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Robert “Bob” Force has influenced generations of lawyers in maritime law as a professor and legal icon, and after 54 years “the Force” is retiring, leaving an unmatched legacy at Tulane Law School.
After teaching thousands of students over 108 semesters – more if you include summer programming...
Tulane welcomes NBA All-Stars to campus for clinics, panel discussions (Update 2/7 schedule)
With the NBA All-Star Weekend just days away, Tulane University is preparing to welcome the NBA to its uptown campus for several days of activities, from panel discussions with front office executives to basketball clinics for local school children.
“We are excited to be part of the NBA All-Star... Read more February 14, 2017
Immigration ban disruptive, hard to defend, experts at Tulane say
The Trump administration’s hasty immigration crackdown has panicked families, sent dangerous signals to the rest of the world and burdened lawyers trying to defend the executive actions, lawyers and scholars said at a Tulane University Law School discussion Feb. 8.
“How do you create the most chaos... Read more February 09, 2017
Tulane Law Connection Feb. 2017: From the Dean’s Suite
Athanassios Yiannopoulos was known by many names. “Thanassi” to his friends, he was “Yippy” to generations of his students. To many colleagues in Weinmann Hall he was, quite simply, “the Great One.”
Yiannopoulos, who passed away on Feb. 1, joined Tulane’s faculty in 1979, lured away from LSU by... Read more February 06, 2017
Immersion course builds first-year law students’ business savvy
On Day One, the law students plunged into value chains, business models and corporate financial statements. Over a week of team exercises and working lunches, they explored funding mechanisms, merger pitfalls, client service and risk management. On the fifth day, they pitched an airline’s corporate... Read more February 05, 2017
Sports Law Director Feldman named first Sher Garner Faculty Scholar
The salary haggling over Oakland Athletics pitcher Sonny Gray and Raiders quarterback Derek Carr echoing at Tulane Law School in January wasn’t about favorite players or fantasy teams. It was the focus of signature sports law competitions designed to improve students’ research, writing, critical... Read more February 05, 2017
Immigration law expert Hlass joins Tulane faculty at key juncture
Laila Hlass found working with children through an immigration clinic the “most meaningful part of my law school experience.”
Because the work proved so formative, most of her career since then has involved helping immigrants with legal needs and teaching law students to assist vulnerable... Read more February 05, 2017
Fulbright grant provides close-up view of Indian bankruptcy reforms
When Professor Adam Feibelman received a Fulbright fellowship in March 2016, he envisioned spending the fall semester studying India’s nearly forgotten personal bankruptcy law dating to British rule of that country.
But by May, the Indian Parliament, in an effort to boost India’s economy and its... Read more February 03, 2017
Louisiana scoundrels jazz up civil law study
Some 200 Tulane University Law School students and faculty turned out Jan. 27 for Professor Vernon Palmer’s “Corruption Tour,” sponsored by the Civil Law Society.
The annual event starts at the majestic Roosevelt hotel in New Orleans Central Business District, where Gov. Huey P. Long supposedly... Read more February 03, 2017
Tulane Law hosts forum on immigration executive order Feb. 8
Tulane University Law School and the International Law Society are hosting a Feb. 8 panel discussion on the impact and implications of the Jan. 27 executive order temporarily barring U.S. entry to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.
“Implications of Executive Action on Immigration” is... Read more February 03, 2017
Tulane mourns civil law legend Yiannopoulos
Tulane University Law School lost one of its most vivacious faculty members Feb. 1, civil law legend A.N. Yiannopoulos.
The Eason-Weinmann Chair Emeritus, Yiannopoulos reshaped major parts of Louisiana’s civil code and helped shape generations of students. He joined the Tulane Law faculty in 1979... Read more February 01, 2017
Tulane Environmental Law Clinic snags win in red snapper case
With her final year of law school approaching, Michelle Felterman (L ’17) last summer agreed with her father on graduation gift: a charter-fishing excursion.
So it was a bit serendipitous when the first case she undertook as a student-attorney in Tulane’s Environmental Law Clinic had her... Read more February 01, 2017
Externs’ law library tour includes dose of Wisdom
As part of a lecture on advanced legal research strategies, Tulane Law Library Director and Professor James Duggan gave students in the judicial externship seminar a tour of the Judge John Minor Wisdom Room.
They saw, among other things, a collection of mail the late jurist received in response... Read more February 01, 2017
Leadership, coaching and accepting adversity
By Claire Davenportnewwave@tulane.edu
Marc Trestman is best known for his career coaching professional football, yet few knew that he was once an aspiring lawyer. On Jan. 26, the Tulane Sports Law Program presented a talk by Trestman at the Tulane University Law School about the impact of his law... Read more January 30, 2017
Tulane Law Hall of Fame to honor seven alumni March 24
Tulane Law School Hall of Fame - 2017 Inductees
Tulane Law School celebrates seven exemplary leaders of the legal profession – including a quartet of distinguished judges spanning more than five decades of service - with induction into the Tulane Law School Hall of Fame for 2017.
The honorees... Read more January 27, 2017
Marc Trestman, a coach and lawyer whose three decades in pro football include leading the Chicago Bears of the National Football League and the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes, will discuss leadership, teamwork and other life lessons Jan. 26 at 4:30 p.m. at Tulane Law School's... Read more