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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... 
Max Nathan (L'60), icon, scholar, friend, has died
Almost everything about Max Nathan was larger than life.
When he practiced law, he became one of the nation’s leading estate planning attorneys. As a scholar, he studied Shakespeare and founded a festival in New Orleans to honor the bard. As an educator, he went all in, teaching generations of... Read more August 25, 2021
Law alumna and civic leader Cheryl Teamer, who rose from the ranks of law student to lead the legislative affairs office of former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, has died.
Teamer was 58.
A 1989 Tulane Law graduate, Teamer was a long-time fixture in New Orleans’ political circles, having worked in... Read more 
Four receive law school Staff Excellence Award
They are the people of Tulane Law that make student and faculty life a little smoother, who assist in programs that help the public or simply keep our building running.
Each year, Tulane Law recognizes the work of staff with the Staff Excellence Award, to honor those whose work – often behind-the-... Read more August 10, 2021
A scholar whose work focuses on the inequalities of the justice system, particularly in rural criminal systems, has joined Tulane Law as a full-time faculty member.
Prof. Maybell Romero joins the law school as the Felder-Fayard Associate Professor of Law and will hold a one-year appointment as the... Read more 
Prof. Lipton to lead faculty research at Tulane Law
Tulane Law Prof. Ann Lipton has been named Associate Dean for Faculty Research.
An ambitious and entrepreneurial scholar, Lipton’s sharp eye for emerging issues and her exceptional command of theory, doctrine and empirical methods has placed her research at the leading edge of her field.
“As a... Read more July 26, 2021
Tulane Law faculty moves: Jupiter named Associate Dean, Mattes becomes first Chair of law clinics
Two Tulane Law faculty members have been promoted to new positions responsible for hands-on legal training and pro bono service.
Professor Tonya Jupiter (L’94), most recently Director of the law school's Pro Bono and Advocacy programs, succeeds Prof. Stacy Seicshnaydre (L’92) as the new Associate... Read more July 26, 2021
Two distinguished Tulane Law alumnae have been nominated by President Biden for ambassadorships overseas, the White House announced.
Vicky Reggie Kennedy (NC ’76, L’79), senior counsel at Greenberg, Traurig, was nominated as Ambassador to Austria while Jamie L. Harpootlian (L’84), an attorney with... Read more 
A recent Tulane Law alum has won the Democratic primary in New York City’s 7th district, defeating 11 other candidates, and marking a historic moment as the first Latino to represent the Upper Manhattan District on the City Council.
Shaun Abreu (L’18), who has been practicing as a tenants’ rights... Read more 
Tulane Environmental Law Clinic issues report on air pollution's link to higher cancer rates
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Impoverished communities in Louisiana with higher levels of toxic air pollution suffer from higher cancer rates, according to a report published by the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic.
The report compares the most recent cancer rates from the Louisiana Tumor... Read more June 24, 2021
Robert Acomb Jr., a visionary lawyer who helped establish Tulane as a global center for maritime law and whose illustrious career saw him recognized as one of the top admiralty lawyers in the world, has died.
He was 90.
Acomb (B’51, L’53) was a long-time partner at the Jones Walker firm in New... Read more 
As the story goes, Judge Jerry Brown (L’59) liked to credit luck for his remarkable life and career.
He was lucky, he would say, that despite his small-town western Kentucky roots he got his law degree at Tulane Law School. He was lucky that he was chosen to clerk for the legendary Judge John... Read more 
In recognition of her extensive contributions to the cause of education and French culture, the French Republic has named Tulane Prof. Dauphine Sloan a Chevalier in l’Ordre des Palmes academiques.
Sloan, who teaches French and International Development in Tulane’s School of Liberal Arts, also... Read more 
Let’s say you are an organization whose members span the globe – and we mean every corner of the globe – and an in-person conference isn’t in the cards because of a pandemic. What do you do?
You hold one virtually and around the clock, of course!
That is exactly what the Association of Law,... Read more 
Law school awards signify academic and leadership achievement, hard work and dedication to a profession that changes lives. And it is an added honor to be chosen for an award by a vote of Tulane Law’s faculty.
Two such honors, the John Minor Wisdom Award, focused on academics and writing, and the... Read more 
Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic report: Detained immigrants languishing in Louisiana prisons
Student and faculty researchers with the Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic released a report Tuesday that found immigrant detainees in Louisiana are routinely denied their right to a speedy review of cases challenging indefinite detention.
Titled “No End in Sight: Prolonged and Punitive Immigration... Read more May 25, 2021