Janice Clark

EDUCATION

Florida A&M University – Tallahassee, Florida

B.A. in Sociology – 1968

Minors:  Social Work; Nursing

Honors:  Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society, President

Southern University Law School - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Juris Doctor – 1976

Honors:  Law Review – Associate Editor – Comments

Major Paper:  Procedural Due Process Rights in Suspension of Public School Students, Goss v. Lopez

Awards:  Outstanding Service – Baker City Court Clinical Program

                 Law Week Committee Chairman

Activities and Affiliations:

*BALSA – Secretary, 1976

*LSD-ABA- Member, 1975-76

*Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity, 1975-76

*Student Bar Association Consumer Protection Center - Interviewer

National Judicial College, University of Nevada at Reno

Masters Degree Pending 

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

Louisiana Judicial College – Tulane University – Hosted at McGill University

Managed case files and provided legal research and analysis.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

*American Bar Association

*Louisiana State Bar Association

*Louis A. martinet Society

*U.S. Supreme Court Bar

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

*Recipient of NAACP Trail Blazer Award - 1997

 *Delta Sigma Theta Sorority – 42^nd National Convention on

Women Making a Difference in Politics Award

*Award of Distinction from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority – 1993

*Governor’s Conference on Women for Outstanding Leadership - 1993

*Distinguished services Award from Baton Rouge Women’s Political and

Louisiana’s Women in Politics – 1993

*Louis A. Martinet Society Award – 1992

*Florida A&M University Director’s Award – Student recruitment – 1988

*MLK Monument Award

ORGANIZATIONS

*Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

*Capital Area Legal Services Corporation - Chairman of the Board

*Shiloh Baptist Church – Member

EXPERIENCE

19^th Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana

                           *District Judge: Civil, Criminal and Appellate Jurisdiction

                           *Former Chief Judge

                           *19^th JDC Building Commission Chairman – 10 years

 

Private Practice

• May, 1979 – April, 1992
• Louisiana Legislative Council – Staff Attorney
• Bayou Lafourche Legal Services – Staff Attorney
• Capital Area Legal Services Corporation – Chairman of Board of Directors – 3 years
• East Louisiana Land Company – President – 5 years
• Charles Clark Real Estate Development – Founder and executive Vice- President