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Tulane Law School’s innovative Women’s Prison Project, which has freed 10 women who were imprisoned for reasons tracing back to their experience of intimate partner violence, has received the Ignite Award from the National Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW).
The award was...
Lutz Fellowship expansion aids families hurt by floods
In the weeks since record floods overwhelmed the Baton Rouge region, hundreds of families struggling to put their lives back together are finding their recovery complicated by legal problems involving proof of property ownership, contractor fraud, landlord-tenant disputes and more.
Those with... Read more December 02, 2016
'We can either talk about it or be about it' from Tulane University on Vimeo.
From a chance conversation in March, Tulane Law School Class of 2016 members Robert Waldrup and Gary Crosby launched a project that promises to leave a lasting impact even as they move on to their legal... Read more
Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. (L ’61) to speak at 2011 Tulane Law School Commencement Ceremony, May 13, at 3pm
The Hon. Jacques L. Wiener Jr. (L '61), United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
The Honorable Jacques Loeb Wiener, Jr., a senior judge for the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and alum of Tulane University Law School’s class of 1961, will be the... Read more May 10, 2011
Future of Copyright Speaker Series Presents Comparative Law Scholar Jane Ginsburg of Columbia University, Feb. 10 at 1pm
The “Future of Copyright” Speaker Series presents
JANE C. GINSBERG
Thursday, February 10, 2011
1:00 p.m.
Tulane University Law School, Room 257
The “Future of Copyright” Speaker Series welcomes Professor
Jane C. Ginsburg
to Tulane Law School (Weinmann Hall, Room 257, 6329 Freret... Read more February 09, 2011
Tulane Law Students Offer Free Tax Help, Saturdays, 9am-4pm
Tulane University Law School students are helping low- to moderate-income individuals fill out their income tax forms for the 13th year in a row.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is a free service and available on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through April 9 in Room 151 of... Read more February 07, 2011
WATER LAW IN THE U.S. & BRAZIL
Climate Change and Two Approaches to Water Poverty
featuring
Rômulo
Sampaio
T
he Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) and Tulane Law School’s Payson Center for International Development invite you to... Read more
State holds Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Public Meeting at Law School, Nov. 18, 2:30 p.m.
Hosted by:
The State of Louisiana, in conjunction with the other Gulf Coast States and federal natural resource trustees, is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Louisiana’s lead... Read more November 16, 2010
Eason-Weinmann Lecture on Comparative Law features Prof. Jeffrey Jowell QC, Nov. 18, 5:00 p.m.
“EXPORTING DEMOCRACY: ABSOLUTES AND RELATIVES”
Professor Jeffrey Jowell QC
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010, 5:00 P.M.
TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
JOHN GIFFEN WEINMANN HALL • ROOM 110
Reception to follow in the Berkett Multipurpose Room
Professor Jowell
was... Read more November 10, 2010
Prof. Charles Debattista to deliver 2010 Tetley Maritime Law Lecture, Oct. 19, 6 p.m.
THE TULANE MARITIME LAW CENTER
invites you to attend the
WILLIAM TETLEY MARITIME LAW LECTURE SERIES
Address by
PROF. CHARLES DEBATTISTA
PROFESSOR IN COMMERCIAL LAW
FORMER DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF MARITIME LAW
SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY
BARRISTER, STONE CHAMBERS, LONDON
ARBITRATOR
“... Read more October 14, 2010
2010 Phelps Lecturer is Anita Allen of the University of Pennsylvania
The annual Phelps Lecture will be given this year by Anita L. Allen, Deputy Dean and Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Dean Allen's topic is “Veiled Women in the American Courtroom: Is the Niqab a Barrier to Justice?“ ... Read more September 17, 2010
Tulane Law Faculty at Helm of Sept. 24 Deepwater Horizon Lecture
Six Tulane Law School professors will be at the center of the September 24 Deepwater Horizon lecture to discuss the major maritime, environmental, and civil law aspects generated by the BP blowout—one of the most notorious environmental disasters in recent history. The lecture is just one of eight... Read more September 01, 2010
'Bound by Water': 15th Annual Tulane Law School Summit on Environmental Law and Policy
The Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy and the Tulane Environmental Law Society announce the 15th Annual Tulane Law School Summit on Environmental Law & Policy, entitled “Bound by Water.“ The summit will feature experts on water law, policy, and management, discussing the... Read more March 04, 2010
Twenty-Second Annual Corporate Law Institute, Apr. 15-16, 2010
Two decades ago, Delaware Supreme Court Justice Andrew G.T. Moore II (L ’60) and a group of prominent New Orleans corporate practitioners were among those who undertook an aggressive goal: to establish a new annual platform for a gathering of the nations’ leading corporate jurists and practitioners... Read more February 05, 2010
Phelps Lecture Series Presents Lillian BeVier on Freedom, Fairness, and the F-Word: Tuesday, November 17, 5:00 p.m.
“FREEDOM, FAIRNESS, AND THE F-WORD:
REFLECTIONS ON THE YIN AND YANG OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT”
LILLIAN R. BeVIER
David And Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor Of Law
University Of Virginia Law School
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009, 5:00 P.M.
TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
JOHN GIFFEN... Read more November 12, 2009
Eason-Weinmann Lecture Presents Justice Nicholas Kasirer, Wednesday, November 11, at 5:30 p.m.
“THE ASPERN PAPERS:
HEIRLOOMS AND OTHER FAMILY TREASURES IN THE COMPARATIVE PROPERTY LAW”
Justice Nicholas Kasirer
Court of Appeal of Quebec and former Dean of the Faculty of Law, McGill University
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
5:30 p.m.
Tulane University Law School
John Giffen Weinmann Hall, Room... Read more November 05, 2009