Week 1 Schedule
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-In
Suit Up Photo IDs
9:00 AM to 9:15 AM
Welcome
Presenter: Edward J. Walters, Jr., LSBA President 2025-2026
9:15 AM to 9:45 AM
Welcome
Choose Law Video (American Young Lawyers Division)
Presenter: Honorable Karen Wells Roby, Just the Beginning (JTB) (Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana), New Orleans, LA
9:45 AM to 10:30 AM
Welcome
Orientation/Program Overview
Introduction of Interns
Presenter: Members of the Pipeline to Diversity and Outreach Subcommittee, Past Co-chair(s) Denia S. Aiyegbusi, CNA Insurance, New Orleans, LA; Co-chair(s) Tiffany L. Delery, Chehardy Sherman Williams Recile & Hayes, New Orleans, LA; 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, Past Co-chair(s) Denia S. Aiyegbusi, CNA Insurance, New Orleans, LA; Co-chair(s) Tiffany L. Delery, Chehardy Sherman Williams Recile & Hayes, New Orleans, LA; Suit Up Interns
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Introduction of Mock Problem for Oral Argument
Presenter: Members of the Pipeline to Diversity and Outreach Subcommittee, Past Co-chair(s) Denia S. Aiyegbusi, CNA Insurance, New Orleans, LA; Co-chair(s) Tiffany L. Delery, Chehardy Sherman Williams Recile & Hayes, New Orleans, LA; Suit Up Interns
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Lunch
Suit Up Photo IDs
12:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Legal Research and Writing
Presenter: Professor Emily A. Bishop, Director of the Lawyering Program and Professor of Practice, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, New Orleans, LA
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
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, Byron R. Kantrow Endowed Professor of Law, Wedon T. Smith Endowed Professor in Civil Law #2, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Memorandum Outline and Oral Argument Preparation
Viewing of Past Oral Arguments
Presenter: Suit Up Interns
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
College and Law School Admission Preparation Workshop (Personal Statement Tips)
Presenter: Breleigh Bentivegna, Admissions Counselor, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Memorandum Outline and Oral Argument Preparation
Viewing of Past Oral Arguments
Presenter: Suit Up Interns
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 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
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in
MEMO OUTLINE ASSIGNMENT DEADLINE
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Resume Preparation Tips
Presenter: Suit Up Interns
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Constitutional Law
Presenter: Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell, B. K. Agnihotri Endowed Professor, Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA
11:30 AM 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, Baton Rouge, LA
2:00 PM to 2:10 PM
Break
3:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Resume 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
8:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Arrival and Check-in
DRAFT OF RESUME ASSIGNMENT DEADLINE
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Memorandum Preparation
Presenter: Suit Up Interns
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Memorandum 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