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Amid fanfare and celebration, Tulane Law School said goodbye to its 173rd graduating class, the Class of 2024, which overcame the early stages of the COVID pandemic and Hurricane Ida, forcing the start of their law school journey online.
Tulane Law conferred degrees on more than 300...
Amid fanfare and celebration, Tulane Law School said goodbye to its 173rd graduating class, the Class of 2024, which overcame the early stages of the COVID pandemic and Hurricane Ida, forcing the start of their law school journey online.
Tulane Law conferred degrees on more than 300 students May... Read more 
After a 10-year journey working and organizing on juvenile justice issues, Tulane Law student Malcolm Lloyd (L’24) has earned the competitive and nationally renowned Equal Justice Works Fellowship to continue helping low-income children who face criminalization by law enforcement across Louisiana... Read more 
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 General Maurice... Read more 
Annelise Ernst expected to make social work her life’s calling, but when she decided to attend Tulane Law School instead, she went on a search for a “meaningful way to help others.”
Three years later, Ernst, who will graduate May 18 with a J.D. in the Class of 2024, spent much of her law school... Read more 
Eric Tedder knows about personal hardship, and how quickly lives can be turned upside down.
The third-year Tulane Law student has experienced addiction, homelessness, and hardships – and the sweetness of a second chance that helped him rebuild his life.
And what a comeback it has been. Tedder... Read more 
Richardson, Hancock listen to Thomas
Lane (L'91)announce the new scholarship.
Tulane Law School will have an endowed professorship in corporate law and a new scholarship in honor of one of its longest-serving and most beloved professors, Interim Law Dean Sally Richardson announced during the... Read more 
Tulane Law student, an avid environmentalist, logs 566 hours of pro bono service to win LSBA award
A passionate environmentalist who wants to advocate for the preservation of natural habitats and endangered species is Tulane Law’s recipient of the Louisiana State Bar Association Pro Bono Award, the highest award in the legal community for student service.
Charlotte Phillips (L’24), in three... Read more May 06, 2024
They are student leaders, scholars and change-makers, and even before they receive their Juris Doctor, they are future lawyers that are inspiring and serving their classmates, and the Tulane community as a whole. For their dedication and service, third-year law students and Class of 2024 members... Read more 
Professor Force, icon in maritime law, retires
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 –... Read more April 30, 2024
Law School wins Give Green Grand Prize
Tulane Law School topped its previous record in what was the most successful Give Green day of giving on the books.
Held April 11, the law school:
Won the Big Green Grand Prize for the third year in a row in the A category, adding $8,000 in bonus money;
Reached a whopping 644 donors, the most... Read more April 29, 2024
Tulane Hall of Fame honors giants in the profession
The 2024 Tulane Law School Hall of Fame will honor some of the law school’s most notable alumni and trailblazers whose impact on the school and the profession elevated the legal profession and the global stature of Tulane Law.
This year’s honorees include an alum whose persuasive words led to the... Read more April 28, 2024
Students square off in revamped Honorary Rounds
Corinne Morris (L'24) won the appellate
round.
The Tulane Law Moot Court Program’s Honorary Rounds were held April 13 in a revamped format that –for the first time – allowed three of the disciplines to hold their biggest, and final competitions in one day.
The three disciplines, Mock Trial,... Read more April 16, 2024
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... Read more 
Former civil rights lawyer, 1st Black woman on the 11th Circuit will be graduation speaker
Tulane Law alumna Nancy Gbana Abudu (L’99), who made history as the first African-American woman to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, will be the Tulane Law School graduation speaker, interim law Dean Sally Richardson announced.
Abudu, a law alumna of Tulane, was... Read more March 26, 2024
Tulane Law names familiar face as Dean of Students
Long-time Tulane Law Assistant Director of Admissions Emily Wojna-Hodnett has become the law school’s new Assistant Dean of Students, interim Dean Sally Richardson announced.
Gaunt
Wojna-Hodnett (L ‘14, SoPA '20, SoPA '22) succeeds former Assistant Dean of Students Abigail Gaunt who stepped... Read more March 25, 2024