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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... 
Tour de Force: Tulane Law honors legendary professor's 50th
UPDATE: We have cancelled the Tour de Force due to evolving conditions with COVID-19. We will keep our community informed when it is safe to reschedule alumni and other events.
Like clockwork, every Friday night, family tradition at Bob and Ruth Force’s house dictated a nice family meal,... Read more February 07, 2020
Law alumni Currault, Grabill, Wheelis become federal judges
In what can be called a banner year for Tulane Law alumni joining the judicial ranks, three Tulanians have been named to the federal bench in recent months.
Attorney Donna Phillips Currault (L’89) was selected as a Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of... Read more February 07, 2020
Complex shipping contracts are focus of Tetley Lecture Feb. 18
Shipping contracts are a complex legal matter. Some practical and not-so-practical problems that arise from such contracts is the topic of this year’s William Tetley Lecture in Maritime Law at Tulane Law, Feb. 18.
This year’s lecturer is Michael Brooks, from the Nordisk Defence Club (Nordisk... Read more January 31, 2020
New faculty join Tulane Law clinics
As part of a significant expansion of its legal clinical programs, Tulane Law has hired directors for two new clinics and added a third instructor to its environmental law program.
Katie Schwartzman (L’03), a seasoned civil liberties expert with 15 years of experience directing and managing... Read more January 30, 2020
The president of the nation’s largest legal organization – the American Bar Association – who also happens to be a Tulane Law School alumna and mentor to students -- will give the keynote address at this year’s graduation ceremonies.
ABA President Judy Perry Martinez, who rose from humble roots in... Read more 
Highlighting the work of securing and protecting civil rights is the foundation of the annual Dreyfous Lecture, which this year brings to Tulane Law School the chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Commission Chairwoman Catherine E. Lhamon will discuss “Civil Rights in the Trump Era” as... Read more 
Long-time Tulane Law professor and Director of the law library David Combe, who was instrumental in acquiring the heralded John Minor Wisdom collection and growing the law school’s rare books collection, died on Christmas day last month.
A civil law scholar, Combe (L’71) was director of the law... Read more 
Hail to the Chiefs
In what remains a singularly seminal moment in Tulane Law history, more than 375 black alumni joined in celebrating the accomplishments of its students of color through the decades one year ago this month.
Among them were trailblazers – the promising student leaders who bravely and passionately... Read more January 06, 2020
Alumna Meredith Grabill (L’06) joins federal bench
A long-time New Orleans bankruptcy lawyer and award-winning pro bono volunteer in the community, Tulane Law alumna Meredith Grabill (L’06) now is officially the Honorable Judge Grabill.
Grabill’s investiture as a federal bankruptcy judge took place Dec. 12 following her appointment in September to... Read more December 16, 2019
Women’s Prison Project: A year of success
Courtney Crowell was not unlike other young law students – working hard her last year at Tulane Law School with the ultimate goal to launch a successful legal career.
But that was before she was one of the first students chosen to work on a new pilot program through Tulane’s legal clinics tasked... Read more December 04, 2019
'Fabled' de la Vergne volume feted at Tulane Law
The gift of a two-century-old manuscript is cause for celebration.
Tulane Law faculty honored the gift of the 200-year-old de la Vergne volume, an original work on the Civil Law of Louisiana by Louis Moreau Lislet, on Nov. 6 with a program and reception that brought remaining de la Vergne family... Read more November 07, 2019
New Law-Murphy Center to focus on law and the economy
Tulane University’s Law School and Murphy Institute are partnering in launching a new academic center to critically examine the function of law and regulation in a modern economy, Law School Dean David Meyer and Murphy Institute Director Steven M. Sheffrin announced.
The new Center for Law and the... Read more November 01, 2019
Ariel Campos was able to meet one of her heroes.
The second-year law student introduced U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as part Tulane President Mike Fitts’ Presidential Speaker Series. Sotomayor was the inaugural speaker, and Campos, who is the president of the Tulane Latinx Law... Read more 
The impact of artificial intelligence on education, financial instruments, criminal justice and healthcare, are just a few of the topics that will be addressed at this year’s Gordon Gamm Comparative Law and Justice Symposium on Nov. 8.
Leading this year’s Symposium, titled The Implications of... Read more 
An article by law Professor David Katner that contends that young children should be presumed incompetent to stand trial—rather than the current presumption that they are all competent-- in delinquency cases was cited by the West Virginia Supreme Court in a decision that will extend the right to... Read more