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Suit Up for the Future 2024 Program Agenda


Week 1 Schedule



Monday, June 10, 2024
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in

Suit Up Photo IDs

9:00 AM to 9:15 AM
Welcome

9:15 AM to 9:45 AM
Welcome
Choose Law Video (American Young Lawyers Division)

9:45 AM to 10:30 AM
Welcome
Orientation/ Program Overview
Introduction of Interns

Presenter: Members of the Pipeline to Diversity and Outreach Subcommittee, Co-chair(s) Denia Sylve Aiyegbusi, Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP; Denice Redd-Robbinette, Liskow & Lewis, APLC; Suit Up Interns

10:30 AM to 10:45 AM
Break

Suit Up Photo IDs

10:45 AM to 11:00 AM
Icebreaker

Presenter: Members of the Pipeline to Diversity and Outreach Subcommittee, Co-chair(s) Denia Sylve Aiyegbusi, Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP; Denice Redd-Robbinette, Liskow & Lewis, APLC; Suit Up Interns

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Introduction of Mock Problem and Oral Argument

Presenter: Members of the Pipeline to Diversity and Outreach Subcommittee, Co-chair(s) Denia Sylve Aiyegbusi, Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP; Denice Redd-Robbinette, Liskow & Lewis, APLC

11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Lunch

Suit Up Photo IDs

12:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Legal Research & Writing

Presenter: Professor Emily A. Bishop, Westerfield Fellow, Writing Instructor & Lawyering Program Co-Director, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

1:30 PM to 1:45 PM
Break

2:45 PM to 3:00 PM
Break

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Mock Legal Problem/ Questions; Mock Legal Argument Team Assignments; Suit Up Evaluation

Presenter: Suit Up Interns

4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Sign Out and Transportation Arrival

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Memorandum Outline Preparation
Discussion of Mock Problem and Case Law

Presenter: Suit Up Interns

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Contracts

Presenter: Professor Kenya J. H. Smith, Associate Law Professor, Southern University Law Center

2:00 PM to 2:15 PM
Break

3:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Break

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Suit Up Evaluation

4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Sign Out and Transportation Arrival

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Memorandum Outline and Oral Argument Preparation
Viewing of Past Oral Arguments

Presenter: Suit Up Interns

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Resume Preparation

Presenter: Suit Up Interns

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Memorandum Outline Preparation

Presenter: Suit Up Interns

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Suit Up Evaluation

4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Sign Out and Transportation Arrival

Thursday, June 13, 2024
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in
MEMO OUTLINE ASSIGNMENT DEADLINE

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Oral Argument Workshop: How to Deliver an Oral Argument

Presenter: Professor Jeffrey C. Brooks, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center

2:00 PM to 2:10 PM
Break

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Suit Up Evaluation

4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Sign Out and Transportation Arrival

Friday, June 14, 2024
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in

9:00 AM to 9:45 AM
Travel to field trip: Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
7214 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA

9:45 AM to 10:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

10:00 AM to 11:15 AM
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Presentation and Tour

Presenter: Kimberly Jones, JD, Associate Dean of Admissions, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

11:15 AM to 11:30 AM
Travel to tour: Tulane University Law School
6329 Freret St., New Orleans, LA

11:30 AM to 12:15 PM
Lunch at Tulane University Law School

Pizza, Sponsored by Tulane University Law School

12:15 PM to 1:30 PM
Tulane University Law School Presentation and Tour

Presenter: Emily Wojna-Hodnett, J.D., Assistant Director of Admissions, Tulane University Law School; Julia M. Spencer, J.D., Assistant Director of Admission, Tulane University Law School

1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Travel to Louisiana Bar Center

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Memorandum Preparation

Presenter: Suit Up Interns

4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Suit Up Evaluation

Presenter: Suit Up Interns

4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Sign Out and Transportation Arrival

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