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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 Clinic issues report on air pollution's link to higher cancer rates
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Impoverished communities in Louisiana with higher levels of toxic air pollution suffer from higher cancer rates, according to a report published by the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic.
The report compares the most recent cancer rates from the Louisiana Tumor... Read more June 24, 2021
Robert Acomb Jr., a visionary lawyer who helped establish Tulane as a global center for maritime law and whose illustrious career saw him recognized as one of the top admiralty lawyers in the world, has died.
He was 90.
Acomb (B’51, L’53) was a long-time partner at the Jones Walker firm in New... Read more 
As the story goes, Judge Jerry Brown (L’59) liked to credit luck for his remarkable life and career.
He was lucky, he would say, that despite his small-town western Kentucky roots he got his law degree at Tulane Law School. He was lucky that he was chosen to clerk for the legendary Judge John... Read more 
In recognition of her extensive contributions to the cause of education and French culture, the French Republic has named Tulane Prof. Dauphine Sloan a Chevalier in l’Ordre des Palmes academiques.
Sloan, who teaches French and International Development in Tulane’s School of Liberal Arts, also... Read more 
Let’s say you are an organization whose members span the globe – and we mean every corner of the globe – and an in-person conference isn’t in the cards because of a pandemic. What do you do?
You hold one virtually and around the clock, of course!
That is exactly what the Association of Law,... Read more 
Law school awards signify academic and leadership achievement, hard work and dedication to a profession that changes lives. And it is an added honor to be chosen for an award by a vote of Tulane Law’s faculty.
Two such honors, the John Minor Wisdom Award, focused on academics and writing, and the... Read more 
Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic report: Detained immigrants languishing in Louisiana prisons
Student and faculty researchers with the Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic released a report Tuesday that found immigrant detainees in Louisiana are routinely denied their right to a speedy review of cases challenging indefinite detention.
Titled “No End in Sight: Prolonged and Punitive Immigration... Read more May 25, 2021
For nearly a decade, the Southeast Louisiana Services (SLLS) Child in Need of Care (CINC) unit has been providing critical legal representation to vulnerable children in foster care, many of them victims of abuse, neglect and other forms of trauma.
On Thursday, the SLLS team—which is directed and... Read more 
Looking back, Jacob McCarty still gets a little choked up about where he began: A kid from Wrightsville, Ark., population 2,000.
Despite his humble upbringings, his teachers noticed his love of learning early on. One of his teachers encouraged him to apply to be a magnet student at the larger and... Read more 
To her, they are all “my kids.”
To them, she is “Miss Brenda” the overnight custodian at Tulane Law School’s Weinmann Hall, the nice lady with a listening ear and words of encouragement.
In law school, that kindness matters. The work is complex and the hours are long. You get to know the friendly... Read more 
With its dual common law/civil law track, its world-class legal programs and long-standing international ties, Tulane Law’s LLM program was named among the top 14 in the nation for academic quality by the International Jurist.
Tulane Law’s LLM programs were rated among the best for international... Read more 
Maybe it was one of their first encounters during 1L orientation week that sealed their friendship.
No matter when they became friends, Andrea Ewalefo and AsheLee Singleton – classmates, regular study partners, and soon-to be Tulane Law graduates – unequivocally know that a bond was formed the... Read more 
For his dedication to his classmates and service to the community throughout his three years of law school, Kasheem Shane Thomas has received one of Tulane’s prestigious Crest Awards.
Thomas, who is currently the 3L Class President, received the Gary Lawton Fretwell Award, named for a former... Read more 
Two Tulane Law students have been awarded highly-competitive Peggy Browning Fund fellowships to work in public interest labor law jobs over the summer.
Second-year law students Schuyler Corbin and Sarah Crowley were selected from more than 700 applicants across the nation for the fellowship which... Read more 
William Montgomery, a second-year law student, has been awarded the Tulane Center for Environmental Law Prize for his forward-thinking analysis of climate accountability issues.
Montgomery (L’22) wrote about the issue under the theory of unjust enrichment in a comment titled “Polluter Disgorges: ... Read more