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re: North Louisiana law school proposal puts university leader at odds with Governor, Legis
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:08 pm to BugAC
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:08 pm to BugAC
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Or, Louisiana has enough law school already, and i support shutting down SULC and Loyola.
Yes, we do. That’s separate and apart from the question of whether north Louisiana would benefit from a law school.
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Not to mention, passing the bar here require reciprocity in other states to practice there, yet we are producing hundreds of lawyer every year.
Rephrase?
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Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:09 pm to ragincajun03
Just move SULC to Shreveport. You get a law school in the northern part of the state without adding a 5th law school. Problem solved.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:14 pm to BugAC
How would you go about closing a private law school?
Just trying to move the conversation along js
Just trying to move the conversation along js
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:16 pm to Joshjrn
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No. The issue for north Louisiana is that they, on average, don’t move back to north Louisiana.
I'm not sure how much that is a problem that would be solved by a regionally located law school.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:21 pm to ragincajun03
The last thing the world needs is another law school to pump out lawyers.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:38 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I'm not sure how much that is a problem that would be solved by a regionally located law school.
Law students, generally, get clerkships in relative proximity to their law schools, because that's where they currently live. Successful clerkships lead to a significant percentage of post-graduation first jobs for attorneys. A law school in north Louisiana means more clerkships in north Louisiana. More clerkships in north Louisiana means more lawyers in north Louisiana. And while I know people like to parrot that Louisiana has enough attorneys already, that doesn't change the fact that every governmental and public interest legal organization based in north Louisiana that I've ever interacted with has bitched and moaned about how difficult it is for them to attract clerks and recruit hires.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:40 pm to ragincajun03
We already have 4 law schools in a poor, losing population, and low population State.
I say you need only one. LSU.
If the other schools want to teach common law so they can leave the State, that’s cool.
I say you need only one. LSU.
If the other schools want to teach common law so they can leave the State, that’s cool.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:48 pm to ragincajun03
Southern already has a start up law school campus in Shreveport, which is why Northwestern can’t get any traction. They think they will draw from the ArkLaTex for students. Why anyone would want the 4th best law school in the state to open a satellite campus is beyond me.
Meanwhile it is super difficult to get any lawyers to go to firms in Alexandria, Monroe or Shreveport, or any small towns. Would this solve it? Prolly not.
Meanwhile it is super difficult to get any lawyers to go to firms in Alexandria, Monroe or Shreveport, or any small towns. Would this solve it? Prolly not.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:50 pm to Joshjrn
I understand how the profession works, brah.
Unfortunately, Shreveport is a nicely laid out city, with actually nice infrastructure and housing stock bones, where nobody seems to want to live anymore. Monroe is, well, Monroe.
Unfortunately, Shreveport is a nicely laid out city, with actually nice infrastructure and housing stock bones, where nobody seems to want to live anymore. Monroe is, well, Monroe.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:54 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I understand how the profession works, brah.
Unfortunately, Shreveport is a nicely laid out city, with actually nice infrastructure and housing stock bones, where nobody seems to want to live anymore. Monroe is, well, Monroe.
Is it your position that having a law school in north Louisiana would net a zero, or nearly zero, increase in the number of law clerks and attorneys who choose to stay in north Louisiana?
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:00 pm to Joshjrn
Well sure if you keep Gomer in NLa, and don’t expose him to BR or NOLA, he’ll never know what he’s missing.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:23 pm to Mung
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Southern already has a start up law school campus in Shreveport
Didn't know about this. Man that is bleak.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 4:23 pm to ragincajun03
Seabaugh played Genovese like a fiddle to get him to step down off the Supreme Court.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 7:14 pm to Joshjrn
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Is it your position that having a law school in north Louisiana would net a zero, or nearly zero, increase in the number of law clerks and attorneys who choose to stay in north Louisiana?
This guy. This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:16 pm to boosiebadazz
To replace him with Cade Cole, Jeffy’s boy. A politically connected succession lawyer with zero litigation or judicial experience.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:20 pm to ragincajun03
I propose we close down 2 law schools.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:33 pm to UptownJoeBrown
Let’s take this a step further
N LA does not need FOUR public universities.
If you had to cut one, it would likely be Northwestern,
Really you should cut two, Northwestern and LSU Shreveport
N LA does not need FOUR public universities.
If you had to cut one, it would likely be Northwestern,
Really you should cut two, Northwestern and LSU Shreveport
Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:37 pm to Mung
All of the attorneys from North LA that I know who graduated from LSU or Tulane law school couldn’t wait to get out of BR/NO and moved back to North LA.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:55 pm to LSUFanHouston
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N LA does not need FOUR public universities. If you had to cut one, it would likely be Northwestern,
Facts.
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Really you should cut two, Northwestern and LSU Shreveport
If you’re going for two… cut NSU and ULM. Let Tech take over the pharmacy program, shutter the rest. Then let Tech take over LSUS medical. Problem solved.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 10:59 pm to ragincajun03
I am going to preach about this again…you need:
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge - state’s one and only true land grant school - majority of funding must go here
University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana Tech University
(Any way you slice it, these are the 3 best public universities in the state and it is not even close)
Louisiana State University - New Orleans - lsu must have a presence in the state’s largest metro area
The key is to get the state’s best students going to these schools. Way too many of our best high school students haul arse to Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi for higher education.
That’s it - that covers your entire state - the rest become junior colleges. Louisiana taxpayers waste so much money on NWSU, GSU, SU, SELA, LSUA, LSUE, ULM, LSUS, NSU, MSU….makes me sick…phase out those schools already.
Now, northern Louisiana legal infrastructure is simply abysmal. A law school in Ruston or Shreveport would do wonders for that part of the state. The best young men and women from NLA that graduate LSU Law will be employed out of state before graduation and never go back. It is a story as old as time…..Louisiana needs to find a way to make a two year or 18 month law program to get people working in the legal system…not sure how that would work, but other states are rapidly pushing out non JD legal related degrees. Not everyone in the legal system needs a JD.
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge - state’s one and only true land grant school - majority of funding must go here
University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana Tech University
(Any way you slice it, these are the 3 best public universities in the state and it is not even close)
Louisiana State University - New Orleans - lsu must have a presence in the state’s largest metro area
The key is to get the state’s best students going to these schools. Way too many of our best high school students haul arse to Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi for higher education.
That’s it - that covers your entire state - the rest become junior colleges. Louisiana taxpayers waste so much money on NWSU, GSU, SU, SELA, LSUA, LSUE, ULM, LSUS, NSU, MSU….makes me sick…phase out those schools already.
Now, northern Louisiana legal infrastructure is simply abysmal. A law school in Ruston or Shreveport would do wonders for that part of the state. The best young men and women from NLA that graduate LSU Law will be employed out of state before graduation and never go back. It is a story as old as time…..Louisiana needs to find a way to make a two year or 18 month law program to get people working in the legal system…not sure how that would work, but other states are rapidly pushing out non JD legal related degrees. Not everyone in the legal system needs a JD.
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 11:04 pm
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