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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... 
For their leadership, dedication to scholarship and service to the law community, three remarkable Tulane Law students have been awarded the Tulane 34 Award.
Jayde Encalade, Jacob McCarty and Brandon Sprague, all graduating third-year law students, have received the coveted “34” stole, and... Read more 
Maybe it was the impact of growing up the son of immigrants from Mexico, or that his grandmother had toiled in California’s farming fields most of her life that brought Constantino Raya to the law. What is certain is that he now knows his purpose lies in working to help vulnerable populations.
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Tulane Law Prof. Ann Lipton’s article, Not Everything Is about Investors: The Case for Mandatory Stakeholder Disclosure, published in Vol 37 of the Yale Journal on Regulation, made the Corporate Practice Commentator’s list of the 10 Best Articles of 2020.
Lipton is widely recognized among the top... Read more 
After years of research into the early foundations of Louisiana’s Civil Code, and after many memorable discoveries, Professor Vernon Palmer has reached a new milestone – teaching 50 years at Tulane Law.
This remarkable anniversary coincides with his latest effort, solving a legal “whodunit” in his... Read more 
Moot Court Honorary Round will take place April 22
The Moot Court Honorary Round Argument is scheduled for Thursday, April 22 at 5 p.m., with two Tulane Law students making arguments before a distinguished panel of federal judges.
Zachary Creel and Lucille "Lucy" Dieckhaus, both 3Ls, will compete in a virtual format arguing Cohn v. Placerado... Read more April 19, 2021
Tulane Law Dean David Meyer has signed on to a letter to Congress from dozens of law deans around the nation asking for increased funding for the Legal Services Corporation, which supports organizations providing legal services to the most vulnerable.
“As deans of law schools in the United States... Read more 
Tulane Law’s visionary and nationally-ranked sports law program got a significant gift a year ago – creating the nation’s first fully endowed professorship dedicated to sports law.
Professor Gabe Feldman, the nation’s leading academic in the field, and the Director of the Sports Law Program, is... Read more 
Tulane Law receives LSBA Guardian of Diversity Award
For its efforts to advance diversity in the legal community, Tulane Law School this summer received the Louisiana State Bar Association’s 2021 Guardian of Diversity Award.
The award is given annually to an organization that has made exemplary contributions to the cause of diversity, equity and... Read more April 13, 2021
She is a World Champion gymnast. Now this Tulane Law student plans to advocate for women in sports
Kayla Williams spent the first half of her life stretching her body to its limits in pursuit of a gold medal in gymnastics.
Having accomplished that by the time she turned 16, and with the experience of being an elite female athlete, the Tulane Law student now has set her sights on advocating for... Read more April 12, 2021
Tulane Center for Environmental Law will hold a virtual symposium focused on equitable food systems on Friday, April 9.
Experts on various aspects of food systems will come together for three separate panels for intimate, engaging conversation discussing the intersection of water, food, and... Read more 
The annual Tulane Entertainment and Sports Law Conference – where Hollywood and sports titans discuss challenges in their respective industries – took place virtually this year with three sessions that explored the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on sports and Hollywood.
The April 1 event, which came... Read more 
'Giant' in law, alum Bob Wright (L*57) has died
He was a pathbreaking trial lawyer who played a stand-out role in some of the most nationally significant litigation of the era, including landmark lawsuits arising from the BP Oil Spill, the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals, and against Big Tobacco.
But, to those who knew him best, Bob... Read more March 31, 2021
Tulane Law alum’s work focuses on protecting environment, human rights defenders around the world
He left Liberia in 2016 under threat of arrest and death after he helped stop palm oil conglomerates from destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of tropical forest in his home country of Liberia.
For astounding work, Alfred Brownell (LLM ’02) has received awards and accolades, along with a safe... Read more March 19, 2021
Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic selected as site for national defender training program
Louisiana has one of the highest immigrant detainee populations in the nation, housed mostly in for-profit immigration detention centers, yet suffers from a scarcity of immigration lawyers.
“Louisiana has become an immigration incarceration destination, creating an access to justice crisis,” said... Read more March 16, 2021
Tulane Texas energy crisis webinar warns of greater threat to grid from climate change
Forget the “one-in-100-years” storm theories when it comes to energy. Extreme weather events are likely to happen with more frequency because of climate change, and our energy grids will need to prepare accordingly.
That was a key takeaway from Tulane’s latest Plug In on the Texas energy crisis,... Read more March 11, 2021