Community Service Oliver “Rick” Richard and his wife Donna pledged
students practice under close faculty supervision.
$500,000 to the Forever LSU campaign. Half of their
By representing real clients with important legal issues,
gift helped to fund the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s
students practice in local courts before administrative
Clinical Legal Education Program, which expands
agencies and other venues. This clinic is but one of many
experiential learning opportunities for students, while also
reasons that the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center is a top
providing a secondary benefit to lower-income populations
tier law school according to U.S. News & World Report.
and local, state, and federal governments.
“The basis for lifetime learning I received provided me
Through the Law Clinic and the program, the Law Center
the opportunity throughout my career to interact with
offers second- and third-year students the opportunity to
wonderful people in business, government, and the media
practice law and represent in-need clients in the Baton
to affect judicious change,” said Rick Richard.
Rouge community. Like a medical school residency,
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