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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... 
Law alumna lands prestigious Menapace Fellowship
Tulane Law 2018 graduate Rachel Mazur has been awarded the Ralph C. Menapace Fellowship in Urban Land Use Law, sponsored by the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS).
Her two-year term began in September, and she was formally welcomed as the Menapace Fellow during a reception hosted by the J. M... Read more December 05, 2018
Tulane alum becomes president of New Orleans Bar Association
Tulane Adjunct Prof. of Law Jason Waguespack (L’91) has been installed president of the New Orleans Bar Association (NOBA).
Waguespack is managing director at Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith and specializes in maritime law, as well as corporate law and insurance defense. At Tulane,... Read more November 30, 2018
The director of Tulane’s new Center for Environmental Law has been appointed by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to a four-year term on the Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration and Conservation.
Mark Davis, who is also director of the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and... Read more 
Moot Court students set to compete 'for the marble'
Two Tulane Law students are moving on to what is considered the ‘championship round’ of intraschool Moot Court competitions.
Julissa Hunte and Joseph Trytten, both third-year law students, will compete for the top spot ‘on the marble’ in the Moot Court Honorary Round in January.“I enjoy appellate... Read more November 15, 2018
A Tulane Law alumnus is the first American elected president of the prestigious Comité Maritime International (CMI), the largest international organization of maritime law.
Christopher Davis (L’79) was chosen for the position at CMI’s annual assembly in London last week and will serve a three-year... Read more 
'Juvenile Lifer' gets parole (and a hug) thanks to Tulane clinic
In the photo, Barry Williams’ face says it all: After decades behind bars, he’s smiling and embracing – with a big, hefty hug – his attorney of six years.
Williams walked out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Thursday free, 41 years after he was convicted at the age of 17 of second... Read more November 09, 2018
Second-year law student part of movement to end split juries
Second-year Tulane Law student Marissa Shevins has been hard at work this political season.
Her efforts working as an intern with the Unanimous Jury Coalition paid off on Tuesday (Nov. 6) when Louisiana voters passed a ballot measure that allow it to join the 48 other states in requiring unanimous... Read more November 07, 2018
Eason-Weinmann Center hosts conference on refugees Nov. 16-17
With 65 million refugees in the world today, their fate and what the future holds for them internationally is the topic of a major conference at Tulane Law School.
The international conference, Refugees Endure: WWII Displaced Persons versus Today and the Lessons Learned will be held Nov. 16-17th... Read more November 07, 2018
U.S.-China Energy Forum: Tariffs Hurting Industry
The escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China could provide challenges to the energy industry in the long-term, according to a number of international energy leaders who attended the 3rd annual U.S.-China Energy and Trade Law Forum hosted by Tulane Law School's Center for Energy Law and... Read more November 06, 2018
Tulane institute receives grant to create a water code
The Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy recently received a two-year, $60,000 grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation to support its work on developing a comprehensive, statewide water code in conjunction with the Louisiana State Law Institute.
The Tulane Institute on Water... Read more November 02, 2018
Tulane and Loyola law deans sign letter supporting Amendment 2
NEW ORLEANS, La., (Nov. 2, 2018) — Today, the deans of Tulane Law School and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law released an open letter in support of Amendment 2 to the Louisiana legal community.
"Respected jurists recognize the principle of unanimous juries as essential to our... Read more November 02, 2018
In October, Tulane Law faculty joined with Xiangtan University faculty in an inaugural academic conference on comparative credit law in Changsha, China.
The effort is part of the recent launch of the Tulane-Yongxiong Center for International Credit Law in partnership with Xiangtan University in... Read more 
Students studying to be attorneys quickly learn that some cases stick with you forever. And sometimes, a client becomes a friend.
For third-year law students Mashal Garbus and Nate Hall, who represented a Salvadoran immigrant activist living in a New Orleans church under threat of deportation, the... Read more 
Law Prof. Townsend Gard awarded Lepage Faculty Fellowship
Tulane Law Prof. Elizabeth Townsend Gard has been awarded one of seven competitive Lepage Faculty Fellowships by the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business to continue her scholarly work in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Townsend... Read more October 26, 2018
Law alumna and activist behind plastic straw ban in California
She really, really doesn’t want a straw with her margarita.
That was at least part of the driving force behind Tulane alumna and California environmental lawyer Lisa Kaas Boyle’s efforts to draft legislation that led to California’s ban on plastic straws.
The measure, signed into law by Gov.... Read more October 23, 2018