Exciting Events Ahead for PILS Week!

DON’T FORGET! This is the LSU Law Public Interest & PILS Week! Make sure to RSVP and come to our many exciting events that prepare YOU for life as a legal professional beyond graduation.

• MONDAY, Careers in Public Interest Panel by CSO – Monday, October 24 @ 12:40 PM in Room 110
  • Come by and hear from legal professionals who have full-time careers in the public interest sector. We are hosting a variety of panelists from different areas of the law who will talk about their work in the public sector. Lunch will be provided! RSVP with Career Services using the following form: https://law.lsu.edu/forms/public-interest/.
  •  Panelists:
    • Ahmed K. Soussi, Southern Poverty Law Center: Voting Rights/Civil Rights
    • Neal Favorite, Colorado Public Defenders Office
    • Kyla Romanach, Baton Rouge Capital Conflicts Office
    • Jasmine Cole, Parole Project

• TUESDAY, Pro Bono as a Passion Project Panel – Tuesday, October 25 @ 12:40 PM in Room 106
  • This panel is geared towards attorneys who practice in the private law sector but are very involved with pro bono work. So come on by and listen to local private attorneys who give back! For all those who attend, there will be lunch served!
  •  Panelists:
    • Kenneth Mayeaux, Attorney & Founder of Mayeaux & Associations (Practicing Immigration Law)
    • Adam Parker, Attorney at Butler Snow (Practicing Public Finance, Economic Development, & Governmental Finance)
    • Franz Borghardt, Attorney & Founder of Borghardt Law Firm
    • Jack Harrison, Attorney with Juvenile Justice Clinic

• TUESDAY, Public Interest Pays Presentation – October 25 @ 3:30 PM in Room 106
  •  Learn about how working in public interest pays! Learn about how to get your student loans forgiven through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). Our very own Professor Jeffrey Brooks will be speaking about PSLF and his own journey with the program. Food will be served!

• THURSDAY, Public Interest Employer Meet & Greet – Thursday, October 27 @ 12:30 – 2:00 PM in the LSU Law Library
  • Stop by the library and talk to different organizations about their work in public interest. This is a great networking opportunity to meet local organizations and firms while you are still in school. So come on by to our Public Interest Employer Meet & Greet!
  • Organizations & firms coming!
    • CrescentCare Legal Services  
    • Louisiana Policy Institute for Children
    • Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response (STAR)
    • Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS)
    • Parole Project
    • Disability Rights Louisiana
    • Louisiana Appleseed
    • Office of the Public Defender Baton Rouge 
    • St. John Public Defenders
    • Louisiana Housing Corporation
    • Acadiana Legal Service Corporation (ALSC)
    • Louisiana Capital Assistance Center
    • Orleans Public Defender
    • Louisiana’s Mental Health Advocacy Services
    • & More!

• THURSDAY NIGHT, Public Interest Networking Reception – Thursday, October 27 @ 6:00 PM 
  • If you would like to attend the Networking Reception, please RSVP using this link!
  • We are excited to host the Public Interest Networking Reception. We invite current law students, alumni, organizations that we worked with during PILS Week, and other public interest legal organizations who would like to attend. Students are encouraged to meet and greet with employers and alumni. Attire is business professional.
  • We are honored to announce that Keith Nordyke will be our keynote speaker at the Networking Reception. He will be talking about his career and his public interest work. There will be food served. The reception will be end off with a speech from Mr. Nordyke.
    • Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Nordyke “is a founding, charter member of The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (LACDL), has served on many committees of LACDL and the Baton Rouge Criminal Bar Association. In addition to having served as counsel in death penalty cases (including arguing Perry v. Louisiana before the the United States Supreme Court), Keith has been involved in prison and jail litigation for years.  Most recently, successful litigation restored parole rights to all prisoners convicted of armed robbery and seeking eligibility under the state “old timers” law.” Learn more about Mr. Nordyke’s amazing career here.