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CONTACT PERSON:
VALERIE WILLARD
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
(504) 599-0319
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2001 |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Judge John E. Conery,
Sixteenth Judicial District Court, St. Mary, Iberia, and St.
Martin Parishes, has recently completed the History and Theory
Jurisprudence course and the Law and the Social and Behavioral
Sciences course offered by the highly acclaimed National Judicial
College in Reno, Nevada. Judge Conery is pursuing a Masters
in Judicial Studies degree (MJS) at the National Judicial
College.
The Masters of Judicial Studies curriculum focuses on the
role of judges in American society and on the improvement
of services rendered by judges. The National Judicial College
has been recognized as the leading national training and education
center for trial judges. Founded in 1963, more than 60,000
members of the judiciary have attended the college, including
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and
David Souter.
Judge Conery, practiced law for 24 years in the Sixteenth
Judicial District prior to his election to the bench in 1994.
A graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Judge Conery attended Loyola Law School where he graduated
Cum Laude in 1970. At Loyola, Judge Conery was a member of
the Loyola Law Review, president of the Student Bar Association
and was selected as the Outstanding Student in the College
of Law.
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