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Louisiana State Bar Association Installs 2009-10 Officers Posted: 6/15/2009 ; Revised: 6/16/2009 The Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) 2009-10 officers and members of the Board of Governors were installed June 12, in conjunction with the LSBA’s Annual Meeting in Florida. Kim M. Boyle, a partner in the Employment Law Group of Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., in New Orleans, was installed as 2009-10 president by the Hon. Bernette Joshua Johnson, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Boyle is the first African-American woman to hold this office. Michael A. Patterson, a partner with The Long Law Firm, L.L.P., in its Baton Rouge office, was installed as 2009-10 president-elect by Hon. Catherine D. Kimball, chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He will assume the presidency in 2010-11. Carrick B. Inabnett, vice president and associate general counsel for Century Tel in Monroe, was installed as the 2009-11 secretary by Chief Justice Kimball. He also will serve as the editor of the Louisiana Bar Journal, the LSBA's bimonthly magazine. Jack K. Whitehead, Jr., a shareholder in The Whitehead Law Firm in Baton Rouge, will continue his service as treasurer for one more year. Elizabeth Erny Foote, a partner in The Smith Foote Law Firm, L.L.P., in Alexandria, was installed as 2009-10 immediate past president by Chief Justice Kimball. Members of the 2009-10 Board of Governors were installed by Chief Justice Kimball. First District: • Beth E. Abramson, New Orleans, affiliated with the New Orleans firm of King, Krebs & Jurgens, P.L.L.C. • John H. Musser IV, New Orleans, owner of the Law Office of John H. Musser IV in New Orleans. Second District: Richard K. Leefe, Metairie, partner in the Metairie firm of Leefe Gibbs Sullivan Dupre & Aldous. Third District: Lawrence P. Simon, Jr., Lafayette, partner in the Lafayette office of Liskow & Lewis. Fourth District: John F. “Jack” Robichaux, Lake Charles, manager and a member of the Lake Charles firm of Robichaux, Mize, Wadsack & Richardson, LLC. Fifth District: James E. Boren, Baton Rouge, a sole practitioner in Baton Rouge. Sixth District: Charles D. Elliott, Alexandria, partner in the Alexandria firm of Vilar & Elliott, L.L.C. Seventh District: Charles L. Kincade, Monroe, sole practitioner (Law Office of Charles Kincade) in Monroe. Eighth District: Ronald J. Miciotto, Shreveport, a sole practitioner in Shreveport. Young Lawyer Section Chair: Melanie Mabile Mulcahy, Metairie, associate with The Derbes Law Firm, L.L.C., in Metairie. At-Large Members: • Dana M. Douglas, New Orleans, shareholder in the firm of Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., in New Orleans. • Cloyd Benjamin, Jr., Natchitoches, owner of the Law Offices of Cloyd Benjamin, Jr., L.L.C., in Natchitoches. • Karelia R. Stewart, Shreveport, prosecutor in the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office. Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center: John M. Church, Baton Rouge, the Harry S. Redmon, Jr. Professor of Law at LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Tulane University Law School: Tania C. Tetlow, New Orleans, associate professor at Tulane Law School. Louisiana State Law Institute: J. David Ziober, Baton Rouge, of counsel to the law firm of Guglielmo, Marks, Schutte, Terhoeve & Love in Baton Rouge. House of Delegates Liaison Committee: • Chair Jeffrey A. Riggs, Lafayette, partner in the Lafayette firm of Preis & Roy, A.P.L.C. • Member Douglas L. Bryan, Marksville, principal in The Bryan Law Firm, L.L.C., in Marksville. • Member C. Kevin Hayes, Baton Rouge, shareholder in the Baton Rouge firm of Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister. View Press Release  View High-resolution Photos

IMPORTANT NOTICE - Rules of Professional Conduct pertaining to lawyer advertising will become effective on October 1, 2009, rather than April 1 – Court Amends Rules on 06-04-2009 Posted: 6/4/2009 ; Revised: 7/2/2009 Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball announced on 06-04-2009 that the Court’s recently-adopted amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct pertaining to lawyer advertising have been further amended in response to recommendations received from the Louisiana State Bar Association.  For further information: please see the Court’s Order and Press Release.

LSBA’s Bar Admissions Education Initiative Receives 2009 ABA Award Posted: 6/30/2009 The Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) Committee on the Profession’s Bar Admissions Education Initiative is one of only three recipients of the 2009 E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award, presented annually by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Professionalism. The award recognizes projects contributing to the understanding of professionalism among lawyers, while establishing effective, ongoing procedures to help ensure the maintenance of the highest principles of integrity and dedication to the legal profession and the public. The award will be presented on July 31. Committee on the Profession Chair Barry H. Grodsky and LSBA Immediate Past President Elizabeth Erny Foote will accept the award on behalf of the association. The LSBA’s Bar Admissions Education Initiative is the successful collaboration of various sectors of Louisiana’s legal community, all recognizing and sharing the responsibility of improving the educational avenues for law students facing new bar admissions character and fitness requirements, as adopted by the Louisiana Supreme Court. To the best of their knowledge, LSBA officials believe Louisiana is the only state to have this type of program. Although the LSBA does not have direct oversight of the bar admissions and disciplinary programs, the LSBA’s leadership recognized the opportunities of assisting future members of the legal profession to practice with  integrity and professionalism and to honor its mission of upholding the honor of the courts and the profession and promoting the professional competence of attorneys. The LSBA Bar Admissions Education Initiative stemmed from ideas presented at the LSBA Board of Governors’ strategic planning retreat in August 2007. Input from law school representatives on the board provided additional impetus. In fall 2007, the LSBA’s Professionalism and Quality of Life Committee (now the Committee on the Profession) formed the Subcommittee to Educate Law Students on the Bar Admissions Process.  Additional momentum for action was provided from conversations between Louisiana Chief Disciplinary Counsel Charles B. Plattsmier and former LSBA President and Respondent’s Counsel Leslie J. Schiff. Plattsmier was routinely appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to represent the Court’s Committee on Bar Admissions when the committee denied an applicant the opportunity to take the Louisiana bar examination or to become a member of the LSBA based on character and fitness issues. Schiff routinely represented the applicants with potential character and fitness issues.   For many years, Louisiana allowed law students to take the bar exam with minimal background checks into their character and fitness. The Louisiana Supreme Court later adopted a requirement that applicants submit to the National Conference of Bar Examiners Character and Fitness Investigation. Schiff and Plattsmier realized that many of these applicants were under-educated in the bar admissions process. They knew that some law students, despite having completed three years of law school and having the basic intelligence to be a lawyer, could not, and would not, be accepted into the profession based on character and fitness issues — and the students were not aware of it. But other students, with the benefit of education in the bar admissions process, would be able to mitigate past and current character and fitness issues and, eventually, would be admitted into the profession. With intense education and pro-active help, these students could be assisted in becoming good lawyers, thereby benefiting the profession as a whole.  The Subcommittee to Educate Law Students on the Bar Admissions Process was created to develop the initiative. Because character and fitness issues often dovetail with issues of addiction and mental health, the subcommittee realized that the Lawyers’ Assistance Program, Inc. (LAP), and its Executive Director William R. Leary, must be a major component of the initiative. Leary continues to assist the Committee on Bar Admissions with evaluating applicants taking the bar examination. Law students consult LAP representatives to learn how to mitigate past histories of addiction or mental health issues. LAP refers the students to independent evaluators. After numerous meetings attended by representatives of the LSBA Bar Admissions Subcommittee, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Louisiana’s four law schools (Tulane, LSU, Loyola and Southern), the Lawyers’ Assistance Program and the Louisiana Supreme Court’s Committee on Bar Admissions, the LSBA Bar Admissions Education Initiative was instituted, and completed its first successful run, in spring 2008.  The LSBA Bar Admissions Education Initiative augments the LSBA’s two other law school professionalism programs — the third-year professionalism program and the first-year professionalism orientations. The three programs, as a unit, offer a seamless continuum in the concept of professionalism, allowing the LSBA to have a meaningful presence in the legal education of future lawyers. The LSBA Bar Admissions Education Initiative achieves its goal of providing guidance to law students in the bar admissions process through interactive presentations at all of the state’s law schools in both the first and second years; availability of one-on-one advice from licensed attorneys knowledgeable in ethics and bar admissions; and availability of electronic “coaching” through the LSBA Web site's “Process and Pitfalls of Bar Admissions.” The goals of the program are four-fold: raising the competency and professionalism level of bar applicants; offering early intervention in potential drug, alcohol and other addictive behaviors; raising the image of the role of the organized bar with law students and law schools; and raising the level of professionalism in the bar as a whole. Also receiving the 2009 Gambrell Award are the Denver and Colorado bar associations for a series of teaching professionalism vignettes and the Phoenix School of Law for its general practice skills course. The Gambrell Award was established in 1991 and named for E. Smythe Gambrell, American Bar Association and American Bar Foundation president from 1955-56. He founded the Legal Aid Society in Atlanta, where he practiced law from 1922 until his death in 1986.

Kim M. Boyle Installed as 69th President of the Louisiana State Bar Association Posted: 6/15/2009 Kim M. Boyle, a partner in the Employment Law Group of Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., in New Orleans, was installed June 12 as the 69th president of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA), in conjunction with the LSBA’s Annual Meeting in Florida. Administering Boyle’s oath of office was Hon. Bernette Joshua Johnson, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Boyle has earned the distinction of being the first African-American woman to hold the office of LSBA president. She is a former judge pro tempore for Division I of Orleans Parish Civil District Court and is a former assistant professor of law at Loyola University Law School. She received an AB degree in politics and a teaching certificate in secondary education in 1984 from Princeton University and her law degree in 1987 from the University of Virginia School of Law. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1987. Boyle said her focus this year is in the areas of member outreach and access to justice. "Members in different geographic areas of the state have been concerned about how involved the LSBA is in their geographic regions. We began a member outreach tour during my tenure as president-elect, traveling through the state, meeting with different bar associations, members and the courts, to talk about the LSBA and its mission, and to seek more input and involvement from members in all parts of the state," she said. These outreach efforts will continue, Boyle said, and will involve Board of Governors members as well. "We will be encouraging Board of Governors members to attend meetings of local and specialty bars in their geographic districts. We want to receive information from members in those districts on their concerns, problems and issues on the practice of law and with the LSBA and we would like Board of Governors members to bring information back to their members about what the LSBA is doing, particularly with new initiatives," she said. "We want our Bar members to not only know the president and officers, but also to have a strong relationship with their own district representatives. We want this two-way interaction so we can both receive and relay relevant information," Boyle said. "This is OUR association. We want every single member of the Bar to participate in our association to the level they are able, based on individual practice and personal responsibilities." In the area of access to justice issues, Boyle said she is very focused on the Access to Justice Committee. "We are concerned that, based on the current economic climate, many more people nationwide and in Louisiana have lost jobs and have had full-time jobs turn into part-time jobs. Individuals who did not previously need or qualify for legal service assistance now need legal assistance to address issues such as evictions, custody disputes and other family matters. We have met with the legal services directors in the state to ensure that the LSBA continues to have a meaningful role related to the provision of quality civil legal services regardless of income," she said. Boyle has served the LSBA in many capacities — president-elect, treasurer, Board of Governors, Budget Committee, Access to Justice Committee, Special Committee to Formulate Policy on Amicus Curiae Briefs, Technology Committee, Minority Involvement Section, Louisiana Bar Journal Editorial Board and Nominating Committee. She has held all elected offices in the New Orleans Bar Association, serving as president in 2003. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association and the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc. Boyle is currently serving on the board of the Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, the main governing body of Tulane University. She previously served as co-chair for the Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee. She is a board member of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, a member of the local advisory board for the United Negro College Fund and a trustee and former secretary of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. She also serves on the Touro Infirmary board of directors. In addition, she is a former member of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) and served as chair of the LRA Healthcare Committee. She also is a member of the Fleur-de-Lis Ambassadors, a group combating misperceptions about post-Katrina New Orleans by meeting with key leaders nationwide. She previously served on the Bring New Orleans Back Commission, which focused on rebuilding the city post-Katrina, and she served as chair of the Health/Social Services Committee of the commission. She has served on the boards of the ACLU of Louisiana, the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) New Orleans (former president), the New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp. (former secretary) and AIDSLaw Louisiana. She served as pro bono legal counsel to Covenant House of New Orleans and was the first African-American woman to serve as co-chair of the NO/AIDS Task Force Board of Trustees. Boyle is the recipient of many awards and honors — New Orleans Bar Association’s Presidents’ Award, National Bar Association Presidential Award, LSBA President’s Award, Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc. President’s Award, Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc. A.P. Tureaud Award, Loyola University Black Law Students Association Louis Westerfield Award, Dryades YMCA Certificate of Merit, YWCA Role Model Award and NO/AIDS Task Force Humanitas Award. A high-resolution photo of Boyle is available for download at: http://www.lsba.org/2007NewsResources/pressphotos.asp?Photos=16.

Attorneys, Judges Receive 2009 LSBA Awards at Annual Meeting Posted: 6/16/2009 Six Louisiana attorneys and two judges received 2009 Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) awards, presented June 12 during the LSBA's Annual Meeting. The awards were presented by 2008-09 LSBA President Elizabeth Erny Foote. View Press Release

Four Attorneys, Two Bar Associations Receive 2009 Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Awards Posted: 6/16/2009 Four Louisiana attorneys and two local bar associations are the recipients of 2009 Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section (LSBA YLS) awards. The awards were presented by 2008-09 YLS Chair Valerie Briggs Bargas during a June 11 awards reception, held in conjunction with the LSBA Annual Meeting in Florida. View Press Release

IMPORTANT NOTICE - Rules of Professional Conduct pertaining to lawyer advertising will become effective on October 1, 2009 – Court Further Amends Rules on 06-30-2009 Posted: 7/2/2009 The Court’s recently-adopted amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct pertaining to lawyer advertising have been further amended.  For further information: please see the Court’s Order.

Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section’s 2009-10 Officers and Council Members Installed Posted: 6/15/2009 The Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) Young Lawyers Section’s (YLS) 2009-10 officers and Council members were installed June 11, in conjunction with the LSBA’s Annual Meeting in Florida. Melanie Mabile Mulcahy of Metairie was installed as 2009-10 Section chair by the Hon. Vanessa Guidry Whipple with Louisiana's 1st Circuit Court of Appeal. Joining Mulcahy as officers are Chair-Elect Alainna R. Mire of Alexandria, who will assume the chair’s position in 2010-11; Secretary Shayna L. Sonnier of Lake Charles; and Immediate Past Chair Valerie Briggs Bargas of Baton Rouge. Melanie Mabile Mulcahy is an associate with The Derbes Law Firm, L.L.C., in Metairie. She received a bachelor's degree in French and international relations (double major) in 1994 from Tulane University’s Newcomb College and her law degree in 1999 from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2000. Alainna R. Mire is assistant attorney for the city of Alexandria. She received a bachelor's degree in political science in 2000 from Louisiana State University and her law degree in 2004 from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2004. Shayna L. Sonnier is an associate in the Lake Charles firm of Hunter & Blazier, A.P.L.C. She received a bachelor's degree in 2000 from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and her law degree in 2003 from Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University. She was admitted to practice in Texas in 2003 and in Louisiana in 2005. Valerie Briggs Bargas is a senior associate in the Baton Rouge firm of Seale, Smith, Zuber & Barnette. She received a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in 1998 from Smith College and her law degree in 2001 from Tulane Law School. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2001. Judge Whipple also installed members of the 2009-10 Council. Members include: District One: Eve Sarco Reardon and Justin M. Chopin, both from New Orleans. District Two: Ryan E. Beasley, Sr. of New Orleans and Brad J. Gegenheimer of Gretna. District Three: Maggie Trahan Simar, St. Martinville. District Four: Claude P. Devall, Jr., Lake Charles. District Five: Kyle A. Ferachi and Christopher K. Jones, both of Baton Rouge. District Six: Barbara Bell Melton, Alexandria. District Seven: Jefferson B. Joyce, Monroe. District Eight: Karelia R. Stewart, Shreveport. At-Large Representative: Franchesca L. Hamilton-Acker, Lafayette. ABA YLD Representative: Maurice C. Ruffin, New Orleans. YLS Representative/ABA House of Delegates: Lawrence J. Centola III, New Orleans.

Board of Governors takes positions on 22 items pending before Legislature Posted: 5/15/2009 ; Revised: 6/15/2009 After considering the recommendations of the Legislation Committee in a three-hour meeting on May 13, the Louisiana State Bar Association Board of Governors voted to support seven (7) and oppose 15 instruments currently pending before the Louisiana Legislature. In accordance with existing policies adopted by the House of Delegates, the LSBA is supporting that portion of HB 1 which provides funding for indigent defense and the provision of civil legal services to the poor.  The Bar is also supporting HB 863 which appropriates funding for the judiciary.  Other bills being supported by the Association are House bills 600, 605, 701 and 712. The LSBA is opposing House bills 204, 220, 245 and 345 because of general opposition to amending the Code of Civil Procedure to include case-specific provisions.  Likewise, the Association is opposing HB 139 because it would create special restrictions on claims against specific defendants. The LSBA is also opposing HB 332, HB 554 and SB 306 because of a general opposition to the expansion of immunities. The Board voted unanimously to oppose SB 65 which provides for electronic discovery, with the caveat that this issue be sent to the Louisiana State Law Institute for a thorough study to result in a comprehensive package of electronic discovery rules. The LSBA is also opposing HCR 11, which requests that the Supreme Court study the feasibility of requiring attorney certification in specific practice areas. In taking this position the Board reiterated the Court’s exclusive jurisdiction to regulate the practice of law and indicated that the Court created the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization in 1993 to address such matters. The LSBA is also opposed to House bills 43, 70, 444, 628, and Senate bill122. The LSBA will support HB 33 only if amended to include on the Witness Protection Services Board representatives from the Louisiana Public Defender Board and Louisiana State Bar Association, and if further amended to apply to all witnesses. View the complete list of LSBA positions, reasons for adoption and links to the bills. “I am extremely pleased with this process and the thoughtful way the Committee and the Board considered these positions,” said President Elizabeth Erny Foote of Alexandria at the conclusion of the Board meeting. This was the inaugural year operating under new rules and procedures adopted by the House of Delegates in January 2008. Key components of the new provisions include: • Expanding the Legislation Committee to 25 members, 15 being elected by and from the House of Delegates and 10 being appointed by the president of the Association; and • Delegating the authority to take positions on pending legislation to the Board of Governors, provided that such positions are within the parameters as set forth in the Bylaws and consistent with existing policy positions of the House of Delegates. The Legislation Committee met in April and again in May, with the initial meeting being used for screening and consideration by two subcommittees and the latter being used to develop recommendations for the Board. Committee members were required to attend in person, with no provisions for participation by telephone or via proxy. “It was apparent in both meetings that the committee members came to the discussions thoroughly prepared to consider these issues, “ commented Legislation Committee Chair Michael W. McKay of Baton Rouge. “I was impressed at the lack of partisanship demonstrated by committee members and their willingness to debate the various issues within the context of what’s best for the legal system,” he continued. Between meetings, the LSBA notified numerous justice system stakeholders and invited their participation in the second meeting and/or input on the bills being considered. A number of groups provided input which was shared with the committee and considered in the decision-making process. Legislation Committee and Board of Governors members participated in a half-day retreat in January 2009 to discuss issues including the LSBA’s legislative role, the respective roles of the Committee and the Board, previously adopted positions of the House of Delegates, and provisions of the Bylaws which set forth the Bar’s legislative policies. “Because of the changes to existing processes, we felt it was important to bring these individuals together for an overall discussion on the types of issues we would be addressing and our existing policies on some of those issues,” McKay, who is a former LSBA president, added. Five of the House of Delegates’ members’ terms will expire this year and their replacements will be elected by the House at its June 12 meeting in Destin. President-Elect Kim Boyle will appoint four individuals to replace the presidential appointments whose terms expire on June 30.

Arbitrators/Mediators: Book a Listing in "Who's Who in ADR 2009" Posted: 5/11/2009 The Louisiana State Bar Association is publishing its popular "Who's Who in ADR" directory again this year, to be mailed with the October/November 2009 Louisiana Bar Journal. The directory offers advertising space to arbitrators and mediators (individuals only) for profiles, photographs and contact information. The deadline to submit profiles and photos is July 31. For one low price of $125, arbitrators/mediators will have their profiles and photos first included in the print directory, mailed to more than 21,000 attorneys and 100-plus non-attorney Journal subscribers. Next, the directory will be uploaded to the LSBA Web site in interactive PDF format (e-mail addresses and Web site URLs are activated and accessible). The Web version of the directory will remain active for one full year. 2009 Directory Flier

Comments Sought on New ABA Model Rules 3.8(g) and (h) Posted: 3/11/2009 The LSBA Rules of Professional Conduct Committee is seeking comments on the newly adopted  ABA Model Rules 3.8(g) and (h), identifying the obligations of a prosecutor who comes into knowledge that a convicted criminal defendant did not commit the offense for which the defendant was convicted. The committee will be reviewing these new rules at its upcoming meetings. Mail or e-mail comments to Bill King, Louisiana State Bar Association, 601 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA70130, or e-mail bking@lsba.org. Review the ABA Rules and Comments

SOLACE Support of Lawyers/Legal Personnel - All Concern Encouraged Posted: 8/25/2007 ; Revised: 9/15/2007 The Louisiana State Bar Association/Louisiana Bar Foundation's Community Action Committee supports the SOLACE program (Support of Lawyers/Legal Personnel - All Concern Encouraged). Through the program, the state's legal community is able to reach out in small, but meaningful and compassionate ways to judges, lawyers, court personnel, paralegals, legal secretaries and their families who experience a death or catastrophic illness, sickness or injury. Click here for more information

Local/Specialty Bars: Contact Information Updates Needed Posted: 2/26/2008 To keep the online database current, the LSBA is requesting that all local and specialty bar associations update their officers/contact information. It’s easy. Go to: http://www.lsba.org/2007Programs/Programs.asp. From there, click “Local Bar Associations” or “Specialty Bar Associations.” Review the current listing, then use the update form to make any changes, http://www.lsba.org/2007InsideLSBA/Local-SpecialtyBarUpdate.pdf.

Winners Selected for the 2009 Law Day Art Contest Posted: 5/11/2009 ; Revised: 6/24/2009 The Louisiana State Bar Association Leadership Class would like to thank all of the participants in the 2009 Law Day High School Art Contest.  The competition drew more than 70 extremely impressive entries from high schools around the state, all inspired by the theme: "The American Legal Legacy: Freedom, Justice, Liberty, Equality."  Entries were evaluated by a distinguished panel of judges including: Scott Durbin of the Imagination Movers; Richard K. Leefe of the LSBA Board of Governors; Louisiana artists Irvin Mayfield and James Michalopoulos; and Hon. Patricia Murray of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. Congratulations to our 2009 contest winners: 1st  Place- Jesse Haycraft, NOCCA/ Isidore Newman High School, New Orleans, LA 2nd Place- Christopher Stafford, St. Amant High School, St. Amant, LA 3rd Place- John McCallum, Cedar Creek High School, Farmerville, LA The first place entry was a video entitled "First, Let's Kill All the Lawyers"; the second place entry was a painting of the Blind Lady of Justice; the third place entry was a computer generated image of John Jay.  On May 5, 2009, United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia presented awards to the three contest winners at the LSBA Rule of Law Conference, held at the United States Eastern District Court in New Orleans.  In addition, the top 20 submissions will be placed on display at the Louisiana Supreme Court Museum in New Orleans through June 19. View photos of the 2009 Law Day High School Art Contest View 1st Place Submission, "First, Let's Kill All the Lawyers"