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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... 
Hoffman Franklin Fuller graduated Tulane Law in 1956, setting academic records that lasted for decades. However, he could not stay away for long.
Four years later, “Hoff,” as he was known to family, friends and colleagues, joined the law school faculty, building a premiere tax program nationally... Read more 
Lawyers generally meet their clients in person when they need legal advice.
That’s true, too, of law students learning the legal ropes while helping clients of local non-profits that provide free legal counseling to New Orleans’ most vulnerable.
But meeting clients has been a challenge under... Read more 
A maverick advocate for women’s rights and racial equality, Sandra Scarbrough Kramer, the widow of former Tulane Law Dean John Kramer, died March 30 at the age of 79.
Kramer, who was born in rural Mississippi, blazed a career steeped in politics, moving forward what in the early 60s and 70s were... Read more 
With precautions in place against COVID-19 throwing the university community into full-time online coursework and sheltering in place, socializing has had to become a bit … creative.
Social distancing is needed to “flatten the curve,” experts say, but isolation can also wreak havoc on anyone,... Read more 
Through a common interest in quilting, a truck driver from Indianapolis, Ind., and a Tulane Law professor have come together to help health care workers in need of masks.
Tulane Law Prof. Elizabeth Townsend Gard, whose research recently explored on intellectual property norms in the creative world... Read more 
In a moving tribute to Tulane Law and in recognition that his life remains in danger in his native Liberia, an alumnus who won one of the environmental world's most prestigious prizes, has bestowed it on Tulane for safekeeping.
"At Tulane Law I feel at home," said Alfred Brunell (LLM'02) who in... Read more 
On the heels of establishing two world-class centers – in energy law and in environmental law – Tulane Law School is launching two online master’s programs for those working in these growing industries.
The Master of Jurisprudence in Environmental Law and the Master of Jurisprudence in Energy Law... Read more 
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The 28th annual Tulane Admiralty Law Institute (ALI) will focus on ships – their lifespan and everything in between – during its biennial conference March 11-13.
This year’s ALI will be held on Tulane’s campus at McAlister Auditorium starting Wednesday with an opening panel on the evolution of a... Read more 
32nd Tulane Corporate Law Institute runs March 5-6
Jeff Davis, the Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer for the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan will keynote Tulane University Law School’s 32nd annual Corporate Law Institute (CLI) March 5-6 at the Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel in downtown New Orleans.
Davis will speak at the CLI Thursday from... Read more March 02, 2020
Prof. Lipton's Corporate Law Roundtable set for March 7
Tulane Law Professor Ann Lipton is gathering top corporate and securities scholars from around the country to explore changes in the industry at the Tulane Corporate & Securities Law Roundtable March 7.
The Roundtable has been a popular event that annually brings scholars from around the... Read more February 28, 2020
Tulane Law School has received a nearly $2 million gift to expand an innovative clinical program providing legal services and advocacy for imprisoned women who were victims of domestic violence, Dean David Meyer announced.
The anonymous gift will support the Women’s Prison Project (WPP), a first-... Read more 
Law alumni Greene, Richmond join forces against hair discrimination
The movement against natural hair discrimination now has at least two Tulane Law alums squarely in the middle of it – and working together.
Law alumna Wendy Greene (L’02) is the founder of Free the Hair, a movement that seeks to “celebrate and advocate the right of people of color to freely wear... Read more February 25, 2020
Enviromental Law Summit: Liberian alum who risked his life to save rainforests will speak
Liberian environmental activist-in-exile and Tulane Law alumnus Alfred Brownell (LLM’02) will headline the 25th Environmental Law & Policy Summit March 6-7.
Brownell in 2019 received the Goldman Environmental Prize for his fight to save more than a half-million acres in Liberia’s rainforests... Read more February 19, 2020
Tulane Takeover: Mock Trial teams win top spots in competition
If winning once is nice, then it’s even better twice.
That's the kind of Valentine’s Day weekend the Tulane Law Mock Trial Team had. With two teams at the annual Southern Classic Mock Trial Competition in Oxford, Miss., they got a most unsual result: The teams took first and second place, which... Read more February 18, 2020