State Supreme Court Justice Jay McCallum appointed to council of Louisiana State Law Institute

NEW ORLEANS, La. (KNOE) – A Louisiana State Supreme Court justice who earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisiana Monroe in 1982 was appointed to the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute (LSLI) by his fellow justices.

Justice Jay McCallum graduated from ULM when it was still Northeast Louisiana University. Now, he serves in the highest court of Louisiana.

LSLI was formed in 1938 for the promotion and encouragement of clarification and simplification of Louisiana law. The organization also works to adapt to social needs, secure the better administration of justice and continue scholarly, legal research and scientific legal work.

McCallum got his juris doctorate from Louisiana State University in 1985. From there, he worked as a general practice lawyer at the offices of Rabun and McCallum in Union Parish. McCallum also served as an assistant district attorney, in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992-2002, as third judicial district court judge from 2002-2018, and in the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in 2018.

In 2020, McCallum was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court for District 4.

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