Sarah M. Lambert
Sarah attended Loyola University New Orleans College of Law where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2018. Sarah graduated first in her class and received the honored distinction of being named a William Crowe Scholar. At Loyola, she served as a member of the Loyola Law Review and received Academic Excellence Awards for the highest class grade in fifteen courses. She also received the Dean’s Award, Joseph V. Bologna Award, Ralph H. Fishman Award, Liskow & Lewis Scholarship, and Faculty Award. While in law school, Sarah interned for Justice Jefferson Hughes of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Judge Paul Bonin of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, and Judge Elizabeth Lanier of the Louisiana Office of Workers’ Compensation. Sarah also served as a research assistant for Professor Mitchell Crusto during her studies at Loyola. In 2018, Sarah received a Gillis Long Poverty Law Center Public Service Award for public service throughout her time at Loyola.
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 2018
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
- United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Education
- J.D., Loyola University College of Law, New Orleans, 2018, Summa Cum Laude
- B.S., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette 2014
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Louisiana State Bar Association, 2018–Present
- American Bar Association, 2018–Present
Positions
- Member, Loyola Law Review, 2015–2017
Publications
- A Call for Legislative Action: Five Reasons to Say Yes to Unanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana, 9 J. Race, Gender & Poverty 1 (2018)
- Five Reasons Louisiana May be the Next State to Repeal Capital Punishment (Mar. 24, 2018)
- 42 U.S.C. § 14141 as a New Method of Prosecutorial Oversight: A Look at Prosecutorial Misconduct in Louisiana (Jan. 10, 2017)
- The Collapse of Democracy: The Flint Water Crisis from a Human Rights Perspective, in Loyola University New Orleans College of Law’s Journal of Public Interest Law (2019) (co-authored with Professor Jeanne M. Woods).
