After serving as a United States senator, acting as a lobbyist and spending time in the Army, Bennett Johnston will return to his home state in May to deliver the Paul M. Hebert Law Center commencement address.
“The Law Center is honored to have Senator J. Bennett Johnston as our 2012 Commencement speaker,” said Law Center Chancellor Jack Weiss in a news release Wednesday. “As a former graduate and 1997 LSU Law Center Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, we welcome him home to Baton Rouge for what we know will be an inspiring address to our graduates.”
Johnston is the founder of Johnston & Associates, LLC, a government consulting firm, and he is an activist who sits on the Energy Security Council, the Brookings Energy Security Roundtable and the US Asia Pacific Council, among other boards, according to the release.
Weiss praised Johnston’s contribution to both the state and the country.
“His years of service to the state of Louisiana and our nation as a senior statesman in Congress have positioned him as one of the nation’s foremost authorities on energy law and regulation,” he said in the release.
That authority is what makes Johnston a great commencement speaker, Weiss said.
“It is fitting that Senator Johnston comes home to LSU Law to share his knowledge and ambitions for the Law Center’s expanded program in 21st Century Energy Law,” he stated.
The law center’s commencement ceremonies will be May 25 at 9:30 a.m. in the PMAC.
 
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