Two hundred sixteen graduates were awarded the Juris Doctor Degree from the Southern University Law Center during the 2013 commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 11, at the F. G. Clark Activity Center on the Southern University Baton Rouge campus. Local graduates include:

Xavier Isadore Alexander and Heather Ann Duhon, of New Iberia; Kerry Allen Hill, of Jeanerette; Karen A. Boutte, of St. Martinville; and Keith Foster Verrett Jr., of Franklin.