2019 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 75
BY SENATOR PEACOCK AND REPRESENTATI VE GLOVER
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Board of Regents to study how the state can best meet the legal
education needs of students and the economic and workforce development needs of
the northwest region, including meeting these needs through establishing a law
school in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 5(D)(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana provides,
relative to public institutions of postsecondary education, that it is a power, duty, and
responsibility of the Board of Regents to approve a proposed degree program, department
of instruction, division, or similar subdivision; and
WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 5(D)(3)(a) of the constitution further provides that
it is a power, duty, and responsibility of the board to study the need for and feasibility of
creating a new institution of postsecondary education, which includes establishing a branch
of such an institution; and
WHEREAS, there is a great interest in establishing a law school in the
Shreveport-Bossier area in order to meet not only the educational needs of students, but also
the economic and workforce development needs of the region; and
WHEREAS, there are campuses of the Louisiana State University System, the
Southern University System, and the University of Louisiana System already existing in the
area; and
WHEREAS, a collaborative law school of the three university systems could
capitalize on the best of all three systems and result in a school that is second to none in the
state; and
WHEREAS, the northwest region of the state lacks a law school program and the
provision of a juris doctor program in the Shreveport-Bossier area would provide access to
an area of the state that is currently underserved.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Board of Regents to study how the state can best meet the legal
education needs of students and the economic and workforce development needs of the
northwest region, including meeting these needs through establishing a law school in
Shreveport-Bossier area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Regents shall consider whether any
law school established pursuant to this study would best serve the needs of the area and the
state by being affiliated solely with either the Louisiana State University System, the
Southern University System, the University of Louisiana System, or any combination
thereof.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Regents shall submit a written
report of its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education and the
House Committee on Education by not later than ninety days prior to the beginning of the
2020 Regular Session of the Legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted
to the chairman of the Board of Regents, the commissioner of higher education, the president
of the Louisiana State University System, the president of the Southern University System,
and the president of the University of Louisiana System.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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