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Professor Moréteau Inducted into the French Republic’s Prestigious Ordre des Palmes Académiques

On Thursday, Feb. 9, three LSU faculty members were inducted into the French Republic’s prestigious Ordre des Palmes Academiques, or the Order of the French Academic Palms. The award recognizes both foreigners and French who promote French education and culture. … Continue reading

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Louisiana Legal History at Tulane and LSU

On Friday, November 4, 2016, The Portalis Society, The Eason Weinmann Center, and The Tulane Law School organized an international conference in New Orleans on Early Louisiana and Her Spanish World: Legal Tradition, Laws and Customs in Luisiana and the Floridas. Two of … Continue reading

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The Louisiana Civil Code is Now Entirely Available in French

July 4th, 2016, marked the United States’ 240th anniversary. Today, July 5th, is an important day at LSU Law: We welcome Thomas Galligan as our new Dean; We wish Professor Emeritus Robert A. Pascal a Happy 101st Birthday; and We congratulate the CCLS … Continue reading

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LSU Law Welcomes Dean Thomas Galligan

Thomas C. Galligan was the president of Colby-Sawyer College, New Hampshire. Prior to this, he served as dean and the Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he also taught torts and admiralty. … Continue reading

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Congratulations to the LL.M. Class of 2016

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LSU Law to Host the Juris Diversitas 4th Annual Conference

JURIS DIVERSITAS 4th ANNUAL CONFERENCE  30 May to June 1, 2016 LSU Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Unity and/or Diversity An International, Interdisciplinary Conference on Comparative Law Unité ou diversité Colloque international et interdisciplinaire de droit comparé Co-sponsored by Louisiana … Continue reading

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LL.M. Class visits the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge

Marina Biragova, LL.M. Candidate 2016, reports: The trip to the 19th JDC was a complete success: students were very excited to observe American civil procedure. We attended a jury trial  and LL.M. students were introduced to the judge during the … Continue reading

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French Consul General Grégor Trumel Receives LSU Law French visitors

Dr. Enrica Bracchi and Dr. Dominique Garreau, Associate Professors at the University of Nantes, are visiting at LSU Law from April 5 to April 15. Dr. Garreau is the founder and head of the Nantes Master’s program in Trilingual Legal … Continue reading

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French Ambassador to Speak at LSU

LSU will host the Hon. Gérard Araud, France’s Ambassador to the United States on February 23rd. The entire campus community is invited to attend his lecture, “France In An Unstable World” at 11 am in the French House. To register, please … Continue reading

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LSU Law will Host the Juris Diversitas Annual Conference

Juris Diversitas was founded in 2007 as an international, interdisciplinary community for the study of legal and normative mixtures and movements. Originally composed of comparative law scholars, the group has opened interdisciplinary conversations with anthropologists, geographers, historians, philosophers, economists, linguists, sociologists, both within the … Continue reading

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