Bicentennial Law Review Issue Presented to LASC

On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, Loyola New Orleans School of Law Dean Madeleine Landrieu formally presented a specially bound commemorative edition of the Loyola Law Review to the Louisiana Supreme Court. This special issue of the Loyola Law Review contains the lectures presented in commemoration of the bicentennial of the 1825 Louisiana Civil Code. In early 2024 The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society appointed John T. Oliver and Alan G. Brackett to chair the Steering Committee to Commemorate the Bicentennial of the 1825 Civil Code. The Committee planned commemorative events beginning in October 2024 and running through June 2025. The 2024 Fall Judges Conference reception on October 7, 2024 served as the kick-off event of the months-long commemoration. Ten outstanding CLE programs examining the 1825 Civil Code’s lasting impacts on modern Louisiana law featured well-known civil law scholars. These programs were held all around the state, in Shreveport, Monroe, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. All four of Louisiana’s law schools participated. LSU hosted a full conference, the International Conference on the Bicentennial of the Civil Code of Louisiana. Recordings of these presentations have been preserved and can be viewed on the Louisiana Supreme Court’s website here: https://www.lasc.org/1825CivilCode?p=CivilCodeEvents