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Katherine Shaw Spaht
Katherine Shaw Spaht is the Jules F. and Frances L. Landry Professor of Law at the Louisiana State University Law School. She earned her J.D. from Louisiana State University and her B.A. from the University of Mississippi. Her professional interests include family law, community property, and successions and obligations. In addition to overseeing the revision of Louisiana's community property law, she has also played a key role in drafting Louisiana's covenant marriage legislation.