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Two graduates were honored by the Tulane Law faculty with the school’s highest honors, one for academic excellence and the other for service to Tulane and the community.
Tulane Law School’s top student honors, the John Minor Wisdom Award, focused on academics and writing, and the ... 
Tulane Law alumnus U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond has been tapped to be the first national co-chairman of the Joe Biden campaign.
With the appointment, Richmond (L’98) gains a major leadership role in the former vice president’s 2020 presidential run, a move that The New York Times said “could bolster... Read more 
Tulane, Yale host conference in China
Tulane Law this week will co-host the 10th annual International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence in Hangzhou, China, an event that studies how legal principles can advance human dignity.
The conference – founded and led by Tulane Law Prof. Guiguo Wang – is hosted annually by... Read more May 29, 2019
The message of Tulane Law School’s 168th commencement May 18 was about giving back to country and to others through the privilege of the law profession.
Keynote speaker Hon. Judge L. Felipe Restrepo (L’86), urged graduates to take chances in their careers, and to give back through pro bono work,... Read more 
Law school honors graduates during awards night
Tulane Law School honored dozens of third-year students who had excelled in scholarship, leadership, academics and service during the annual Graduation Awards ceremonies Friday, May 17, at the John Giffen Weinmann Hall, on the eve of 2019 commencement.
The class of 2019 has excellend academically... Read more May 17, 2019
Tulane Law Professor Kristin Johnson explored the implications of artificial intelligence for American law and public policy at a special program this weekend that kicked off the annual meeting of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI).
Johnson, the McGlinchey Stafford Professor of Law and... Read more 
Three law students receive Tulane 34 Award
Three Tulane Law students were among the recipients of one of the univeristy’s highest student honors, the Tulane 34 Award.
Anais Moore-Jaccard, Erin Marie Morrissey and Radha Venkata Padma Yerramilli, were recognized Thursday, May 17 for their exemplary leadership, service and academic excellence... Read more May 17, 2019
The inaugural Tulane Center for Environmental Law $1000 prize for an outstanding comment submitted by a student to the Tulane Environmental Law Journal is going to Daniel Stein, a rising 3L student. Stein's comment “Protecting the Artic Environment from Northwest Passage Shipping in an Era of... Read more 
Note to the New Orleans community: If there is a need locally that’s not being met, please call Tulane student Lydia Winkler.
In four years as a Tulane Law and A.B. Freeman School of Business MBA student, she has:
Taken to court a landlord who refused to return her deposit and won;
Turned that... Read more 
There is nothing easy about law school. It is three years of relentless, complex and demanding work.
Now imagine attending one of the nation’s most rigorous law schools following a diagnosis – and subsequent treatment – for stomach cancer.
“I thought I would have to take time off,” said Gerald... Read more 
A Tulane Law alum who migrated to the U.S. as a child and rose to become a distinguished federal judge is this year’s Law School graduation speaker.
Judge L. Felipe Restrepo (L’86) will deliver the address to law graduates at the May 18 ceremonies at 4 p.m. at Devlin Fieldhouse. Restrepo sits on... Read more 
Law Prof. McCarden awarded tenure
Khrista McCarden, Tulane’s Hoffman Fuller Associate Professor of Tax Law, has been awarded tenure, Law Dean David Meyer announced.
“Since joining the Tulane Law School faculty last year from Pepperdine School of Law, Khrista McCarden has continued to build a national reputation as a thoughtful and... Read more May 15, 2019
National Maritime Services has made a generous gift to Tulane Law School’s William Tetley Lecture in Maritime Law in memory of Patrick Novak (L’89). Novak, a founding partner of the prominent Miami-based admiralty firm Horr, Novak & Skipp, passed away in November.
The gift was made last week... Read more 
A Tulane Law alumnus who faced harassment and death threats in his fight to save Liberian tropical forests and preserve the rights of indigenous people, was the recipient of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, one of the top international environmental awards.
Liberian lawyer Alfred... Read more 
Draconian state law criminalizing HIV exposure subject of winning paper by Tulane Law student
Louisiana is one of more than two dozen states with a law that criminalizes exposure to HIV, charging, prosecuting, jailing and labeling anyone who potentially exposes another to the virus as a sex offender.
An exposition of the broadly-written and punative state law and its impact on women is the... Read more April 29, 2019
She’s a respected scholar of property rights, a dedicated educator who engages students and expertly brings to life often arcane laws.
She’s also known for having an impressive throwing arm that can send a box of Girl Scout cookies flying to the very back of a classroom and into the hands of... Read more