LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources

08/12/2025

📢 Call for Articles!

JELR is currently seeking article submissions from LSU Law alumni practicing in energy, environmental, or natural resources law for our upcoming issue.

If you are interested in publishing or know someone who might be, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact us at [email protected] or reach out directly to Vol. XIV Senior Articles Editor, Isabella Lodrigue, at [email protected].

07/01/2025

JELR is proud to announce our newly selected Vol. XIV Junior Associates! ⚡️📗

We can’t wait to work with them this upcoming year and seeing all that they will contribute to the journal.

Congrats to all and !

06/18/2025

We’re thrilled to announce that JELR’s Volume XIII Issue II is now live on LSU Law Digital Commons!

Read it here: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/jelr/vol13/iss2/

This issue features articles by students: Madeline Kraus, Marissa Torres, Sarah Miller, Benton Marcotte, Macy Heroman, and practitioners: Ryan M. Seidemann, Delaney Reynolds, Jonathan J. Rose, Katherine "Katie" Smith Baker, and Margaret Patton

04/06/2025

Next up in our Spring 2025 blog series is Senior Associate Alexis Carmichael’s article, “The Rising Current of Climate Change Litigation.”

Municipalities across the U.S. are increasingly turning to the courts to hold Big Oil accountable for the environmental and economic impacts of fossil fuel emissions. Recent cases are raising key legal questions about climate-related liability and damages. With billions at stake, the question remains: How will courts balance corporate accountability with energy production?

To read more, check out Alexis’s full blog post at jelr.law.lsu.edu/blog/!

03/28/2025

JELR’s first blog post for spring 2025 is now LIVE! Kicking us off is Development Editor Ethan Dupree’s article titled “Finding the Remedy: Effects of Louisiana Mineral Code Article 11.”

Under Louisiana Mineral Code article 11, sellers must reserve their surface rights when retaining mineral interests. But what happens if the seller fails to specify those rights? Three potential remedies could apply, but without clear guidance from courts or lawmakers, the issue remains unsettled.

To read more on this developing legal issue, check out Ethan’s full blog post at jelr.law.lsu.edu/blog/!

03/11/2025

Board XIII is excited to announce Vol. XIV’s Best Note or Comment Award recipient: Addie Jones.

We are so proud and appreciative of your hard work this year Addie! Congrats!

03/10/2025

JELR is so excited to announce the Junior Associates whose papers were selected for publication in Volume XIV.

Our JAs all worked so hard this year and the Board was incredibly impressed by every paper submitted. Congrats!!

The students selected for publication are: Amber Clement, Matthew Delaney, Dane Eastman, Tharuka Fernando, Lily Jarreau, Addie Jones, Bella Lodrigue, Reese Kelso, Grace Richert, and Anna Trahan.

02/17/2025

We are so excited to announce that JELR’s Volume XIII Issue I is now live on LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center digital commons!

You can read it here: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/jelr/

Featured in this issue are articles by students: Mattie Zepernick, Asia Jackson, Isabelle Rowan, Brandon Andrews, and Elizabeth Bueche, and practitioners: Austin W. Brister and M. Alejandra Salas, Ryan M. Seidemann, Greg Giunta, and Carter F. Smith.

02/04/2025

Thank you to this year’s wonderful speakers and to our Senior Articles Editors for planning our symposium!

The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources held its annual symposium last Friday at the Law Center, where legal scholars from across the country discussed the role critical minerals will have in the energy sector.

Thank you to everyone who attended last week’s symposium and hats off to our students for planning an insightful event!

02/03/2025

Introducing JELR’s Volume XIV Editorial Board!

We are so proud of every candidate who applied, and we cannot wait to see what this board accomplishes next year. Congratulations to these Junior Associates!

01/30/2025

Our annual symposium is tomorrow!

Learn about our speakers here: https://law.lsu.edu/jelrsymposium/speakers/ and register here: https://law.lsu.edu/jelrsymposium/

The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources will discuss the important role critical minerals will play in the energy sector over the coming decades at its annual symposium “Critical Minerals” next Friday, Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the McKernan Auditorium at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. RSVP at law.lsu.edu/jelrsymposium.

Attorneys and practitioners in the energy, environmental science, geology, and supply chain management sectors are encouraged to attend. The event is free and open to the public, and CLE credit will be available!

Register today!

01/21/2025

Join us at our upcoming Symposium!

The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources presents "Critical Minerals: From Mining to Markets, Legal and Policy Challenges in the Global Race for Critical Minerals."

The Symposium will be held on Friday, Jan. 31 at 9 A.M. – 4 P.M. in the McKernan Auditorium at LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center!! It is free and open to the public and is approved for 5.25 CLE Credit Hours, so make sure to stop by!

Find out more and register here: https://law.lsu.edu/jelrsymposium/