Second Hearing in Baton Rouge Scheduled for Comments on LBLS Employment Law Standards, Labor Law Standards The Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization (LBLS) will hold a second public hearing beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 2nd Floor, Tucker Room, W303, Baton Rouge, to provide a forum for Bar members to comment on the LBLS Employment Law Standards and Labor Law Standards. Parking is available on the LSU campus at a metered spot or in the Union Square Garage for $1.50 per hour. The resolutions of two members of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) House of Delegates (HOD) to suspend the LBLS’s Employment Law Standards and Labor Law Standards were approved by the LSBA HOD and the Board of Governors (BOG) at the Jan. 20, 2018, meeting. Both the Employment Law Standards and the Labor Law Standards had been approved by the HOD and BOG a year earlier at the Jan. 21, 2017, meeting without any opposition. The HOD and BOG have now requested that the LBLS conduct further study on both the Employment Law Standards and Labor Law Standards, including whether a majority of affected practitioners support the standards, and whether concerns over discriminatory effects and unfair competitive advantages can be adequately addressed. The LBLS held its first public meeting on Aug. 16, 2018, in New Orleans. LBLS Chair Carl J. Servat III presided over the meeting and Board Member William R. Corbett attended the meeting. The LBLS thanks LSBA President Barry H. Grodsky for his attendance and participation in the meeting and the interested members of the Bar who attended and voiced their opinions. The purpose of the public hearings is to determine whether the LBLS Employment Law Standards and Labor Law Standards need to be revised based upon the Resolutions passed on Jan. 20, 2018. LSBA members also may submit comments concerning the LBLS Employment Law Standards and Labor Law Standards to Mary Ann Wegmann by email at maryann.wegmann@lsba.org, or by letter addressed to the LBLS, 601 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70130-3404. The Standards may be reviewed on the LBLS website at: https://www.lascmcle.org/content/pdf/Employment_Law_Standards.pdf https://www.lascmcle.org/content/pdf/Labor_Law_Standards.pdf In order to receive input on the Employment Law Standards and Labor Law Standards from interested members of the Bar throughout the state, the LBLS plans to hold additional hearings in Lafayette and Shreveport in 2018 and early 2019. For more information, email Mary Ann Wegmann or visit the LBLS website at: https://www.lascmcle.org/specialization/index.aspx.