LBF Receives 2025 Social Justice Champion Award from Loyola University College of Law
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) was recognized as the 2025 Social Justice Champion by the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Each year, the Center recognizes an organization that partners with Loyola’s College of Law to advance justice in the community. The award was presented at a ceremony […]
Gala Photos Now Available
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) celebrated its 39th Annual Fellows Gala on April 11 in honor of the 2024 Distinguished Jurist Cynthia T. Woodard (Ret.), Distinguished Attorney Glenn J. Armentor, Distinguished Professor Madeleine Landrieu, and Calogero Justice Award recipient Frank X. Neuner, Jr. View photos from the 39th Annual Fellows Gala and the Annual Assembly […]
2025-26 Swearing-In of Officers
Swearing-In Welcome Edmund J. Giering IV of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the 2025-26 president of the Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF). Other officers are Vice President Michael J. Mestayer of New Orleans; Treasurer Charles C. Bourque, Jr., of Houma; and Secretary Colleen C. Jarrott, of New Orleans. The 2025-26 Officers were installed at the 39th Annual Fellows […]
President’s Message April/May 2025
See the Q & A with 2025-26 President Edmund J. Giering IV interviewed by 2025-26 LBF Secretary Colleen C. Jarrott. Click here to read article.
Congratulations to Edmund J. Giering
Congratulations to Edmund J. Giering IV on being installed as the 25-26 LBF President! 25-26 Officers are Vice President Michael J. Mestayer, Treasurer Charles C. Bourque, Jr., and Secretary Colleen C. Jarrott. The 2025-26 officers were installed at the 39th Annual Gala by Chief Justice John Weimer.
The Louisiana Bar Foundation is Making Positive Change in Louisiana
Louisiana Social Return on Investment of Civil Legal Aid Services The total net social return on investment for Louisiana’s civil legal aid programs during the 2023-24 fiscal year was 1,328%. In other words, for every $1 invested in Louisiana’s civil legal aid services, these programs deliver $13.28 in immediate and long-term consequential financial benefits. In […]
