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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...
Realize it or not, American consumers rely heavily on maritime industry: for that French designer purse, those tropical bananas for breakfast, the made-in-China party favors and much more. And U.S. companies ship tons of products across the globe by sea.
But it’s not just about moving goods: ships... Read more
Tulane Law alumni invited to San Francisco reception Jan. 4
Tulane Law School alumni and friends are invited to a Jan. 4 reception in San Francisco at the offices of Morrison & Foerster, 425 Market St.
The event, at 6:30-8:30 p.m. is hosted by Morrison & Foerster partner Bernie Pistillo (L ’81), a federal tax law specialist and member of the Tulane... Read more January 02, 2017
Tulane Law scholars share expertise in China
Dean David Meyer and a contingent of Tulane Law professors are in China this week for the 8th annual Zhejiang-Yale-Tulane Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence.
This is Tulane Law’s third year to partner with Yale Law School and Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School to bring... Read more December 08, 2016
Tulane summer abroad focuses on legal issues of refugees
The mass migration of people seeking safety or a better life is a thread running through human history: it connects settlers of the American West, Irish who landed on the U.S. East Coast, Cubans fearing persecution, Cambodians fleeing the deadly Khmer Rouge, Central Americans seeking economic... Read more December 02, 2016
Blessey Marine takes students inside shipping industry
What started as a two-person operation in Walter Blessey’s garage has grown over almost four decades into a 750-employee company that is one of the largest haulers of petroleum products, alcohols, lubricating oils, residual fuels and other products on the Mississippi River and inland waterways... Read more December 02, 2016
Lutz Fellowship expansion aids families hurt by floods
In the weeks since record floods overwhelmed the Baton Rouge region, hundreds of families struggling to put their lives back together are finding their recovery complicated by legal problems involving proof of property ownership, contractor fraud, landlord-tenant disputes and more.
Those with... Read more December 02, 2016
'We can either talk about it or be about it' from Tulane University on Vimeo.
From a chance conversation in March, Tulane Law School Class of 2016 members Robert Waldrup and Gary Crosby launched a project that promises to leave a lasting impact even as they move on to their legal... Read more
Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. (L ’61) to speak at 2011 Tulane Law School Commencement Ceremony, May 13, at 3pm
The Hon. Jacques L. Wiener Jr. (L '61), United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
The Honorable Jacques Loeb Wiener, Jr., a senior judge for the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and alum of Tulane University Law School’s class of 1961, will be the... Read more May 10, 2011
Future of Copyright Speaker Series Presents Comparative Law Scholar Jane Ginsburg of Columbia University, Feb. 10 at 1pm
The “Future of Copyright” Speaker Series presents
JANE C. GINSBERG
Thursday, February 10, 2011
1:00 p.m.
Tulane University Law School, Room 257
The “Future of Copyright” Speaker Series welcomes Professor
Jane C. Ginsburg
to Tulane Law School (Weinmann Hall, Room 257, 6329 Freret... Read more February 09, 2011
Tulane Law Students Offer Free Tax Help, Saturdays, 9am-4pm
Tulane University Law School students are helping low- to moderate-income individuals fill out their income tax forms for the 13th year in a row.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is a free service and available on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through April 9 in Room 151 of... Read more February 07, 2011
WATER LAW IN THE U.S. & BRAZIL
Climate Change and Two Approaches to Water Poverty
featuring
Rômulo
Sampaio
T
he Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) and Tulane Law School’s Payson Center for International Development invite you to... Read more
State holds Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Public Meeting at Law School, Nov. 18, 2:30 p.m.
Hosted by:
The State of Louisiana, in conjunction with the other Gulf Coast States and federal natural resource trustees, is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Louisiana’s lead... Read more November 16, 2010
Eason-Weinmann Lecture on Comparative Law features Prof. Jeffrey Jowell QC, Nov. 18, 5:00 p.m.
“EXPORTING DEMOCRACY: ABSOLUTES AND RELATIVES”
Professor Jeffrey Jowell QC
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010, 5:00 P.M.
TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
JOHN GIFFEN WEINMANN HALL • ROOM 110
Reception to follow in the Berkett Multipurpose Room
Professor Jowell
was... Read more November 10, 2010
Prof. Charles Debattista to deliver 2010 Tetley Maritime Law Lecture, Oct. 19, 6 p.m.
THE TULANE MARITIME LAW CENTER
invites you to attend the
WILLIAM TETLEY MARITIME LAW LECTURE SERIES
Address by
PROF. CHARLES DEBATTISTA
PROFESSOR IN COMMERCIAL LAW
FORMER DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF MARITIME LAW
SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY
BARRISTER, STONE CHAMBERS, LONDON
ARBITRATOR
“... Read more October 14, 2010
2010 Phelps Lecturer is Anita Allen of the University of Pennsylvania
The annual Phelps Lecture will be given this year by Anita L. Allen, Deputy Dean and Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Dean Allen's topic is “Veiled Women in the American Courtroom: Is the Niqab a Barrier to Justice?“ ... Read more September 17, 2010