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June 2-7, 2013 • Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort • Destin, FL For more information, or to register online, visit www.lsba.org/annualmeeting Louisiana Bar Journal Vol. 60, No. 6 449 450 April / May 2013 ® April / May 2013 Volume 60, Number 6 Departments Features Ipse Dixit ............................... 456 About this Issue: Louisiana Supreme Court Marks 200th Anniversary President’s Message ............ 458 By Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice Greg G. Guidry ..........................460 Association Actions .............. 492 The Supreme Court of Louisiana at 200 Year of the Solo .................... 498 By Dr. Warren M. Billings ......................................................................................462 Lawyers Give Back ............... 499 Lawyers Assistance .............. 501 History of the Louisiana Bar: Kingfish’s Legacy? By E. 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Baier and Georgia Chadwick .....................................................480 and Civic Education ......... 528 The Louisiana Supreme Court and Civil Rights: Judicial Notes ....................... 529 A Fickle Courtship By Chief Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Louisiana 3rd Circuit ........................484 People .................................. 531 News..................................... 535 Louisiana Supreme Court Celebrates 200th Anniversary in March 1 Ceremony By Miriam Childs, Law Library of Louisiana ........................................................488 Classified .............................. 540 Lucid Intervals ...................... 544 Also Inside SOLACE ............................... 453 Member Services.................. 454 Justices of the 2013 Louisiana Letters Policy ........................ 455 Supreme Court during the bi- Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline.. 502 centennial ceremonies. From left, Justice Marcus R. 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