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Highlighting the work of securing and protecting civil rights is the foundation of the annual Dreyfous Lecture, which this year brings to Tulane Law School the chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Commission Chairwoman Catherine E. Lhamon will discuss “Civil Rights in the Trump Era” as... 
McGlinchey Lecture hosts leading scholar on presidential powers and federal legislation
Tulane Law School is hosting its annual Dermot S. McGlinchey Lecture on Federal Litigation on Monday, March 25 featuring leading author and scholar Victoria Nourse, the Ralph V. Whitworth Professor of Law at Georgetown Law Center.
Nourse is one of the nation’s leading scholars on statutory... Read more March 18, 2019
A distinguished architect who has spearheaded multi-disciplinary efforts to improve society’s relationship with the environment, a renowned political science professor who studies women and politics, and a former journalist widely regarded as the nation’s foremost public intellectual are all... Read more 
In the 35 years she’s been advocating against the death penalty, Sister Helen Prejean, the Catholic nun featured in the movie “Dead Man Walking” has not found anyone on death row who deserves to die.
“To watch someone be strapped down and their life ended, it is an overwhelming thing,” said... Read more 
Louisiana has been the nation’s prison capital for nearly 20 years, but recently enacted a landmark package of 10 criminal justice reform laws. As a result, in June 2018, Oklahoma instead became the U.S. state with the highest imprisonment rate, replacing Louisiana.
With that backdrop, Tulane Law... Read more 
Tulane law professor's new book published
Professor Vernon Palmer, who is a foremost expert on international comparative law, has just co-edited a published volume, Legal Traditions in Louisiana and the Floridas 1763-1848, which explores the origins and influences on early law in the Louisiana and Florida territories and into statehood... Read more March 07, 2019
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton is the keynote speaker on the opening day of Tulane University Law School’s 31st annual Corporate Law Institute (CLI) March 14-15 at the Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel in downtown New Orleans.
Clayton will speak at the CLI Thursday from 1:45... Read more 
Tulane Students, Faculty Reenact Pivotal Desegregation Case
In the fight to desegregate public educational institutions, the landmark Brown v. Board of Education was the seminal case. Not far behind were cases like Meredith v. Fair which pushed college campuses to admit African-American students.
Tulane Law School joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the... Read more February 28, 2019
To meet Bessie Hall is to know persistence, and perseverance.
In 2012, Hall had to retire from her job at the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services after 17 years following an injury from a fall.
But when she tried to apply for disability benefits some time later, the Louisiana... Read more 
Lipton hosts Roundtable on corporate governance March 16
Professor Ann Lipton is once again gathering the top corporate and securities scholars from around the country to explore changes in the industry at the Tulane Corporate & Securities Law Roundtable on Saturday, March 16.
The event will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tulane Law School’s John... Read more February 15, 2019
'Fabled' 200-year-old manuscript gifted to Tulane Law School
The most fabled book in Louisiana legal history – the de la Vergne volume -- has been gifted to Tulane Law School, an original founding document that details not only the laws of the 1808 Louisiana territory but also contains the hand-written notes of its principal codifier.
The manuscript, a... Read more February 15, 2019
Dean Meyer: Let's work together to shape the next 50 years
Dear Friends,
Thank you for opening the first installment of a newsletter for Tulane Law’s black alumni. This project is born out of our inaugural Black Alumni Reunion Weekend, which was held from Feb. 7-10 in New Orleans. It was an unforgettable and moving weekend that brought together more than... Read more February 13, 2019
Top Coast Guard JAG Delivered Tetley Lecture on Maritime Law
Rear Admiral Steven Andersen, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Coast Guard, delivered this year's William Tetley Lecture in Maritime Law at Tulane Law School.
The lecture, titled “Taking drugs off the water: Where domestic and international law converge,” was a broad summary of the Coast Guard'... Read more February 11, 2019
Dreyfous lecture features social justice advocate Dorothy Roberts
Tulane Law School hosted Dorothy Roberts, a scholar, professor of law and sociology and a social justice advocate as the George Abel and Mathilde Schwab Dreyfous Lecturer on Feb. 7.
Roberts spoke on issues of race, gender and health and ethics, and how all of these interect with the law. With... Read more February 07, 2019
First black woman law grad: "The law has been good to me"
In the fall of 1967, Janice Martin Foster walked into Tulane Law School as one of only four women starting courses that year.
“It took me a little while, but I didn’t realize that I was the only black woman until I got to class and no one looked like me,” she recalled.
Foster became the law... Read more February 05, 2019
Friends, family celebrate the life of Julian Murray
Julian Murray didn’t just love the law, he loved the law.
To him, it was a living thing, and more importantly, a conduit to help other human beings.
Murray (L’64), a prominent attorney and the co-founder of Tulane Law’s Trial Advocacy Program, was remembered by his dearest friends and family Jan... Read more February 01, 2019