Program: To view the 2018 printed program,
please click here. This will give you a detailed look at the Suit Up for the Future program.
Suit Up Publicity:
- Suit Up LBJ October/November 2018, please click here.
- To view the Suit Up article featured in the New Orleans Advocate, please click here.
- To view the Suit Up article featured in the Clarion Herald, please click here.
- To view the Suit Up segment featured on WDSU news, please click here.
- Congratulations to Suit Up alumni Adrija Bhattacharjee and Christian Lacoste for their wins at the 2018 State High School Mock Trial Competitions. Please click here to read the article.
- Suit Up alumnus Justin DiCharia wins the 2018 Fall Flory Trial Competition. Please click here to read the article.
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To view photos and information about the 2018 Suit Up for the Future program, please click here.
Memorandum and Oral Arguments:
The Suit Up for the Future Class of 2018 prepared a legal memorandum that supported the oral argument that was presented to a panel of judges on the final day of the program. For the oral argument, students were divided into two teams - FOR and AGAINST on an issue, but individually presented an oral argument to a panel of judges. The esteemed panel included:
- Honorable Paula A. Brown, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit
- Honorable Tiffany G. Chase, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit
- Honorable D. Nicole Sheppard, Orleans Parish Civil District Court
- Honorable Janis Van Meerveld, U.S. District Court, Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana
- Honorable Karen Wells Roby, U.S. District Court, Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana
Oral Argument Winners:Morning Session
Prosecution: Aria A. Morgan
Defense: Adrija Bhattacharjee
Afternoon Session
Prosecution: Theresa M. Falgoust
Defense: Christian H. Lacoste
Best Memorandum: Prosecution: Aria A. Morgan
Defense: Gabrielle A. Bradford