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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... 
Judge William Pryor (L’87) to speak at Tulane Law
The Tulane Federalist Society will host a talk by Judge William H. Pryor, a 1987 Tulane Law graduate and the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeal for the 11th Circuit.
Pryor’s visit will be at the law school on Wednesday, March 23 at 5 p.m. in Weinmann Hall, 6329 Freret Street. A reception will... Read more March 17, 2022
The legal tenet of “orthodoxy” – that is, a citizen’s right to be free from government orthodoxy – often cited in judicial opinions on federal issues, is the subject of the Tulane Law McGlinchey Lecture on Federal Litigation March 21.
The McGlinchey Lecture, which begins at 5 p.m. in the law... Read more 
Tulane launches space law program with $1 million gift
Tulane Law will launch a new program in space law with a generous gift of $1 million from alumna Darleen Jacobs (L’81).
The program will leverage Tulane’s world-leading strength in maritime law to address related legal issues now emerging with the private exploration and exploitation of space.... Read more March 10, 2022
For the sixth year, Tulane Law Professor Ann Lipton is gathering top corporate and securities scholars from around the country to explore changes in the industry at the Tulane Corporate & Securities Law Roundtable March 19, immediately following the annual Corporate Law Institute.
The event... Read more 
Tulane Law’s premier M&A conference, the 34th annual Corporate Law Institute is taking place both in-person and online March 17-18 at the Roosevelt Hotel in downtown New Orleans.
This year’s event includes panels not only on M&A, but also on robust issues including emerging trends in ESG... Read more 
As he watches his nation suffering, Tulane Law alumnus Ivan Bondarchuk is desperately asking the university community to assist Ukraine in the form of information sharing and aid.
“Every day the attack (by Russia) is supported by massive missile fire and rocket launchers. While talking about ‘a... Read more 
Gov. John Bel Edwards is the keynote speaker for the 27th annual Tulane Environmental Law and Policy Summit March 11-12, which this year is themed “Environmental Litigation.”
Louisiana’s governor will speak live from the law school building, Weinmann Hall, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. March 11, and his... Read more 
Tulane Law students offering free tax preparation
The Tulane Law School Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax preparations to people who make $58,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns.
The clinic is run by Tulane... Read more March 02, 2022
Murphy Institute director joins Tulane Law affiliated faculty
Tulane Prof. Gary “Hoov” Hoover, the Executive Director of the Murphy Institute and an internationally-recognized scholar of economics, race and public policy, has been appointed an Affiliated Faculty Member of Tulane Law School.
Hoover came to Tulane last year, selected to lead the prestigious... Read more February 21, 2022
Tulane Law alumnae named to diplomatic posts
Two Tulane Law alumnae have been confirmed to ambassadorships within the Biden administration, and another has been appointed Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
Vicky Reggie Kennedy (NC ’76, L’79), formerly a senior counsel at Greenberg, Traurig, was confirmed as Ambassador... Read more February 08, 2022
Tulane Law student is 1st WWCDA Ruth Bader Ginsburg award recipient
Raised in rural Alabama, in part by her grandmother, third-year Tulane Law student Sara Wood experienced first-hand how low-income communities are denied access to justice solely because of their poverty.
She became the first college graduate in her family through sheer grit and hard work and is... Read more February 07, 2022
Myanmar reformer finds home-in-exile at Tulane Law
The last time legal activist Thyn Zar Oo saw her mother was in a crowded tea shop where they had to secretly meet in downtown Yangon in Myanmar (Burma).
Oo had been in hiding for months – moving with her children from safe house to safe house, fleeing the military junta that toppled the... Read more January 31, 2022
Distinguished Tulane Law alumnus Judge Martin Feldman has died
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman, a Tulane Law alumnus who spent nearly four decades on the federal bench and left his mark on dozens of landmark cases, has died, two days shy of his 88th birthday.
Feldman (A&S ‘55, L’57), a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of... Read more January 27, 2022
Tulane study: Louisiana's severe air pollution linked to dozens of cancer cases each year
Exposure to high levels of toxic air pollution is estimated to cause 85 cancer cases per year in Louisiana, according to a Tulane Law peer-reviewed study published today in Environmental Research Letters.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, compared... Read more January 13, 2022
She credits her exceptional career success to the legal foundations she gained at Tulane Law and her advocacy skills born during her time in the Moot Court Program.
Of course, that was waaay back, long before alumna Angela Paolini Ellard (NC '82, G '83, L '86), an internationally recognized expert... Read more