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President Biden has nominated Tulane Law alumna Nancy Gbana Abudu (L’99) to serve as a judge on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, becoming the first African-American woman to serve on the court.
Abudu, the daughter of immigrants from Ghana, is deputy legal director and interim director for... 
Tulane study: Louisiana's severe air pollution linked to dozens of cancer cases each year
Exposure to high levels of toxic air pollution is estimated to cause 85 cancer cases per year in Louisiana, according to a Tulane Law peer-reviewed study published today in Environmental Research Letters.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, compared... Read more January 13, 2022
President Biden has nominated Tulane Law alumna Nancy Gbana Abudu (L’99) to serve as a judge on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, becoming the first African-American woman to serve on the court.
Abudu, the daughter of immigrants from Ghana, is deputy legal director and interim director for... Read more 
Tulane Law School Launches 3 Awards Celebrating Black Alumni
Tulane Law School is launching three major new awards celebrating the leadership and impact of Black alumni.
The Deans Kramer & Clayton Award for Leadership in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will be presented to Tulane Law alumni in recognition of exemplary impact in advancing the cause of... Read more January 10, 2022
She credits her exceptional career success to the legal foundations she gained at Tulane Law and her advocacy skills born during her time in the Moot Court Program.
Of course, that was waaay back, long before alumna Angela Paolini Ellard (NC '82, G '83, L '86), an internationally recognized expert... Read more 
Tulane Law awarded diversity pipeline grant
Tulane Law School is one of four law schools nationwide awarded a $100,000 grant to launch a new prelaw pipeline program for minority college students planning to attend law school.
The competitive LSAC Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program grants are awarded annually by the Law School... Read more December 08, 2021
Palmer hailed as one of world’s top comparative law scholars
Tulane Law Professor Vernon Palmer has been named one of the leading scholars of the world’s legal systems by the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL).
Palmer joins a select few international scholars – and the only American – honored as “Five Great Comparatists” for his landmark... Read more December 02, 2021
Last spring, a month after applying to Tulane Law School, Rowan Bienes was in an Arlington-area hospital, heading into the operating room to remove one of her kidneys.
That morning, the staff at the Inova Fairfax Kidney Transplant Center lined the hallways as Bienes was wheeled by, clapping, and... Read more 
Student looks to create a legacy symposium for women in sports law
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Snyder lives for college sports.
So, it’s not that far-fetched that she would enter law school and seek out Tulane Law’s nationally-recognized sports law program or take a leadership role in the Tulane Sports Law Society or co-chair the Women in Sports Law Symposium.
“I’ve... Read more November 20, 2021
Tulane Law Prof. Jeremy Bock named to new professorship in intellectual property law
Tulane Law Associate Professor Jeremy Bock has been named the inaugural holder of the newly endowed Alan and Louise Fisch Early Career Professorship in Law.
The new Fisch Professorship, created through an endowed gift, will support early-career faculty scholarship in intellectual property law,... Read more November 16, 2021
Six women are free because of the Tulane Women's Prison Project
In each case a woman used deadly force to defend herself against intimate partner violence or sexual assault and survived. Each faced the same legal fate: life without the possibility of parole.
Now, thanks to Tulane’s Women’s Prison Project, six survivors of gender-based violence unjustly serving... Read more November 16, 2021
Tulane Law Professor Martin Davies, director of the Maritime Law Center, will be awarded a Doctor of Civil Law degree by Oxford University, law Dean David Meyer announced.
The Doctor of Civil Law degree is considered to be a “higher doctorate” degree at Oxford and is awarded to scholars of rare... Read more 
Tulane hosts dialogue on ESG in securities disclosures
Increasingly, companies and investors are using ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) factors as part of their financial analysis to identify both risks and opportunities.
Tulane Law is partnering with the Washington & Lee Law School and the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan... Read more November 10, 2021
Tulane Law student wins ABA writing prize in aviation and space law
He’s been flying airplanes since high school, so it’s not surprising Tulane Law student J. Michael Brown (L’23) has an interest in aviation law.
What is remarkable, however, is that he took that interest and landed the top prize in a writing competition hosted by the American Bar Association’s... Read more November 09, 2021
Tulane scholars honored at first Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards ceremony
The Office of Research held the first Tulane University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards on Thursday, Nov. 4, to honor outstanding Tulane scholars and recognize their exceptional research.
The awards ceremony was held at the Higgins Hotel in downtown New Orleans with Meg... Read more November 05, 2021
Few people have had a greater influence on maritime law than Tulane Law Professor Bob Force.
As Professor Martin Davies, Director of the Tulane Maritime Law Center, puts it: “Bob’s name is known wherever maritime law is studied.”
Force is a giant in maritime law, and that’s not hyperbole. Both... Read more