Dwazendra Smith, a second-year law student, has been elected 2008-09 Student

Bar Association president at the Southern University Law Center.

Judge John Michael Guidry of the First Circuit Court of Appeal conducted the

swearing in ceremony for the new officers at noon Monday, April 14, in the Law

Center’s Atrium.

Smith, a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, was second-year class president in

2007-08 and is active in a number of law organizations. She is a member of Delta Theta

Phi Law Fraternity, for which she served as the 2007-2008 bailiff, and is a member of the

Criminal Law Society, Moot Court Board, and the Black Law Student’s Association

(BLSA).

Smith serves as an ex-officio chair of the Curriculum Committee, an ex-officio

member of the Beautification Committee, and is a member of the Barrister’s Ball

Committee, Fall Fest Committee, Lecture Series Committee, and Orientation Committee.

She is a teaching assistant for Criminal Law, Legal Writing, and Family Law. She has

been named the senior associate editor for the newly established Law Center publication,

The Journal of Race, Gender and Poverty.

Smith earned a B.A. in Political Science from Louisiana State University in

Shreveport. After law school, she plans to be a litigation attorney and ultimately become

a judge.

Other SBA officers for 2008-09 are: vice president, Gregory Brumfield, Jr., of

New Orleans; and treasurer, Kennisha Firstley of New Orleans. Public Defender editor is

Wayne Haydin and ABA representative is Chevita Phifer, both of New Orleans.

Class presidents are third-year, LaToya Jones, Luling; second-year, Ryan

Hamilton, New Orleans; and first-year William Jorden.

The parliamentarian, secretary, and second-year and third-year representatives

positions are vacant.

For more information, contact Roederick White, Associate Vice Chancellor for