. Thomas More Inn of Court Executive Committee and Treasurer, 2012 to present
• Society of Louisiana Civil Law Scholars Bartolus Society, 2006 to present
• Louisiana State Bar Association Member, 1998 to present
• Academic Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2004 to present
• Kids’ Chance Scholarship Committee, 2007 to present

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Civic

• Board of Directors, Louisiana Youth Seminar, 2017 to present
• Member, Christian Brothers School Mother’s Club, 2015 to present
• Board of Directors, Archbishop Chapelle High School, 2014 to 2016
• Board Member, Cancer Crusaders, March 2004 to present
• Member of SOLACE, 2003 to present
• Member of HELP (Homeless Experience Legal Protection), October 2004 to present
• Chair, New Residents Committee of the Lakeview Civic Improvement Association, August 2009 to         2012
• Board of Directors, Archbishop Chapelle High School, 2014 to 2016