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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 ... 
Six Tulane Law students—more than ever before—have been chosen for the 1L Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Scholars Program, a respected initiative that expands career opportunities for diverse first-year law students.
The six will have the rare opportunity to work with attorneys from... Read more 
Three Tulane Law professors shaping sports law, property rights on respected national board
Three Tulane Law professors have been named Reporters of Committees for the Uniform Law Commission, an organization that aims to provide consistent, clear laws across state lines.
Profs. Gabe Feldman, Sally Richardson and Ron Scalise (BA '97, L'00) each serve as Reporter for ULC committees that... Read more July 09, 2020
Tulane law clinic scientist testifies before U.S. House panel on impact of air pollution
The Tulane Environmental Law Clinic’s staff scientist, who has been among the leading researchers connecting elevated COVID-19 death rates to air pollution, particularly in communities of color, testifed this summer before the U.S. House of Representatives.
Kimberly Terrell (BS, BA ’05), a PhD... Read more July 06, 2020
With a message of black female strength, Tulane Law alumna Blake Gifford has conquered the fashion industry.
Gifford (L’15) is her only client, doing the monumental work of turning what was a fledgling fashion blog started in college and featuring her thrift store finds into her own brand, Signed... Read more 
José Torres, a noted immigrant rights leader who had worked with Tulane Law students and faculty to prevent his deportation, was granted legal status as a survivor of labor trafficking.
The formal change in his immigration status is a significant victory that ends a years-long standoff with the... Read more 
Robert Sloan, a professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Tulane Center for Energy Law, died June 19 of a rare form of brain cancer.
Sloan, who was beloved at Tulane Law as a longtime adjunct professor and mentor to students in energy law and regulation, was a former executive vice president and... Read more 
He was not supposed to become a lawyer.
Four years of grueling science and medical courses were supposed to earn Ryan Niedermair (L’19) top scores on the MCAT exam, and a spot in a leading medical school.
But as he graduated from Rhodes College in 2015, “I had an epiphany. I realized that was not... Read more 
Tulane Law has announced its Diversity Dialogue Summer Series, one of the initiatives to continue the discussions on race and racism as part of the Distancing Together programming.
The series is an online forum, occasionally using books and films as discussion references, to provide robust... Read more 
She is one of the great mentors of Tulane Law, a professor hailed by students year after year, in course after course, for having an impact on their law school career, and by extension, their life.
For being that “once-in-a-lifetime” educator, Prof. Amy Gajda, Tulane Law’s resident privacy and... Read more 
In the wake of protests around the country after the death of George Floyd, Tulane Law this summer has ramped up existing and added new initiatives to provide greater support for students of color and build a more inclusive community.
Dean David Meyer announced the moves in a letter to students... Read more 
To the Tulane Law Community:
Recent days have washed our nation in grief. In the space of 72 hours, the number of American lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic surged past 100,000 and the nation watched in horror as Minneapolis police officers extinguished the life of George Floyd. The days... Read more 
Student receives environmental law prize
A Tulane Law student has won the second annual Tulane Center for Environmental Law (TCEL) Prize for her article detailing the devastating impacts of air pollution on historic black communities in Louisiana’s River Parishes.
Julie Schwartzwald received the $1,000 award for her Comment The Health... Read more June 01, 2020
Tulane Law is offering a number of online for-credit courses this summer for students anywhere in the world.
The Berlin Summer Program in Intercultural Negotiation and Mediation is a joint venture between Tulane Law School in New Orleans and Humboldt University in Berlin and is an experiential... Read more 
In 1834, Tulane University was founded as a medical college in the midst of the Spanish flu epidemic. Twelve years later, Tulane Law School opened, and shut down only once, rebuilding in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
In each circumstance, the Tulane Law community has been... Read more 
Three Tulane Law graduates were honored during end-of-year celebrations as recipients of the 34 Awards, the highest honor given to those students who have provided exceptional leadership and service during their time at Tulane.
The law recipients for the Class of 2020 are Kansas Guidry, the Editor... Read more