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.
The 2025 Advocacy Center Banquet presented by Alvendia, Kelly, & Demarest and The Glorioso Law Firm
Come and toast our Advocacy Center to a fantastic year and send our 3Ls off with a bang!
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
6pm to 9pm
The MISI by Messina's
600 Decatur Street
Level 3 Suite 350
New Orleans, LA 70130
Sponsorship Packages Can Be Purchased Here
Individual Tickets Can Be Purchased Here
Advocacy Center Student Tickets Can Be Purchased Here
Non-Advocacy Center Student Tickets Can Be Purchased Here
Sponsorship Levels
- Presenting Sponsorship - A sponsorship of $5,000 entitles the patron to be recognized as a presenting sponsor at the banquet. A presenting sponsor will also be featured on the banquet program cover, and receive two premium reserved tables, sixteen (16) tickets to the banquet, and sixteen (16) complimentary raffle tickets. Only one available.
- Gold Sponsorship - A sponsorship of $2,000 entitles the patron to recognition by the chairperson at the banquet, prominent recognition in the banquet program, a reserved table, eight (8) tickets to the banquet, and eight (8) complimentary raffle tickets.
- Silver Sponsorship - A sponsorship of $1,000 entitles the patron to featured recognition in the banquet program, half of a reserved table, four (4) tickets to the banquet, and four (4) complimentary raffle tickets.
- Bronze Sponsorship - A sponsorship of $500 entitles the sponsor to recognition in the program, two (2) tickets to the banquet, and two (2) complimentary raffle tickets.
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
Bronze Sponsors
Cypress Property Management, LLC
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.
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.
SAVE THE DATE! OUR 2025 ADVOCACY CENTER GOLF CLASSIC WILL BE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 AT THE GOLF CLUB AT AUDUBON PARK. SEE YOU THERE!
2024 Advocacy Center Golf Classic
See Pictures from the 2024 Golf Classic Here!
The 2024 Advocacy Center Golf Classic was a huge success! Thanks to all our golfers and sponsors.
2024 Golf Classic Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Alvendia, Kelly and Demarest
Bronze Sponsors
Candy Fleet, LLC
Donovan & Lawler
The Dugan Law Firm, LLC
EL ABOGADO – Casey Cowley Attorneys
Favret Demarest Russo Lutkewitte & Schaumburg
The Javier Law Firm, LLC
Tony Chachere’s Creole Foods
Zoo2U
Hole Sponsors
Branch Law
D’Arcy Vicknair, LLC
Genesis Information Services, Inc.
Law Office of Craig Leydecker
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
The Real Dick and Jane
Winston Bergeron, LLP
Raffle Sponsors
Aline Prints and Design
Barre3
The Chloe
Cooter Brown's
Crepe Rendezvous Cafe
Dat Dog
Dean Scanlan Farms, LLC
The Dickie Brennan Company
F45 Garden District
Goodbird
Grand Bear Golf Course
Kendra Scott
Lucy Boone
Mignon Faget
Natco
The National World War II Museum
Nothing Bundt Cake
Q Clothier
Skeeta Hawk Brewery
Tony Chachere’s Creole Foods
Food and Beverage Partners and Sponsors
Bayou Nights Craft Cocktail Syrups
Chick-fil-A
The Ruby Slipper
Urban South
Swag Sponsor
Perry Dampf
2023 Advocacy Center Golf Classic
Our Third Annual Advocacy Center Golf Classic was a huge success! Thanks to all our golfers and sponsors.
See pictures from the 2023 Golf Classic here!
2023 Golf Classic Sponsors
Welcome Cocktail Sponsors
King & Jurgens, LLC
Bronze Sponsors
Adams and Reese, LLP
Alvendia, Kelly, & Demarest
Candy Fleet Boats
EL ABOGADO – Casey Cowley Attorneys
Hahn Enterprises, Inc.
Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels, LLP
The Javier Law Firm, LLC
Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP
Hole Sponsors
Alvendia, Kelly, & Demarest
Batture, LLC
Flanagan Partners, LLP
Law Offices of Scott G. Jones, LLC
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto
Judge Trudy M White, Retired
Riess LeMieux, LLC
Robein, Urann, Spencer, Picard and Cangemi, APLC
Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC
Winston Bergeron, LLP
Raffle Sponsors
Hilton New Orleans Riverside
InSkin 101
Italian Gold and Diamond
Kendra Scott
The National World War II Museum
New Orleans Steamboat Company
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Parlay's
Food and Beverage Partners and Sponsors
Empanola
Faubourg Brewing Company
Favret, Demarest, Russo, Lutkewitte & Schaumburg, APLC
Natco Food Services
PJ's Coffee
Ye Olde College Inn
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.