Kathryn Venturatos Lorio

Leon Sarpy Professor of Law
B.A., 1970, Newcomb College of Tulane University (magna cum laude); J.D., 1973, Loyola University New Orleans.

Prior to joining the Loyola law faculty, Professor Lorio practiced law with the firm of Deutsch, Kerrigan and Stiles in New Orleans. Her teaching and scholarly interests are in the areas of family law and the civil law of successions and donations. She has lectured and published extensively on the legal treatment of alternative reproductive techniques. She has served as Chair of the Section on Women and the Law of the Association of American Law Schools. She is active in law reform on the national level as a member of the American Law Institute, and in Louisiana as a member of the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute. Professor Lorio has taught with the Tulane Summer Abroad Program in Greece and the Loyola Summer Legal Studies Program in Austria, and has lectured in Paris and at the International Bar Association Conference in Berlin. During the 1996-1997 academic year, Professor Lorio served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

E-mail: lorio@loyno.edu
Office Phone: 504-861-5672

Publications

Books:

• Textbook - Louisiana Successions, Donations and Trusts: Cases and Materials, Claitors Publishing Co., 2002.
• Textbook - Louisiana Successions, Donations and Trusts: Cases and Materials, Lupus Publishing Co., 2001.
• "The Changing Face of Forced Heirship: A New Louisiana Creation," in Louisiana: Microcosm of a Mixed Jurisdiction, ed. by Vernon Palmer (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1999). Pages 181-211.
• "Disputes Involving Trusts: The Louisiana Experience,” an updated version of "Louisiana Trusts: The Experience of a Civil Law Jurisdiction with the Trust," 42 La. L. Rev. 1721 (1982), in Disputes Involving Trusts, ed. by Nedim Peter Vogt (Basile, Switzerland: Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag AG, 1999).
• Louisiana Civil Law Treatise: Successions and Donations, with Swaim (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1995). 542 pages, Updated with supplements 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
• Louisiana Successions and Donations, Materials and Cases, 2nd Edition, with Swaim (Austin, TX: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1992). 693 pages.
• Louisiana Successions and Donations, Materials and Cases, with Swaim (Austin, TX: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1985). 623 pages.

Articles:

• “The Louisiana Civil Law Tradition: Archaic or Prophetic in the Twenty-First Century?”, 63 La. L. Rev. 1 (2002)
• “Special Feature In Recognition of Professor Marcel Garsaud Jr.’s Retirement”, 48 Loy. L. Rev. 403 (2002)
• "The Process of Regulating Assisted Reproductive Technologies: What We Can Learn From Our Neighbors - What Translates and What Does Not," 45 Loy. L. Rev. 247-268 (1999).
• "In Memoriam: Professor William Crowe," 44 Loy. L. Rev. 216-217 (1998).
• "From Cradle to Tomb: Estate Planning Considerations of the New Procreation," 57 La. L. Rev. 27-53 (1996).
• "Forced Heirship: The Citadel Has Fallen -- Or Has It?", 44 La. B.J. 16-19 (1996).
• "Roman Sources and Constitutional Mandates: The Alpha and Omega of Louisiana Laws on Concubinage and Natural Children," 56 La. L. Rev. 317-335 (1995).
• "A Comparative Look at the Legal Treatment of New Reproductive Technologies," 81 Women Law. J. 6-9 (Dec. 1994).
• "Constitutionality Under Louisiana Constitution Article XII, Section 5," pages 412-420 of "The New Forced Heirship Legislation: A Regrettable Revolution," 50 La. L. Rev. 409 (1990). Other sections authored by Spaht, Picou, Samuel and Swaim.
• "In Memoriam: Elyce Zenoff," 57 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 4-5 (1988).
• "In Vitro Symposium: Introduction," 32 Loy. L. Rev. 311-316 (1986).
• "Alternative Means of Reproduction: Virgin Territory for Legislation," (Family Law Symposium) 44 La. L. Rev. 1641-1676 (1984).
• "What We Know, What We Think We Know, and What We Don't Know About Women Law Professors," with Elyce Zenoff, 25 Ariz. L. Rev. 869-905 (1983).
• "In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer: Fertile Areas for Litigation," 35 Sw. L.J. 973-1011 (1982).
• "Louisiana Trusts: The Experience of a Civil Law Jurisdiction with the Trust," 42 La. L. Rev. 1721-1739 (1982).
• Book Review. The New Family and the New Property, by Glendon, 28 Loy. L. Rev. 373-377 (1982).
• "Concubinage and Its Alternatives: A Proposal for a More Perfect Union," 26 Loy. L. Rev. 1-30 (1980).
• "Succession Rights of Illegitimates in Louisiana," 24 Loy. L. Rev. 1-32 (1978).
• Comment. "Providing for Illegitimates -- Workmen's Compensation," 19 Loy. L. Rev. 242-260 (1973).

Updated March 3, 2005