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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...
Tulane Environmental Law Society Benefits from Local Theatre
Thanks to Southern Rep, the region’s premiere professional theatre, the Tulane Environmental Law Society has the opportunity to make a little “green”. The Theatre recently announced its partnership with local environmental groups to increase awareness about local “green” issues and commits to going... Read more February 27, 2009
SBA’s Public Interest Executive Committee Raises Peace Awareness One Film at a Time: March 2 - 6, 2009
Peace by PIEC: Raising Awareness One Film at a Time
A documentary series addressing local, national, and international issues, presented by the SBA’s Public Interest Executive Committee of Tulane University Law School.
Performances will take place nightly, Monday, March 2 - Friday, March 6,... Read more February 26, 2009
Judge Michael McConnell to Deliver the McGlinchey Lecture, Monday, February 16, 2009, at 5:00 p.m.
Judge Michael McConnel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, will deliver this year's McGlinchey Lecture entitled, “Schism and Last Rites In the French Quarter: the Supreme Court's First, and Most Myterious, Free Excercise Case.“ The Lecture will take place Monday, February 16, 2009, at 5... Read more February 10, 2009
Speaker Series Looks Toward the Future of Copyright, Spring 2009
Over the last twenty years, the field of intellectual property has grown in both size and importance. As the United States has shifted from a manufacturing-based economy to an information-based economy, the legal regimes which protect information (including patents, copyrights, and trademarks) have... Read more January 26, 2009
Johan Gerrit Lammers to Deliver Deutsch Lecture Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at 5:00 p.m.
Tulane Law School proudly presents the Deutsch Lecture, featuring Johan Gerrit Lammers, Former Legal Adviser of the Netherlands Ministry of Affairs (1999 – 2007). The Lecture, entitled “The (Changing) Role of the Legal Adviser of a Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” will take place Wednesday, January 28... Read more January 21, 2009
12th Eason-Weinmann Lecture on Comparative Law to take place Wednesday, November 19, at 6:00 p.m.
Tulane Law School proudly presents the 12th Eason-Weinmann Lecture on Comparative Law*. This year, the lecture serves as an opening address of the
International Colloquium: Celebrating the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Civil Code, 1808-2008. Professor Antonio Gambaro, University of Milan faculty... Read more November 12, 2008
Phelps Lecture Series Presents Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University, October 14 at 5 P.M.
Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University president and professor of law, will deliver the Phelps Lecture on Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. One of the nation's most critically acclaimed legal scholars of the First Amendment and freedom of speech, Bollinger entitles his lecture “Uninhibited,... Read more October 08, 2008
The Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium was first held in October 2003. The brainchild of Dr. Lunney and Dr. Meurer, the WIP IP Colloquium follows a conference protocol that was common in the field of economics, but relatively unknown in the field of law at the time. Specifically,... Read more
Panel balks at trial law change: Bill would make law match ruling on incompetent defendants
ADVOCATE CAPITOL NEWS BUREAU
, Baton Rouge – Asked to make Louisiana law comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving mentally incompetent defendants, a Senate committee on Tuesday... Read more
Tulane Law School's 13th Annual Environmental Conference on Law, Science and the Public Interest
Climate Change: In the Community
& the Courtroom
April 4 & 5 2008
Tulane Law School's 13th Annual Environmental Conference on Law, Science, & the Public Interest will take place on April 4-5, 2008. The overarching theme this year is “Climate Change: In the Community and the... Read more March 28, 2008
Tulane Environmental Law Society to Perform Powerful Production on Global Warming, April 3 and 4, 2008
FREE ADMISSION. For Reservations, email Mary Nagle at mnagle@tulane.edu. March 28, 2008
Professor Jack L. Goldsmith to Deliver McGlinchey Lecture, Monday, April 7, 2008, at 5:00 p.m.
Professor Jack L. Goldsmith will deliver this year’s McGlinchey Lecture entitled, “Why International Human Rights Litigation Violates International Law”.
The Dermot S. McGlinchey Lecture on Federal Litigation will take place on April 7, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. in Room 110 of Tulane Law School’s John... Read more March 18, 2008
Professor Paul Marcus to Deliver Dreyfous Lecture, Monday, March 31, 2008, at 5:00 p.m.
Professor Paul Marcus will deliver this year’s Dreyfous Lecture entitled, “Capital Punishment, A Comparative Perspective”. The George Abel and Mathilde Schwab Dreyfous Lecture in Civil Liberties and Human Rights will take place on March 31, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. in Room 110 of Tulane Law School’s John... Read more March 18, 2008
Arthur R. Miller, Renowned Legal Scholar and Commentator, to deliver Gauthier Lecture
“The Litigation Explosion – Myth or Reality?”
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Arthur R. Miller - one of the nation's most distinguished legal scholars in the areas of civil procedure, copyright, and privacy, and a renowned commentator on the law and society – will deliver this year’s Gauthier Lecture entitled... Read more February 14, 2008
This July, New Orleans Magazine is awarding Tania Tetlow, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Tulane Law School Domestic Violence Clinic, one of the city's “Ten Top Female Achievers.” The recipients of the award, chosen by the publication, are outstanding women in the community who have... Read more