SULC graduate honored for health care law efforts

Marcia C. Arceneaux, 2007 graduate of SULC, is the winner of the 2007 Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award For Women Working in Health Care Law.

The award was established in 1991 in honor of the late Elaine Osborne Jacobson, wife of Richard S. Jacobson, and an advocate for the health care needs of under-served populations. The award recognizes women law students with an aptitude for and commitment to a career of advocacy for the health care needs of women, children, the elderly and disabled persons. As the winner, Dr. Arceneaux receives $3,000 from the Roscoe Pound Institute in Washington, D.C.

Arceneaux is a 2007 graduate of Southern University Law Center. She is currently employed with the firm of Hammonds and Sills in Baton Rouge. She received a Ph.D. in special education from the University of New Orleans in 1997. Her publications include an article published in 2005 in Volume 32 of the Southern University Law Review entitled, "The System and Label of Special Education: Is It a Constitutional Issue?" Her essay submitted for the award focused on legislation or litigation necessary to ensure the rights of at-risk students displaced following Hurricane Katrina.

Professor Paul Race nominated Arceneaux for the award. The nomination was also supported by recommendations from Professors Winston Riddick and Gail Stephenson.