LSU Law News
December 2019
Top LSU Law stories of 2019
December 19, 2019From student honors, awards and graduations to great work from our faculty and alumni, 2019 was full of big achievements at LSU Law. As we pause during the holiday season to spend time with family and friends before the start of yet another busy year, we want to thank you for your continued support of LSU Law and share our top 10 stories from 2019: National Champs! LSU Law students win Lefkowitz National Trademark Law Moot Court Competition LSU Law students Briana Falcon and Joe Heaton were crowned national champions at the Lefkowitz National Trademark Law Moot Court Competition at…
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LSU Law Dean Tom Galligan appointed LSU interim president
December 18, 2019Tom Galligan, dean of LSU Law and former president of Colby-Sawyer College, has been appointed LSU interim president while the LSU Board of Supervisors conducts a national search to replace F. King Alexander, who has been named the next president of Oregon State University. "I am honored to have been selected as Interim President, I am excited about the opportunity to serve LSU during this time of transition, and I want to join the LSU community in celebrating the wonderful presidency of F. King Alexander and thanking him for his dedicated service," Galligan said. "The search for a permanent president…
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Holiday Closure
December 16, 2019The Law Library will be closed Tuesday, December 24, 2019 through Wednesday, January 1, 2020 for the holiday break, and will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2020. Check the Library Hours page for further information. Happy Holidays!
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LSU Law bids fond farewell to two of its longest-serving professors
December 3, 2019“I think I can take some credit for helping the law school build on what was rich and special about it before my time there,” he says. Since retiring, Costonis has finished up what may be his final two legal papers—one of which will be published by the Louisiana Law Review in the coming months—and embraced a much less hectic schedule than he used to keep. “Some people really struggle with retirement, but honest to god, I don’t mind having some free time for a change,” says the 82-year-old Boston native who plans to spend his retirement in Baton Rouge, which…
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Chancellor Emeritus John Costonis reflects on LSU Law tenure as he enters retirement
December 3, 2019In 2007, Costonis became Chancellor Emeritus and Judge Albert Tate and Rosemary Neal Hawkland Professor of Law in 2007. He taught courses in environmental law, historic preservation, land use law, law of the Louisiana coast, property, federal public land, and resources law until his retirement on June 30. Among the many accolades and awards he has received throughout his career, Costonis was presented the H.M. “Hub” Cotton Award for Faculty Excellence in 2018. The award recognizes an LSU faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research, administration, public service or any other outstanding contributions to the university. “He has…
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Professor Paul Baier gets surprise send-off at final class after 47 years at LSU Law
December 2, 2019The students in Professor Paul Baier’s final class were ready with a cake to surprise the professor with and celebrate his upcoming retirement, after 47 years at LSU Law and time at University of Michigan Law School and Tennessee College of Law prior to his arrival in Baton Rouge. What the students hadn’t anticipated was a Harvard tradition that momentarily postponed the surprise. As the end of class was drawing near and a video that Baier was showing it concluded, the professor—a 1969 Harvard Law School graduate—simply stood up, announced “class dismissed” and walked out of the classroom. After a…
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