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Ronald J. Scalise, Jr. Receives McGlinchey Stafford Professorship at LSU Law Center
Read Time: 1 minThe Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University recently announced that the McGlinchey Stafford Professorship will be given to Professor Ronald J. Scalise, Jr.
Professor Scalise joined the LSU Law Center faculty in 2004. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tulane University where he earned his B.A., summa cum laude, and his J.D., summa cum laude. While in law school, Professor Scalise was a member and editor of the Tulane Law Review and was selected as a member of The Order of the Coif. After finishing law school, Professor Scalise worked for two years as a law clerk to Judge James L. Dennis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In 2002, he was named as a Gates Scholar to Cambridge University where he obtained his LL.M., with first class honors. After completing his LL.M., Professor Scalise was associated with the law firm, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, L.L.C. in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he worked in the Business and Real Estate section. Professor Scalise is an active member of the Successions and Donations Committee, the Trust Committee, and the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute. His teaching and research interests lie in the areas of Civil Law, Comparative Law, Philosophy of Law, and in wide range of areas of Louisiana law.