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SULC Founders’ Day Program to share history lesson on access to legal education in Louisiana
SULC’s 2016 Southern University Founders’ Day Program set for noon Wednesday, March 9, in 129-130 A. A. Lenoir Hall will feature a roundtable discussion on the history of access to legal education in the State of Louisiana.
Panelists will include heirs of key individuals associated with Charles J. Hatfield III v. State of Louisiana, Charles J. Hatfield IV, A. P. Tureaud Jr., and Vanue B. Lacour Jr. The trio will share this important history lesson in a personal way.
Southern University is celebrating 136 years at this Founders’ Day, which carries the theme, “Southern University: Continuing the Journey…, Surpassing Boundaries…”
SULC has declared 2016 as The Year of Charles J. Hatfield III, who on January 10, 1946, wrote a letter seeking admission to the only state-supported legal education program.
According to Interim Chancellor John K. Pierre, “Hatfield’s letter was a catalyst for the creation of the Southern University School of Law, an institution that has been dedicated to access and opportunity in legal education.” In the declaration of the year of Charles J. Hatfield III, SULC celebrates diversity in legal education and the clarion call for diversity in the legal profession today.
The March 9 Founders’ Day panel discussion is sure to be a poignantly inspiring and provocatively challenging exchange about this Law Center as we look forward to its 70thanniversary, which will be celebrated in 2017, Pierre says.
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