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  • March 1, 2024 – Louisiana’s Constitution at 50: The Past, Present, and Future of Louisiana’s Fundamental Law
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  • February 10, 2023 – Let’s Get Fiscal: Contemporary Considerations in Taxation and the Law
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  • February 11, 2022 – On the Basis of Sex: 50 Years of Title IX
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  • March 5, 2021 – The Impact of the 15th and the 19th Amendments on the 2020 Presidential Election
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  • January 31, 2020 – We The Jury
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  • February 1, 2019 – Criminal Justice Reform
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  • January 26, 2018 – The Fourteenth Amendment: 150 Years Later
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  • January 27, 2017 – Blurring Lines: Emerging Trends and Issues in Sports and Gaming Law
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  • March 18, 2016 – More than a Tradition: The Future of the Civil Law in Louisiana and Abroad
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  • January 22, 2016 – Throw Away the Key: Criminal Sentencing Reform in the 21st Century
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Program Description

The Louisiana Law Review’s 2016 symposium, Throw Away the Key: Criminal Sentencing Reform in the 21^st Century, will be held Friday, January 22, 2016, in the McKernan Auditorium at the LSU Law Center. The symposium is co-sponsored by the LSU Law Center and the Pugh Institute for Justice.

In this Symposium, the LSU Law Center and experts from across the nation will gather to discuss sentencing reform on a state and national level. Please join us as we consider the history behind the current Louisiana state and federal guidelines for sentencing, examine what those systems have achieved, and offer new and innovative perspectives on sentencing practices.

Registration is required. The registration deadline is January 15, 2016 at 4:00pm. This symposium is brought to you free of charge.  Seven hours of CLE credit for Louisiana and Texas.

About the Louisiana Law Review

Since 1938, the Louisiana Law Review has served as Louisiana’s flagship legal journal and has become a vibrant forum for scholarship in comparative and civil law topics, just as Dean Paul M. Hebert predicted. The Law Review currently ranks in the top 200 student-edited journals, and among the top 100 journals for the highest number of cases citing to a law review.