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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... 
Corporate law topic of two events hosted by Tulane Law
Tulane’s 33 Annual Corporate Law Institute – one of the biggest M&A events in the country -- is scheduled March 11-12 in a virtual format.
The two-day event will feature a series of panels tackling the significant issues in corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. Among the leading... Read more March 04, 2021
There is something magical happening in the Moot Court Program – lots of winning going on.
Over the weekend, the Mock Trial Team – competing in a regional event against 25 others – took first place and is heading to the National Trial Competition finals against some of the best teams in the nation... Read more 
Texas’ energy crisis is the topic of a special Tulane "Plug In” hosted by the Tulane Center for Energy Law, which will bring together leading experts to discuss what went wrong and what comes next.
The event will be held Tuesday, March 9 from 9-10:30 a.m. (central time) and is titled “Systemic... Read more 
Judge Tom Wicker, a Tulane and New Orleans great, has died
The Hon. Thomas C. Wicker, Jr. lived a life of service: A Naval officer who went into battle in World War II, Assistant U.S. Attorney, district court judge, ad-hoc judge for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Wicker, whose life straddled two centuries that included... Read more February 26, 2021
Calling competitors! Moot Court holds Intraschool Competition
Here is a law school secret: No lawyer was born knowing how to argue a case skillfully.
One way to hone that skill set is taking part in competitions hosted by Tulane Law’s more than 90-year-old Moot Court Program, one of the largest student-run organizations at the school and among the oldest... Read more February 25, 2021
The Tulane Law Environmental Appellate Moot Court team competed in the three-day Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC), sponsored by Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law.
Tulane’s team made it to the semi-final round, placing in the top nine of a 52... Read more 
In Tulane Criminal Justice Clinic, advocacy is the lesson to learn
For student-attorney Zac Creel, his Criminal Justice Clinic case became a lesson law students learn quickly – sometimes good people do bad things.
Sometimes, the mistake that lands them in prison is the catalyst for change. That is the story of Creel’s client, Joshua, who while serving 20 years of... Read more February 24, 2021
Environmental justice is focus of 26th annual Tulane Law conference
Just months after the nation saw protests that galvanized a movement for greater equity at all levels of society, the 26th annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit will focus its annual conference on environmental justice.
The student-run Summit, one of the largest and most respected... Read more February 18, 2021
Law alumna becomes first-ever Chief Public Defender in Austin area
Adeola Ogunkeyede’s role as a public defender is less job and more “living a fulfilling life.”
Growing up in a predominately Black and brown, working-class New York neighborhood, and later comparing her experiences to those she met in high school, college, and later law school, she couldn’t look... Read more February 17, 2021
Alum Chris James: 'A legal education has much broader reach'
He was an academically gifted young Black man from southern Mississippi, so it went without saying that he was expected to choose a money-making career and buck the trends about poor, young Black men.
“I thought I would be a businessman and wear suits every day and have nice things,” said Chris... Read more February 07, 2021
Law Dean’s Advisory Board adds three new diverse voices
Three distinguished Tulane Law alumni have joined the law Dean’s Advisory Board, providing vital support for the institution’s future during challenging times.
Their careers span a variety of legal areas: real estate, politics and the military. Each brings a wealth of experience to the Board at a... Read more February 05, 2021
New course immerses law students in ways to end systemic racism
The summer of 2020 will be remembered not just for the pandemic that swept the nation and killed hundreds of thousands, but also for our society’s grappling with hundreds of years of entrenched racism.
In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, amid grief and despair, Tulane Law’s community... Read more February 05, 2021
Dean Meyer: Tulane Doubling Down on Diversity
Earlier this month, I spoke with former Dean Robert Clayton, who with Dean John Kramer helped lead Tulane Law School’s phenomenally successful rise in the late 1980s and 1990s to become a national leader in promoting diversity in the legal profession. Tulane then boasted the largest representation... Read more February 05, 2021
Tulane Law Review names first Black editor-in-chief
A grueling first year at Tulane Law School did not deter Antonio Milton from a new challenge, writing his way onto its oldest and most prestigious legal journal.
“So I shot for the moon,” said Milton (L’22) of Carencro, La.
This week, he reached the proverbial moon by making history: He became... Read more February 04, 2021
Tulane Law professor solves 200-year-old mystery
Tulane Law Prof. Vernon Valentine Palmer has solved a legal “whodunit.”
In his new book, The Lost Translators of 1808 and the Birth of Civil Law in Louisiana (Univ. Georgia Press 2021), Palmer (L’65) uncovers the true identity of the men who wrote the English translation of one of Louisiana’s... Read more February 02, 2021