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Center for Law and Civic Education .................. 220 Judicial Notes ....................... 222 People .................................. 223 When Disability Law Meets News..................................... 225 Private Land Use Regulations: Understanding Emerging Classified .............................. 230 Constraints on Private The Last Word ...................... 232 Land Use Controls Also Inside By Marc L. Roark .............................180 SOLACE ............................... 192 Secret Santa Program Form ... 210 Advertisers’ Index ................. 229 Who’s Who in ADR 2018 2019 LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT Judy Perry Martinez leads in the Supplement to the Louisiana Bar Journal Supplement to the Louisiana Bar Journal Volume 67, No. 3 Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 67, No. 3 Who’s Who in ADR 2019 1 Louisiana delegation to the American Louisiana Bar Journal / 2018 Annual Report 1 Bar Association meeting where she was installed as the 2019-2020 ABA president. Who’s Who in ADR 2019 Supplement LSBA Annual Report 2018 Supplement (See page 170.) mailed with this issue. mailed with this issue. Louisiana Bar Journal October / November 2019 162 Vol. 67, No. 3 www.lsba.org Louisiana Bar Journal October / November 2019 163 Vol. 67, No. 3 www.lsba.org ® Officers 2019-20 President Editorial Board Robert A. Kutcher • (504)830-3838 þ Patrick A. Talley, Jr. þ Alainna R. 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Award of Merit Louisiana Bar Journal October / November 2019 164 Vol. 67, No. 3 www.lsba.org PROUDLY CONGRATULATES JUDY PERRY MARTINEZ ON BECOMING PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 2 October / November 2018 Louisiana Bar Journal October / November 2019 164 Vol. 67, No. 3 www.lsba.org Louisiana Bar Journal October / November 2019 165 Vol. 67, No. 3 www.lsba.org 1018_LBJ_JOURNAL_MAGAZINE_October.indd 2 8/22/2018 2:56:44 PM Editor's Message The Red Mass and St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association By Patrick A. Talley, Jr. ell, it is now fall. Although our state is not known for having colorful fall leaves, we Wdo have the annual (and colorful) Red Mass in several cities, which celebrates the opening of Louisiana courts and the beginning of the new judicial year. In New Orleans, the Red Mass is celebrated in St. Louis Cathedral on the first Monday of October. The Oct. 7 Mass was the 67th annual celebration. For those of you who have never at- tended the Red Mass in New Orleans, it is a beautiful and moving service. There is nothing quite like the beauty and pageantry of seeing the entire Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice march down the aisle in St. Louis Cathedral followed by dozens of robed judges from the courts of appeals, the district courts and the local courts, as well as many lawyers and other dignitaries, to celebrate the opening of courts and the During the 2017 Red Mass, Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, left, with the Archdiocese of New new judicial year. Orleans, poses with Judge Raymond S. Steib, Jr., 24th Judicial District Court, next to the St. Thomas How and why do we have the Red More Catholic Lawyers Association banner. Photo by Darryl Schmitt Photography. Mass? First, a little history: and ministers wear, symbolizing the Red Mass. This magnificent the tongues of fire representing edifice, erected in 1246, was used The origin of the Red Mass is ob- the Holy Spirit. Moreover, the only once a year and only for scured by its antiquity.