Events
The Advocacy Center hosts several events throughout the year. Collaboration among numerous programs with the Advocacy Center creates many opportunities for both annual and unique events. Each fall, the Advocacy Center hosts its Golf Classic, and each spring, the Center hosts the Fedoroff Lecture and celebrates student accomplishments at its Spring Banquet.
Internally, the Center hosts Lunch and Learns throughout the academic year where alumni present a topic of their choice to students in the renovated Advocacy Center located on the first floor of the law school library. The Center also provides support to the Louisiana Supreme Court when oral arguments are held at Loyola Law.
Loyola’s Annual Advocacy Center Golf Classic brings together practitioners, community members, and students for a day of relaxation and friendly sport. Teams of four compete in scramble format with a shotgun start. Food, beverages, a raffle, and various prizes are provided throughout the day.
2025 Advocacy Center Golf Classic Presented by Garcia & Coman
OUR 2025 ADVOCACY CENTER GOLF CLASSIC WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS, PARTNERS, AND GOLFERS!
Title Sponsor
Garcia & Coman
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Courtesy of Dr. Johnny and Ana Perez
EL ABOGADO – Casey Cowley Attorneys
Favret, Demarest, Russo, Lutkewitte, & Schaumburg
Garvey, Smith & Nehrbass, Patent Attorneys, L.L.C.
Hugo L. Chanez, LLM
Irwin Fritchie Urquhart More & Daniels, LLC
The Law Office of Craig Leydecker
Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise
Moot Court BLSA Team Sponsor
Hole Sponsors
Barczyk Spine & Joint, Dr. David Barczyk, DC, DACNB
BearCom / A Motorola Solutions Partner
Bon Jour Social & Leisure Center, LLC
Edward Jones - Michael Gautreau & Cole Gautreau
Garvey, Smith & Nehrbass, Patent Attorneys, L.L.C.
ParkView Historic Hotel and the Gilded Perch Bar
Food and Beverage Partners
Abita Brewing Company
Beaux Dega Liquor
Bittersweet Confections
Cafe 615: Da Wabbit
Chuck’s Market
French Truck
Good Bird
Reginelli's Uptown
SeaLevel Construction
TMT Liquor
Raffle Sponsors
Barre3
The Bearded Lady Barber Shop
Becky Fos Gallery
Blue Cypress Books
Bub's Burgers
The Channel
COCO Korean BBQ
Company Burger
Cooter Brown's
Empanola
ErgoFit
Frame City & Art Gallery
Kendra Scott
Martin's Wine Cellar
Miette
Molly's Rise and Shine
Mystic Blue Signs
The National World War II Museum
New Orleans Fire Departmenr - Engine 1
NOLA Couture
NOLA Flags
Parlay's
Pigment Tattoo
Simon Hardeveld, Local Artist
Stein's Market & Deli
Sun Bodies
Terrance Osborne Art Gallery
Uptown Frames
Photos from prior golf tournaments
Loyola is honored to be hosting the 76th Annual National Moot Court Competition Region 7 Tournament from November 13 through 15, 2025. We're excited to welcome ten schools from across the region to New Orleans for a weekend of fierce competition. These ten teams will compete over two days to see which will be crowned champion and which two will punch their ticket to the National Final Rounds in New York in January.
The National Moot Court Competition is sponsored annually by the New York City Bar and the American College of Trial Lawyers. It is universally recognized as the national championship for appellate advocacy programs.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR HOST COMMITTEE! Host committee members will get exclusive invitations to tournament events and an early opportunity to submit a judging interest form for the tournament's preliminary rounds.
Lawyers: submit your judging interest form here.
Hotel Accommodations
The Tournament's official hotel is the Cambria New Orleans Downtown Warehouse District, 632 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130.
Competing teams and their guests may reserve discounted hotel accommodations using this link. This room block will close October 14, 2025.
Check back for more information soon!
2025 Competing Schools
Belmont University College of Law
Charleston School of Law
Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Mississippi College School of Law
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
University of Mississippi School of Law
University of Tennessee Knoxville Winston College of Law
Vanderbilt University Law School
The 2025 Advocacy Center Banquet presented by Alvendia, Kelly, & Demarest and The Glorioso Law Firm
The Advocacy Center held its 2025 Banquet on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 from 6pm to 9pm at The Misi by Messina's. The Advocacy Center congratulated its 2024-2025 board members, team members, and award winners. See the photos from this year's Banquet here!
2025 Banquet Sponsors
Presenting sponsors
Alvendia, Kelly, & Demarest
The Glorioso Law Firm
Gold Sponsors
EL ABOGADO – Casey Cowley Attorneys
Favret, Demarest, Russo, Lutkewitte & Schaumburg, APLC
Silver Sponsors
Dugan Law Firm
Frischhertz & Impastato
Jones Walker, LLP
Pusateri, Johnston, Guillot & Greenbaum, LLC
Bronze Sponsors
Clement & Associates Counselors at Law, LLC
Cypress Property Management, LLC
Green & Gold Properties, LLC
Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions
Scott and Janet Brown
Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn LLP
Warren and Nancy Arcement
Winston Bergeron, LLP
Team Partner
Fishman Haygood, LLP
2024 Advocacy Center Banquet
The Advocacy Center held its 2024 Banquet on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 from 6pm to 9pm at The Rooftop on Basin, 501 Basin Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. The Advocacy Center congratulated its 2023-2024 board members, team members, and award winners.
2024 Banquet Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Alvendia, Kelly & Demarest
EL ABOGADO – Casey Cowley Attorneys
Law Offices of Scott G. Jones, LLC
Silver Sponsors
Frischhertz & Impastato
Bronze Sponsors
Adams & Reese
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Cannon & Livermore, LLC
Garrison, Yount, Forte & Mulcahy
Javier Law Firm
Scott Vicknair Injury Attorneys
Winston Bergeron, LLP
2023 Order of Barristers Inductees with Judge Mary Hotard Becnel
Every spring, the Advocacy Center gathers with students, faculty, friends, family, and practitioners to celebrate a successful year. The Advocacy Center Banquet recognizes the hard work of our programs' competitive teams and executive boards in a fun and festive atmosphere. Special awards are also given to outstanding students in the fields of alternative dispute resolution, appellate advocacy, and trial advocacy.
The College of Law is pleased to sponsor the Judge Gerald P. Fedoroff Lecture Series. The lecture series is made possible through generous donations by friends and family of Judge Fedoroff, who presided over Division E of Orleans Parish Civil District Court for more than 30 years, where he also served as chief judge. Judge Fedoroff was a life-long resident of New Orleans and attended Loyola Law School in the mid-1950s. He is well-known for a 1978 decision that declared Louisiana’s “head and master” scheme for community property unconstitutional. At the time, Louisiana law deemed the husband in a marriage to be the head of household with sole authority over the community property without his wife’s knowledge or consent. Judge Federoff’s decision struck down the law on grounds that it violated the Equal Protection Clause.
This years lecture will take place Friday, January 31, 2025 at the law school in Room 308 starting at 10 am.
No registration is needed & lunch following the presentation in room 343.
Lunch and Learn events are a way for students to meet practitioners and learn about the nuts and bolts of an advocacy practice. These events are held periodically throughout the fall and spring semesters and provide students with exposure to many different facets of practice.
In previous events, students learned from alums Philip D. Lorio, IV (2012), Roderick "Rico" Alvendia (1998), and Michael S. Brandner, Jr. (2003) who spoke respectively on "Taking a Case from Start to Finish"; "Legal Career Pathways: Defense or Plaintff?"; and "Starting Your Own Firm in a Modern Time".
We are so thankful to our practitioners for sharing their time and experience and are excited for our next round of Lunch and Learns this semester!
As a first time event, the Advocacy Center hosted a debate for the candidates seeking to be elected in Louisiana’s 91st and 98th State Representative Districts on Thursday, September 26, 2019.
Promoting legislative advocacy by hosting a debate with candidates who sought to represent our school, our students, and our neighbors proved to be very exciting! Our hope is that these debates will encourage everyone to be more engaged in the democratic process.
A very special thanks to Walter J. Leger III, the termed-out House District 91 representative, and Neil C. Abramsom, the termed-out House District 98 representative, who did an incredible job as moderators. We honor all of the candidates for their time and dedication to their constituants and our great state, and congratulate Mandie Landry and Aimee Freeman who were elected to represent House District 91 and 98 respectively.
The Advocacy Center is looking forward to continuing these debates for elections in the future.
Please contact Program Director Evan J. Bergeron at evan.bergeron@loyno.edu or 504-861-5580 for giving opportunities.