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Tulane Law Professor Amy Gajda's latest book has been named by editors at The New York Times as one of the year’s best, one of the newspaper’s “100 Notable Books for 2022.”
Gajda’s “Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy” traces the origins and evolution of legal... 
Call for nominations for inaugural Black Law Alumni awards
Tulane Law School is calling for nominations from alumni for three major awards celebrating the leadership and impact of Black alumni, all of which will be presented during the 2023 Black Law Alumni Reunion.
Nominations must be made by Black Tulane Law alumni, and the recipients will be honored... Read more November 24, 2022
Law alum who helped create Louisiana Climate Action Plan: Don't overlook public service
Back in 2013, Harry Vorhoff was a third-year Tulane Law student who knew he wanted to practice environmental law but was unsure of where he would land after graduation.
That spring he was the Speaker Chair of the Environmental Law and Policy Summit, the law school’s premier conference in the field... Read more November 16, 2022
The Women's Prison Project, Tulane’s innovative partnership between its Domestic Violence Clinic and the Criminal Justice Clinic, has had seven clients who were serving life without parole sentences go home to their families.
Through a combination of pre-trial, post-conviction, and pardon cases,... Read more 
Civil Rights clinic notches wins in battling housing discrimination
In the past year the Tulane Civil Rights and Federal Practice Clinic has represented clients in several cases alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act.
Although that law was passed more than 50 years ago, housing discrimination remains prevalent. A recent study conducted by the Louisiana... Read more November 14, 2022
Celebration of life for Dean Edward Sherman Nov. 18
Tulane Law School will host a celebration of the life of Dean Edward Sherman -- the school's 20th dean -- Friday, Nov. 18.
Sherman led the law school 1996 to 2001 and died in June at the age of 84. The event will take place at 4 p.m. in room 110 of the John Giffen Weinmann Hall, with a reception... Read more November 14, 2022
The 14-year-old had been charged with nine felonies, dating back to when he was 7. Although technically in the special education program in Orleans Parish for three years, with an IQ of about 60, he had received no instruction and was not attending school.
It’s exactly the kind of case that... Read more 
Partnership between the Criminal Justice Clinic and Tulane psychiatrists helps students and clients
Estimates suggest that at least 25 percent of people in jail suffer from serious mental illness, and understanding how to recognize and address the issue in court is an important skill for lawyers and judges working in the criminal legal system.
Ensuring that Tulane Law students are learning this... Read more November 11, 2022
Bernhard makes '360 Promise' to encourage Tulane students to enter energy industry
Bernhard announced this week a bold commitment to hire 360 Tulane University graduates over the next three decades. Dubbed the “360 Promise,” the program is a partnership between Bernhard and the Tulane Energy Institute, a world-renowned component of Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business. The... Read more November 09, 2022
Tulane honors law faculty for research, scholarship and achievements in their field
Tulane Law faculty were honored recently as part of the university’s Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Achievement Awards which honor the impact Tulanians have on advancing knowledge in science, engineering, health, education, the arts, the humanities and other academic fields.
Law Professors... Read more November 08, 2022
Tulane’s 2022 Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards were presented on Nov. 4 at the Higgins Hotel in New Orleans. The awards are given annually “to honor outstanding scholars and to recognize exceptional research achievement and impact on advancing knowledge in science, engineering... Read more
When EPA Chief Michael Regan began a listening tour to address systemic environmental injustices across the U.S., his journey took him to Louisiana – and to the clients, students and faculty of the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic.
Regan dedicated fully half of the four-day “Journey to Justice”... Read more 
Jarod Davis graduated Tulane Law School in 2005 with a Juris Doctor, but to the dismay of his parents, he didn’t head to the courtroom.
Instead, he entered the public policy arena working for Dow Inc. where he rose through the ranks to become the multinational company’s Director of U.S. Policy... Read more 
From the EPA to the Arbor Day Foundation, students make most of their green summers
Each summer, Tulane Law students interested in environmental law head off to all the corners of the country (and occasionally, the globe), to get skills training in the field. These “green summers” provide a foundation that often becomes the nexis that launches the next generation of environmental... Read more November 04, 2022
Professor Palmer will give 2022 Eason Weinmann Lecture Nov. 17
Tulane Law School will hold its annual Eason Weinmann Lecture on International and Comparative Law Nov. 17, this year hosting law Professor Vernon Valentine Palmer, who is one of the world's leading scholars in the field of comparative law.
The event begins at 5 p.m. in the law school's John... Read more November 01, 2022
Maritime Law Center marks 40th anniversary
Since its founding in 1982 under the guidance of Professor Robert Force, the Maritime Law Center has graduated hundreds of students and firmly entrenched Tulane as a global behemoth in maritime law.
In its 40 years, Tulane’s maritime law program has become the best in the world, its scholarly... Read more November 01, 2022