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• Past Symposia
  • February 4, 2022 – Energy Transitions
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  • February 5, 2021 – Pollution Solutions
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  • January 24, 2020 – Navigating Legal Waters
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  • February 15, 2019 – Decommissioning From Shore to Offshore
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  • February 23, 2018 – Disruptive Technologies
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  • March 4, 2016 – Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Energy and Natural Resources
  • March 12-13, 2015 – An International Offshore Oil and Gas Comparison: UK, Norway, USA

Quote from Students and Faculty

Mahogane Reed

Class of 2016

"When comparing law schools, I was extremely concerned about not only the quality of my legal education, but also the amount of money I would end up paying for that education. I was accepted to multiple schools all over the country but stuck with LSU because I will graduate with a smaller amount of debt and will have received an excellent education."

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Did you know?

Ben Aguiñaga, a 2015 graduate of the LSU Law Center, was selected to serve as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for the 2018-19 term of the Court. Ben is the second LSU Law graduate to obtain a prestigious Supreme Court clerkship.

Symposium Materials

Panel 1 – The Impact and Implementation of Solar Energy and Grid-Scale Storage

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Panel 2 – Wind Energy and its Future in the Energy Market

• Is There a Future for Wind Energy in the Bayou State? The Answer, My Friend, is Blowin’ in the Wind – Professor Patrick S. Ottinger

Panel 3 – Fracking and LNG Exports

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Final Panel – The Vehicle of Tomorrow: Questions Surrounding Autonomous Vehicles

• Automated Driving and Product Liability – Bryant W. Smith
• Controlling Humans and Machines – Bryant W. Smith
• Select Legal Considerations for Shared Automative Driving – Bryant W. Smith
• Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the US – Bryant W. Smith

• Product Liability Issues in the U.S. and Associated Risk Management – Stephen S. Wu
• When Law and Ethics Collide with Autonomous Vehicles – Stephen S. Wu