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Tulane Law alumnus the Honorable Frank A. “Pappy” Little, Jr. (A&S ’58, L ‘61), who served on the federal bench for 22 years with distinction and was a pioneer in Louisiana trust law, has died. He was 87.
Little, who in 2023 was inducted into the Tulane Law School Hall of Fame, was retired... 
Myanmar reformer finds home-in-exile at Tulane Law
The last time legal activist Thyn Zar Oo saw her mother was in a crowded tea shop where they had to secretly meet in downtown Yangon in Myanmar (Burma).
Oo had been in hiding for months – moving with her children from safe house to safe house, fleeing the military junta that toppled the... Read more January 31, 2022
Distinguished Tulane Law alumnus Judge Martin Feldman has died
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, a Tulane Law alumnus who spent nearly four decades on the federal bench and left his mark on dozens of landmark cases, has died, two days shy of his 88th birthday.
Feldman (A&S ‘55, L’57), a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of... Read more January 27, 2022
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
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 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
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 
Prof. Westley receives Provost's Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
He is an internationally renowned scholar on reparations and the constitutional guarantee of equality and a mentor to Tulane Law students delving into the intersection of race and the law for more than 25 years.
For his commitment to addressing profound contemporary and historic social... Read more November 04, 2021
Nov. 15: Celebrating the life of Prof. Robert Sloan
Together with his family, Tulane Law School will celebrate the life of Prof. Robert Sloan, a Senior Research Fellow at the Tulane Center for Energy Law who died last year of a rare form of brain cancer.
The event will take place at 5 p.m. Nov. 15 at the law school’s John Giffen Weinmann Hall, 6329... Read more November 01, 2021