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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... 
Tulane Law students offering free tax preparation
The Tulane Law School Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax preparations to people who make $58,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns.
The clinic is run by Tulane... Read more March 02, 2022
Murphy Institute director joins Tulane Law affiliated faculty
Tulane Prof. Gary “Hoov” Hoover, the Executive Director of the Murphy Institute and an internationally-recognized scholar of economics, race and public policy, has been appointed an Affiliated Faculty Member of Tulane Law School.
Hoover came to Tulane last year, selected to lead the prestigious... Read more February 21, 2022
Tulane Law alumnae named to diplomatic posts
Two Tulane Law alumnae have been confirmed to ambassadorships within the Biden administration, and another has been appointed Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
Vicky Reggie Kennedy (NC ’76, L’79), formerly a senior counsel at Greenberg, Traurig, was confirmed as Ambassador... Read more February 08, 2022
Tulane Law student is 1st WWCDA Ruth Bader Ginsburg award recipient
Raised in rural Alabama, in part by her grandmother, third-year Tulane Law student Sara Wood experienced first-hand how low-income communities are denied access to justice solely because of their poverty.
She became the first college graduate in her family through sheer grit and hard work and is... Read more February 07, 2022
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