The 1825 Louisiana Civil Code turns 200 years old this year. To commemorate the Civil Code’s bicentennial, Professor Ronald J. Scalise Jr. will examine the development and history of the Civil Code, as well as the Code’s enduring legacy into the present day.
Speaker
Ronald J. Scalise Jr. is the John Minor Wisdom Professor of Civil Law at Tulane University Law School. Professor Scalise writes extensively on civil and comparative law topics, particularly the law of successions, donations, and trusts. He currently serves as the editor for Thomson Reuters’s annual edition of the Louisiana Civil Code as well as the author for the annual updates for six volumes in the Louisiana Civil Law Treatise series on property, obligations, and trusts. His awards include the “2015 Leadership in Law Award” by New Orleans City Business, the Felix Frankfurter Award for law teaching in 2018 and 2024, and the 2018 John Minor Wisdom Award for the best civil law article published in the Tulane Law Review. Professor Scalise has served on numerous law reform projects and on those related to the betterment of the legal profession on both the national and local level. Professor Scalise has served as member of the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association on three separate occasions (2013-2015, 2017-2019, and 2021-2023) and as a member of the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization (2011-2017), including in positions as both Chair and Vice Chair of the Board. He currently serves as the Reporter for the Louisiana State Law Institute’s Successions and Donations Committee, the Trust Code Committee, the Prescription Committee, and the Committee on Aleatory Contracts/Signification.
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