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Public Notice is hereby given of proposed amendments to the Rule for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana held a naturalization ceremony in which 48 petitioners became United States citizens. The Honorable Greg G. Guidry, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, presided over the March 6 ceremony. He opened the ceremony by inviting everyone to stand for the playing of the National Anthem by the Marine Forces Reserve Band and the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, led by representatives from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Judge Guidry then invited keynote speaker Annalisa Miron to provide remarks. Miron, a public defender at EDLA, reflected on her father’s naturalization at this courthouse in 1971. She encouraged the new citizens to embrace their new community through local organizations and elections. Miron emphasized the importance of exercising their freedoms as new citizens to make the country stronger. Peter Mansfield, Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office (EDLA), served as the Attorney General’s designee and certified the petitioners’ eligibility for citizenship. After granting the requests for name change, Judge Guidry had each petitioner announce their name and...
more »Please note that the Administrative Office is administering the written phase of the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination for interpreters of Spanish on May 5-19, 2025. Registration is from February 3 to May 2, 2025. Test candidates must pass the written exam to qualify for the oral exam. The oral phase will be administered August 4-18, 2025. Registration will be from June 23 to August 1, 2025. Written and oral examinations used to be held in alternating years; however, the Administrative Office is now offering both exams annually to increase the certified Spanish interpreter pool.
Our legal system is founded on the principles of fairness and equity, but statistical and anecdotal evidence prove that our courtrooms and law offices are not fair and equitable in the treatment of lawyers. In this CLE, numerous presenters (you will know many of them!) will act out common scenarios within legal organizations and legal culture—for example, a hiring committee meeting, mentorship assignments, junior attorney evaluations, and file-staffing or promotion discussions. Topics woven into the hypothetical situations will showcase things like affinity bias, performance bias, the maternal wall, and intersectionality. A panel and the audience will comment on each scenario, share lived experiences, and provide concrete advice for how to handle similar situations in the future.
Presenters include Judge Susie Morgan, Judge...
more »The Court completed a required upgrade to its CM/ECF system Saturday morning (Feb. 15). The update unexpectedly prevented attorneys from electronically filing pleadings between the mornings of February 15 and Tuesday, February 18, 2025. The Court has resolved the issue and apologizes for the outage. Attorneys are reminded to consult the Court’s administrative procedures for guidance concerning technical failures.
The Court has amended its Local Civil Rules to add Rule 83.5.1, which provides for a 21-day stay of any order transferring a case to a district court outside the Fifth Circuit in certain circumstances. The amendment is effective February 4, 2025. Here is the full text of the amendment:
LOCAL CIVIL RULE 83.5.1
TRANSFER ORDERS
Unless all affected parties consent to the transfer, an order that transfers a case to a district court outside the Fifth Circuit is stayed for 21 days from the date the order is entered on the docket. This rule does not apply to transfer orders of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
The Court’s order amending the Local Civil Rules can be found here.