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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... 
The Deans of Louisiana’s four law schools and 16 prominent leaders of the Louisiana bar, including eight past presidents, have joined in commending the Louisiana Supreme Court for its recent decision to waive the bar exam for recent graduates.
The “Court charted an alternative path that... Read more 
La. Supreme Court grants emergency admission to students unable to sit for July bar exam
The Louisiana Supreme Court will allow emergency admission to the state bar to applicants unable to sit for the July 27 bar exam after it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The order effectively adopts the proposal advanced by the deans of Louisiana’s four law schools last week, granting... Read more July 22, 2020
Louisiana law deans urge emergency admission privilege for graduates denied July bar exam
The Deans of Louisiana’s four law schools urged the Louisiana Supreme Court to issue an emergency admission rule for recent law school graduates so they can begin practicing law in the state, a day after the court abruptly announced the cancellation of the July 27 Louisiana Bar Examination.
The... Read more July 16, 2020
Two new law clinics, one social justice mission
Tulane Law’s commitment to social justice issues takes a giant leap forward this fall with the opening of its two newest clinics focusing on immigration and First Amendment issues.
This summer, the two clinics, the Immigrant Rights Clinic and the First Amendment Clinic, have begun a slow ramp-up... Read more July 16, 2020
The Civil Rights and Federal Practice Clinic, along with more than a dozen other law schools nationwide, is joining the ACLU Louisiana’s efforts to pursue cases against racially-motivated police actions.
“Justice Lab: Putting Racist Policing on Trial,” is a project geared at challenging racially-... Read more 
Law Dean David Meyer joined nine other Tulane University Deans in condemning the recent order by the Department of Homeland Security that will adversely affect current and future international students.
"We stand with our international students and pledge every effort to protect them from... Read more 
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