The famous English comparatist Harold Gutteridge, observing that few American schools had developed comparative law studies by 1949, nevertheless noted that “in the United States, the Tulane University of Louisiana has been recognized as the centre of comparative study, and the Tulane Law Review is largely devoted to the publication of articles of interest to comparative lawyers.”
This is still the case today. In fact, our role as a central player in international law continues to expand. Tulane Law School has earned international stature through longstanding excellence, sureness of purpose and years of commitment to worthwhile endeavor. Tulane Law School entered into international legal training more than 160 years ago, and it has achieved preeminence in this field.
No other school or faculty rivals ours in international reputation. We wrote the first book on comparative law in the United States. We established the first U.S. curriculum in civil law. Our law review was the first to focus on civil and comparative law. And in 2002, a survey published in the American Journal of Comparative Law named Tulane the top program in comparative law worldwide.
