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COURT ISSUES NEW ORDERS IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 CRISIS
June 5, 2020By orders dated May 15 and June 5, 2020, the Court repeated its prohibition against holding civil or criminal jury trials through June 30, 2020. It lifted the prohibition on conducting in-person proceedings in general. Evictions remain excluded. It indicated that courts should continue to practice social distancing and limit in-person capacity to 50% of the total capacity of the building, as determined by the State Fire Marshal. Matters should be conducted with the use of video and telephone conferencing whenever possible. Continuances necessitated by the crisis remain excluded from speedy trial computations. The Court also extended its filing deadlines until June 16, 2020.
ALLOWABLE ON-LINE MCLE HOURS INCREASED TO 12.5 FOR 2020
April 28, 2020The Court has increased mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) self-study credits allowed for the year 2020 from 4 hours to 12.5 hours. Self-study credits are defined in Rule 3(d) of Supreme Court Rule XXX as "participation in technological transmissions, including live or prerecorded audio and/or audiovisual presentations and activities or other appropriate technology as approved by the MCLE Committee."
COURT EXTENDS PROHIBITION AGAINST JURY TRIALS
April 22, 2020The Louisiana Supreme Court has extended its prohibition against holding civil or criminal jury trials through June 30, 2020.
SCOTUS strikes down Louisiana's non-unanimous jury verdict system for serious offenses
April 20, 2020Ramos v LA: #SCOTUS reverses Louisiana conviction based on 10-2 verdict & holds that #6thAmendment right to a jury trial requires unanimous jury verdict to convict a defendant of a serious offense #LAlaw #criminallaw https://bit.ly/3eCJb9W
Louisiana Supreme Court's Orders in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
April 7, 2020Link to the Court's Orders:
LASC ORDERSGovernor's April 2, 2020 proclamation 41 JBE 2020
April 2, 2020Link to the extended order:
41JBE2020
