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Above the Law? Reforming Prosecutorial Accountability Measures Through State Action, Laura McNeal

Algorithmic Erasure in the Shadow of Statutes, Caprice L. Roberts

America Runs on Biodiesel: Implementation of a New Federal Mandate for Increased Renewable Energy Fuel, Asia Jackson

A Proposal for an Enduringly Legitimate Supreme Court, Trace M. Maddox

Armed and Classless: Non-Dangerous Felons After Bruen, Robert W. Vetter

A Silence after Slaughter-House: Nineteenth-Century State Constitutional Substantive Rights, Liberties, and Privileges, Charles W. "Rocky" Rhodes

A Tale of Two Disclosure Requirements, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

Can Commentary Command Courtroom Clout?: The Court’s Deference to Commentary to the United States Sentencing Guidelines in a Post-Kisor World, Gabriella A. Leccese

Class Action Cy Près Revisited, Christopher J. Ryan Jr.

Class Actions and the Restitutionary Disgorgement Remedy for Torts: The Unfortunate Triumph of the Parasitic Theory, John D. McCamus

Climate Change as a National Emergency: Exploring Executive Powers, Greg Giunta

Closing the Gap: Reevaluating CAFE Standards and the Light Truck Loophole, Benton Marcotte

Codified Chains: The Role of Louisiana’s Civil Code and Supreme Court in Regulating Slavery, Evan M. Gelobter

Columbus Day in the Courtroom: Unraveling Louisiana’s Dark Connection in the Ongoing Controversy, Ryan W. McNeil

Coming Soon to a State Near You? Does Louisiana’s Public Trust Doctrine Encompass a Right to a “Clean and Healthful Environment?”, Ryan M. Seidemann

COPAS Accounting Procedures: From a Litigation Perspective, Austin W. Brister and M. Alejandra Salas

Energizing the Sunshine State: Navigating Florida’s Transition to Renewable Energy, Delaney Reynolds

Enjoined from Enjoining: The State of Remedies and Relief for Immigrants After Garland v. Aleman Gonzalez, Kate Weaver

Exorcising the Devil’s Proof: Evaluating Louisiana’s Latest Revisions on Real Actions, Caleb O'Connell

Faith-Based Charter Schools and the Establishment Clause: Like the Pig with Wings, They Look Good on Paper, but Can or Should They Get Off of the Ground?, Charles J. Russo

February 2025 Louisiana Bar Exam, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions

Foreword: The (Current) Louisiana Constitution at 50, Robert F. Williams

From Property Rights to Human Rights: Combating Forced Partition in Louisiana with the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, Ashton Austin

Give SCOTUS’s Code of Conduct Teeth: Using Impeachment to Enforce the United States Supreme Court’s Code of Conduct, Tara Roussel

Governmental Suppression of Speech on the Internet: Reflections on the Murthy Decision, Russell L. Weaver

If You Give a Forced Labor System a Cookie: How Congress Can Enforce Conservation and Human Rights Laws in the Palm Oil Industry Through a Lacey Act Approach, Marissa Torres

Injustice for the Independents: The Case for Expanding Louisiana Pregnancy Discrimination Coverage to Include Independent Contractors, Claire E. Monsour

Is an Exclusive Pipeline Servitude Actually Exclusive? The Louisiana Second Circuit Opines, Ryan M. Seidemann

Judicial Jackpots: Investing in Lawsuits and Regulating Litigation Finance, Patrick Calhoun Jr.

July 2025 Louisiana Bar Exam, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions

Limiting Liability for Negligently Inflicted Emotional Distress Absent Physical Harm in Louisiana: Moresi Revisited and Misapplied in Spencer v. Valero, James Étienne Viator and Aubrey Dawn Rector

Louisiana’s Neverland: Alternatives to Revising the Public Trust Doctrine Informed by Promising Tales of Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust, Madeline Kraus

Louisiana, the Potential Safe-Haven for Creators of Artificial Intelligence: Louisiana’s Response to Thaler v. Perlmutter, Graham Core

“Newcomer” Injunctions—Quia Timet Plus, David Capper

No.55 - December 2024, Center of Civil Law Studies

No.56 - July 2025, Center of Civil Law Studies

“Oh No! It’s a UMO!”: An Overview of Unleased Mineral Owner Issues, Katherine "Katie" Smith Baker

Operation Lone Star: Texas Fights Preemption with Bold Moves Vying for Control Over Immigration, Christina M. Ryan

Part-Time One Percenters: The Constitutionality of Louisiana’s Justice of the Peace Fee System, Kaleb Delatte

Paved with the Best Intentions: How Congress’s Attempt to Protect Minors Leads to Doctrinal and Policy Nightmares, Kassie M. Prater

Preventing the Police from Using Private Information Obtained Through an Unlawful Search – An Australian Perspective, Sirko Harder

Race-Neutral Admissions Plans in K-12 Schools and the Next Legal Battle, Suzanne E. Eckes

Remedies in the Social Media Context: “Calling Out” Design Appropriation, Nyssa Bull, Robyn Carroll, Janie McCutcheon, and Fiona McGaughey

Reorienting Climate Law and Economics: Carbon Recovery Fees Versus Climate Industrial Policy and the Problem of Social Cost of Carbon Pricing, Carter F. Smith

Rethinking Structural Injunctions in State Constitutional Litigation, Jonathan L. Marshfield

Risky Business: Should Louisiana Adopt a Jurisdictional Consent Statute After Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.?, Madelyn Graves

School Walls or Church Halls? Navigating Religion in Louisiana’s Classrooms, Will Wood

Sex Education in the United States: The Benefits of Mandatory Inclusion of Consent and Sex Crime Education, Mary C. Langley

Should Owners of American Land Be . . . American? An Examination of the Global Implications of U.S. Agricultural Land Ownership and the Need for a Federal Regulation, Mattie Zepernick

Stop the Cap: A Constitutional Examination of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act’s Damages Cap 50 Years After Its Passage, Jack Ducote

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The Calm After the Storm: The Louisiana Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act and Its Effect on Future Storm Recovery, Nathan Jagot

The Case Against E-Waste in the Bayou State: Proposing E-Waste Recycling Legislation in Louisiana, Elizabeth Bueche

The Greater Burden: Mapping the Lines on the Servient Estate, Martha Thibaut

The Janus-Faced 1825 Civil Code: Legal Professionalism While Looking Backwards into the Horrific Past and Glancing Forward into the Future, Michael H. Rubin

The Louisiana Constitution and the Courts of Westminster: Standing and the Civil Law Heritage, Helen Hershkoff and Adam Littlestone-Luria

The Nonprobate “Civil” War in Louisiana, Part I: PODs and TODs, OMG!, Ronald J. Scalise Jr.

The Split Scores: An Examination of the Decision to Split High School Athletics in Louisiana, Taylor C. Guice

The Texas Two-Step and Rights of First Refusal: How Courts Should Interpret Preferential Rights Provisions in Stock Transfer Transactions, Isabelle Rowan

The U.K. High Potential Individual (HPI) Visa: Potentials and Drawbacks for Foreign-Born Students, Nicolas P. Garon

U.S. Copyright Law Is Fashionably Late to Regulating IP Compliance in the Fashion Industry, Susannah Theus

Usufruct Issues in Mineral Leasing and CCUS Agreements, Margaret Patton

“Waive” Goodbye to Special Treatment: The Unconstitutionality of Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act in State of Ohio v. EPA and How Congress Can Fix It, Macy Heroman

Walking the Tightrope: Louisiana’s Attempt to Balance State Regulation Authority of Carbon Capture and Storage Projects with Local Parish Concerns, Sarah Miller

We Know About the Right to Bear Arms, But What About the Rights of Bears Ears, Brandon Andrews

What Is a Mineral in the Green Energy Age?, Jonathan J. Rose