Volume 4 <•> Number 2 <•> Fall 2004 on the>>> LSU PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER NEWSLETTER Pugh and Stagg Named Distinguished Alumni Major Conferences obert G. Pugh and Held at Law Center the Honorable Tom RStagg were recently named LSU Paul M. Hebert LSU Law Center/Pugh Institute Law Center’s Distinguished Conference on the Theory of the Alumni of the Year. In Criminal Law’s “Special Part” making the announcement, Law Center Chancellor n March 5–6, 2004, LSU’s George and John J. Costonis explained OJean Pugh Institute for Justice, together that 2004 would be a spe- with the LSU Law Center, presented a two- cial year in the cycle of the day conference that brought together a group Distinguished Alumnus of leading scholars from the United States, Awards. A decision was Great Britain, and Argentina to discuss the made to end the anomaly Theory of the Criminal Law’s “Special Part,” of being a year behind in the dimension of criminal law that identifies the cycle (the 2003 award and defines the specific offenses that are sub- winner being awarded in ject to criminal sanctions. Among the issues Robert G. Pugh Judge Tom Stagg 2004) by selecting both the that were considered are those raised by the 2003 and the 2004 award winners. Therefore, the LSU Law Center will honor Robert Pugh as its 2003 criminalization of offenses involving domestic Distinguished Alumnus and Judge Tom Stagg as its 2004 honoree. Both men are from Shreveport. Plans violence, bribery, possession, reckless endan- are underway to have a joint recognition celebration on October 14 at the Petroleum Club in Shreveport. germent, rape, theft, and murder, as well as the categorization of criminal offenses. The 2003 award winner, Robert Pugh, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He graduated from St. John’s High School in Shreveport where he would later return as a teacher. He graduated from Centenary continued on page 2 College in Shreveport with a B.S. degree in 1946 and is a 1949 graduate of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Pugh is also a former professor of Law and Medicine at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport. After Chancellor Costonis informed Pugh of his selection as the 2003 Alumnus of the Year, Pugh Inside >>> responded: “I am very much honored by your kindness in affording me the opportunity to be recog- nized with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from my law school. To be a lawyer was indeed a desire that accompanied me for all my life. My entry into law school was from a position that was humble and 2 AROUND THE LAW CENTER unpromising. The lessons I learned there have been my guiding light for over half a century. It has never International Programs Expanding dimmed, nor is it likely at all that it ever will.” > His past awards are numerous and indicative of his outstanding reputation and career. He won the 1990 > LL.M. Program Ranks 14th in U.S. Louisiana Bar Foundation Distinguished Attorney Award; is an honorary member of the LSU Law Center > LSU Law Receives Congressional Order of the Coif; and a 1993 inductee in the LSU Law Center Hall of Fame. He won the 1998 Appropriation American Inns of Court Fifth Circuit Professionalism award and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Pugh is also a practicing Catholic and was selected a member of the prestigious 6 FACULTY ACTIVITY Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher. He was also named to the Hall of Honor at St. John Jesuit School in Shreveport. > Russell Long Chair Married to Jo Ann Powell, Pugh has three children: Robert G. Pugh, Jr., Jean Anne Pugh Cottingham, and 8 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Lamar Powell Pugh. Robert, Jr. and Lamar are both lawyers in practice with their dad in the Shreveport Law Firm of Pugh, Pugh, and Pugh LLP. continued on page 2 > Moot Court Garners National Award 9 ALUMNI NEWS Law Center Closes Ranks on Nation’s Top Law Schools > LSBA Award Winners he LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center has again The Center moved from third to second tier and > Reunion Information moved up in rank among the nation’s top 100 into the nation’s top 100 law schools last year, T UPCOMING EVENTS law schools, according to the 2005 edition of U.S. and jumped ahead an additional 10 spaces in this 13 News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools. year’s rankings. > 2004 CLE schedule The Law Center moved to 89th on the list, tied with four other universities. 14 CLASS NOTES 2 LSU PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER NEWSLETTER Around the Law Center Major Conferences continued from page 1 Participants at the conference included the fol- National Security Law and Bioterrorism Conference lowing: John Baker (LSU), Phil Bates (King’s From left to right: College, London), Vera Bergelson (Rutgers John Sims, McGeorge Law School; University, Newark), Tony Dillof (Wayne State John Blum, Loyola School of Law (Chicago); William Banks, Syracuse University), Markus Dubber (SUNY Buffalo), University School of Law; Kate Antony Duff (University of Stirling, Scotland), Martin, Director, Center for National Marcelo Ferrante (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Security Studies, George Washington Argentina), Kimberly Ferzan (Rutgers University, University; Stephen Dycus, Vermont School of Law; Terry O’Brien, Asst. Camden), Claire Finkelstein (University of Attorney General, Minnesota, Pennsylvania), Stuart Green (LSU), Jeremy Retired; Jay Gold, Clinical Professor, Horder (University of Oxford, England), Kyron Medical College of Wisconsin; Peter Raven-Hansen, George Washington Huigens (Cardozo Law School), Douglas Husak University Law School; Michael (Rutgers University), Kevin McMunigal (Case Western Greenberger, Director, Center for Reserve), Penelope Pether (American University), Health and Homeland Security, Stephen Shute (University of Birmingham, England), University of Maryland; James T. O’Reilly, University of Cincinnati Andrew Simester (University of Nottingham, College of Law. England), Ken Simons (Boston University), Bob Sullivan (University of Durham, England), Victor established in the Patriot and Homeland Security Randy Trahan combined to make an impressive Tadros (University of Edinburgh), and Leo Zaibert Acts. The symposium was very successful, with and successful conference. Our visitors were gra- (University of Wisconsin-Parkside). Papers pre- the discussions extending late into the evening. cious, attentive, inquisitive, and everyone enjoyed sented at the conference will be published by Papers from the symposium will be published in the exchanges of views on the legal systems rep- Oxford University Press in a forthcoming book a special issue of the Louisiana Law Review. For resented at the conference table. There was no titled Defining Crimes: Essays on the Criminal more information about the conference and other language barrier as LSU and our African visitors Law’s “Special Part.” Two of the papers, and two public health and bioterrorism research at the had the resources to conduct the conference in commentaries, will also appear in a forthcoming Law Center, visit Professor Richards’ website at: both French and English. issue of the Louisiana Law Review. http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/ The Law Center extends its gratitude to the U.S. The conference represents one of the most ambi- State Department and the Council for tious undertakings so far by the Pugh Institute for Law Center Hosts African Dignitaries International Visitors of Greater New Orleans for Justice, a tax exempt, charitable organization Professor Alain Levasseur, Director of the having offered this chance to extend the reach of founded in 1998 to provide support for research, European Studies Department at the LSU Law the LSU Law Center to Africa. educational, and pro bono activities that will pro- Center, acting upon the request from the U.S. mote justice for individuals in the administration State Department, recently hosted seven African The Genomics Revolution? Science, of the criminal and civil justice systems in the dignitaries interested in receiving instruction on Law and Policy State of Louisiana and elsewhere. For more infor- the law of the United States and Louisiana. mation about the activities of the Institute, see its On February 4–6, the LSU Law Center held a con- The visitors were as follows: website: http://host.law.lsu.edu/pughinstitute. ference on the impact of genetic research on Gisele Charlotte Coulibaly, attorney from Burkina human health and the law. The conference was National Security Law and Faso; Aleine Djessi Ndine-Mpessa, Assistant organized by Professor Michael Malinowski of the Director for Criminal matters at the Ministry of Law Center, an expert in biotechnology law. The Bioterrorism Conference Justice in the Cameroon; Djonata Djatto, Advisor conference was co-sponsored by the Pennington On April 1–2, Professor Edward P. Richards of the for Judicial Matters in the Office of the Prime Biomedical Research Center at LSU, which hosted LSU Law Center hosted a symposium on national Minister in Chad; William Fernandez, Assistant the conference, and the Center for Public Law security law and bioterrorism. Bringing together Public Prosecutor at the Magistrates’ Court of Research at the University of Montreal. Dr. Claude nationally known experts in national security law Conakry in Guinea; Hamadoun Dit Balobo Bouchard from Pennington and Dr. Bartha Maria and public health, the symposium explored the Guindo, Judge in the Tribunal de Première Knoppers from Montreal served as co-chairs. The legal and policy issues in managing bioterrorism. Instance in Mali; Youssoupha Diao Mbodj, conference brought together leading academics These included managing the threat of smallpox, Prosecuting Attorney in the Court of Appeals, and representatives of biotechnology industries for the role of the military in a bioterrorism event, Kaolak in Senegal; Kossi Houssin, Magistrate at an exciting series of presentations on the potential whether there is a federal police power, and ten- the Supreme Court in Togo.