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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 Law awarded diversity pipeline grant
Tulane Law School is one of four law schools nationwide awarded a $100,000 grant to launch a new prelaw pipeline program for minority college students planning to attend law school.
The competitive LSAC Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program grants are awarded annually by the Law School... Read more December 08, 2021
Palmer hailed as one of world’s top comparative law scholars
Tulane Law Professor Vernon Palmer has been named one of the leading scholars of the world’s legal systems by the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL).
Palmer joins a select few international scholars – and the only American – honored as “Five Great Comparatists” for his landmark... Read more December 02, 2021
Last spring, a month after applying to Tulane Law School, Rowan Bienes was in an Arlington-area hospital, heading into the operating room to remove one of her kidneys.
That morning, the staff at the Inova Fairfax Kidney Transplant Center lined the hallways as Bienes was wheeled by, clapping, and... Read more 
Student looks to create a legacy symposium for women in sports law
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Snyder lives for college sports.
So, it’s not that far-fetched that she would enter law school and seek out Tulane Law’s nationally-recognized sports law program or take a leadership role in the Tulane Sports Law Society or co-chair the Women in Sports Law Symposium.
“I’ve... Read more November 20, 2021
Tulane Law Prof. Jeremy Bock named to new professorship in intellectual property law
Tulane Law Associate Professor Jeremy Bock has been named the inaugural holder of the newly endowed Alan and Louise Fisch Early Career Professorship in Law.
The new Fisch Professorship, created through an endowed gift, will support early-career faculty scholarship in intellectual property law,... Read more November 16, 2021
Six women are free because of the Tulane Women's Prison Project
In each case a woman used deadly force to defend herself against intimate partner violence or sexual assault and survived. Each faced the same legal fate: life without the possibility of parole.
Now, thanks to Tulane’s Women’s Prison Project, six survivors of gender-based violence unjustly serving... Read more November 16, 2021
Tulane hosts dialogue on ESG in securities disclosures
Increasingly, companies and investors are using ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) factors as part of their financial analysis to identify both risks and opportunities.
Tulane Law is partnering with the Washington & Lee Law School and the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan... Read more November 10, 2021
Tulane Law student wins ABA writing prize in aviation and space law
He’s been flying airplanes since high school, so it’s not surprising Tulane Law student J. Michael Brown (L’23) has an interest in aviation law.
What is remarkable, however, is that he took that interest and landed the top prize in a writing competition hosted by the American Bar Association’s... Read more November 09, 2021
Few people have had a greater influence on maritime law than Tulane Law Professor Bob Force.
As Professor Martin Davies, Director of the Tulane Maritime Law Center, puts it: “Bob’s name is known wherever maritime law is studied.”
Force is a giant in maritime law, and that’s not hyperbole. Both... Read more 
Prof. Westley receives Provost's Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
He is an internationally renowned scholar on reparations and the constitutional guarantee of equality and a mentor to Tulane Law students delving into the intersection of race and the law for more than 25 years.
For his commitment to addressing profound contemporary and historic social... Read more November 04, 2021
Nov. 15: Celebrating the life of Prof. Robert Sloan
Together with his family, Tulane Law School will celebrate the life of Prof. Robert Sloan, a Senior Research Fellow at the Tulane Center for Energy Law who died last year of a rare form of brain cancer.
The event will take place at 5 p.m. Nov. 15 at the law school’s John Giffen Weinmann Hall, 6329... Read more November 01, 2021
Tulane Law alumna Nina King (L’05) made history this summer when she was named the new athletic director at Duke University, becoming the first Black woman to hold the position, and only one of three Black women AD’s among Power 5 schools.
During more than13 years at Duke, King has served as the... Read more 
A celebration of the life of Prof. George Strickler
Tulane Law School will celebrate on Nov. 8 the life Professor Emeritus George Strickler, who fought to desegregate Southern schools and for civil rights in the 1960s, and served on the law faculty for 37 years.
Friends, former colleagues, and family are invited to celebrate Strickler's life at 4:... Read more October 29, 2021
Tulane Law School has received one of the largest financial commitments for student scholarships ever from alumnus David Zhang (L’91) and his wife, Yibing Mao – a half-million donation that will double to $1 million under the NextWave Challenge program.
Zhang, a partner with Kirkland & Ellis... Read more 
Discussion on the Public Trust Doctrine to be held Nov. 12
The Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy and the Tulane Center for Environmental Law is hosting an event with three leading legal voices to discuss the seminal Public Trust Doctrine in Louisiana Nov. 12 in an event to be held both online and in-person.
Panelists Judge James L. Dennis of... Read more October 26, 2021