Past Journal Issues
Volume 25.2
Spring 2024
RACE, POLITICS, AND REDEMPTION: AN INVESTIGATION INTO VIRGINIA’S DEATH PENALTY REPEAL | Written by Michael L. Radelet
THE RIGHT TO CLEAN WATER: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AND A PROPOSAL FOR WATER REGULATION REFORM | Written by Kaylin Guillory Makowsky
COVID-19: A XENOPHOBIC PANDEMIC — A GUIDE TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES DIRECTED TOWARDS ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS | Written by Taylor Smith
ALTERNATIVES TO APPLYING THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE TO SOCIAL MEDIA: AMENDING SECTION 230 AND REVIVING THE PUBLIC INTEREST STANDARD WITHIN THE FCC | Written by Kristian A. Caruso
Volume 25:1
Fall 2023
TWO THEORIES OF PROPERTY CONTRASTED | Written by: Jason Mays
ASIAN AMERICANS: PAWNS IN NEGATING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION | Written by: Anna Nguyen
REALIZING THE MUSIC: A STATUTORY AMENDMENT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO COPYRIGHT FOR MUSICIANS | Written by: Tristan K. Diermann
THE NOT-SO-NATURAL DISASTER: CONSTRUCTING AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS BY COLLAPSING INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS | Written by: T. Alexander Hartford
UNDERSTANDING FACTUAL INNOCENCE IN LOUISIANA POST-ARTICLE 926.2: FREESTANDING OR FREE FALLING? | Written by: Sophie Squire
Volume 24:2
Spring 2023
SWEEPING AWAY SURVIVAL: HOW ANTI-HOMELESS LAWS INFRINGE ON THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO SURVIVE | Written by: Lauren J. Hall
AIN’T DERE NO MORE: HOW ADDRESSING EQUITY GAPS IN LOUISIANA PROPERTY LAW CAN MITIGATE THE GENTRIFICATION OF NEW ORLEANS | Written by: Paige Franckiewicz
PROPERTY RICH AND MONEY POOR: AN ANALYSIS OF THE UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIRS’ PROPERTY ACT AND DISCUSSION OF ITS BENEFITS THROUGH A NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION | Written by: Elise Gibbens
THE FEDERAL FIASCO OF LABELING: WHY THE NATIONAL BIOENGINEERED FOOD DISCLOSURE STANDARD NEEDS TO BE ALTERED IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE ISSUES IT PURPORTS TO ADDRESS | Written by: Asia Allen
Volume 24:1
Fall 2022
LIBERTY UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION: WHY THE COURT SHOULD USE THE PERSONAL DIGNITY AND AUTONOMY TEST | Written by: Jack I. Primack
NOWHERE TO HYDE FROM CLIMATE CRISES: A PROPOSAL TO ENACT A FOURTH EXCEPTION TO THE HYDE AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE ABORTION FUNDING FOR SURVIVORS OF MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS | Written by: Sarah deQuay
A DREAM COME TRUE: DACA RECIPIENTS, THE EXCLUSION THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM RECEIVING HEALTH CARE, AND THE REMEDIES NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEM | Written by: Mindy Parker
SPINNING TALES OF FINANCIAL EXIGENCY: THE SUBVERSION OF TENURE CONTRACTS | Written by: Mary Catena
Volume 23:2
Spring 2022
The Death Penalty Across the Mason-Dixie Line: A Comparison of Capital Punishment in Louisiana and Ohio
Exposing Flagrantly Inhumane Uses of Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Detention: A Case Study on Louisiana’s Pine Prairie Ice Processing Center
Remixing the Music Modernization Act with Fan-Powered Royalties & Harmonizing the Industry for All
The Sound of Racial Disparity: A Copyright Law and the Black Musician
The Exclusion of Public Legal Education from Mandatory and Aspirational State Pro Bono Service Requirements
Volume 23:1
Fall 2021
Covid Evictions: The Legality of National Eviction Moratoriums
Food for Thought: Expanding the Pandemic-EBT Program to Provide Emergency Food Assistance for All
Save Our Community Stages: How Providing Federal Relief to Community Theaters During Covid-19 Can Benefit All NonProfits
A Time for Just Reckoning? Temporalty, Law, and Transactional Justice in Changing Societies
Data, Deference, and Non-Disclosure: Shredding Light on Louisiana’s Deaths Behind Bars from 2015-2019
Volume 22:2
Spring 2021
Flood Victims Are At the Mercy of the Elements and of Their Insurers: The Case for An Improved National Flood Insurance Program
Louisiana SLAPPS Back: An Analysis of Louisiana’s Anti-SLAPP Law, It’s Ambiguity, and How the State Should Remedy It
The Case for Katz: The Importance of the Continued Application and Reform of the Katz Test in the 21st Century
Volume 22:1
Fall 2020
Bostock v. Clayton County and the Folly of Textualism: A Utah Case Study
An Examination of Anti Price Gouging Laws and Shortages
Internships: The Solution to Racial and Ethnic Discrepancy in the Legal Field
Coming to Peace with Police Interrogations: Abandoning the Reid Technique and Adopting the Peace Method
The College Admission Scandal: An Opportunity for Legislative Reform to Advance Equal Opportunity in the College Admissions Process
Volume 21:1
Fall 2019
An Analysis of the Economic Cost of Maintaing a Cpaital Punishment System in the Pelican State
Legal and Non-Legal Responses To Gendered Alcohol Marketing
A Criminal Law Reform in Louisiana and its Profound Impact on Battered Women Charged with Murder
Citizen-Initiated Referenda in Australia: Lessons from Norfolk Island