Tulane Law Clinics' Impact & Faculty Scholarship
Tulane Law School's legal clinics make an impact, and faculty are publishing, speaking and training others around the country on their teaching and lawyering expertise. Some of their recent work follows:
Published Journal Articles
Lauren E. Godshall, Staying Ethical in the Face of Disaster, Louisiana Bar Journal, Feb./Mar. 2019, Vol. 66, n. 5.
Lauren E. Godshall, The Uncomfortable Other - Professionalism, Louisiana Bar Journal, Dec. 2018/Jan. 2019, Vol. 66, n. 4.
David Katner, Endorsing Pedophiles For Elected Office? 97 Nebraska Law Review, 469 (2018).
Priya Baskaran, Laila L. Hlass, Allison Korn, and Sarah Sherman-Stokes, Experiential Learning through Popular Multimedia, in The Media Method: Teaching Law With Popular Culture (2019).
Stacy Seicshnaydre, Facing Segregation: Lighting the Way to a Stronger Democracy, 28 J. Aff. Housing 59 (2019) (Book Review).
Forthcoming Books and Journal Articles (2020)
Laila L. Hlass, The Adultification of Migrant Children, 34 Geo. Immigr. L. Rev. ____ (Forthcoming 2020).
Robert Lancaster and Katherine Mattes, Engaging Students in Systemic Change: The Role of Louisiana’s Law School Clinics in the State’s Criminal Justice Reform Movement, 80 La. L. Rev.1 (2019).
Awards
Samuel Brandao, Skadden Foundation Writing Stipend, 2019.
Becki Kondkar has been appointed to the American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence.
Becki Kondkar and Katherine Mattes, Excellence in a Public Interest Project, Honorable Mention awarded to the Women’s Prison Project by the Clinical Legal Education Association, 2019.
Lucia Blacksher Ranier, New Orleans City Business 2019 Leadership in Law Award.
Lucia Blacksher Ranier and Samuel Brandao, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center’s 2019 Fair Housing Hero Award made to the Civil Rights and Federal Practice Clinic.
Presentations and Interviews
Samuel Brandao, Displacing Humans: Criminal Law Enforcement, Education, Digital Gaming, and Automation of the Legal Profession, 2019 Gordon Gamm Comparative Law and Justice Symposium: The Implications of Artificial Intelligence for a Just Society – New Orleans, Louisiana, Moderator, November 8, 2019.
Samuel Brandao, Algorithm and Blues: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and the End of Civil Rights, Junior/Senior Faculty Conference – New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1-2, 2019.
Samuel Brandao, Engaging with the Media: Priorities & Pitfalls among Clinical Practice Fields; and WIP discussant: Unleashing Section 504’s Hidden Powers to Protect Students with Disabilities by Claire Raj, University of South Carolina School of Law; Southern Clinical Conference – New Orleans, Louisiana, October 11-12, 2019.
Samuel Brandao, Health, Disabilities, and Veterans Law, Clinical Law Review Writers’ Workshop, New York University School of Law – New York, New York, September 21, 2019.
Samuel Brandao, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities, New Scholars Workshop: Immigration and Civil Rights, Southeastern Association of Law Schools – Boca Raton, Florida, July 31, 2019.
Samuel Brandao, Overspecialized and Underprepared, American Association of Law Schools Clinical Conference – San Francisco, California, May 5, 2019.
Lauren Godshall, Deposing Expert Witnesses, Loyola University School of Law, March 8, 2019.
Lauren Godshall, Lawyers’ Ethical Duty to Preserve Confidential Data, New Orleans Bar Association, November 8, 2018.
Laila Hlass, Elora Mukherjee, Carrie L. Rosenbaum, and Maureen Seeney, Let Immigration Judges Speak, Slate, Oct. 24, 2019.
Laila L. Hlass, Proportionality, Adultification, and the Reimagining of the Immigration System’s Treatment of Children, LatCrit 2019 Biennial Conference, Oct. 18, 2019.
Laila Hlass & Allison Korn, Evolution, Expansion, and Experimentation: A Study of Recent Changes in Experiential Education, Southern Clinical Conference WIP session, Oct. 11, 2019.
Laila Hlass, Kate Evans & Allison Korn, Learning Legal Interviewing & Language Access, Southern Clinical Conference, Oct. 11, 2019.
Laila Hlass, Designing a Clinical Seminar, New Clinicians Workshop of Southern Clinical Conference, Oct. 10, 2019
Laila Hlass, Trump’s asylum proposal undermines immigrant justice system, The Hill, May 5, 2019.
Laila Hlass, From Child Migration to Detaining Asylum-Seekers: Emerging Crisis in Immigration Law, 12th Annual Conclave on Diversity in the Legal Profession: Strides in Diversity: Opening Doors for the Next Generation, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2019.
Laila Hlass, Rethinking Refugee Protection: Legal Strategies for Marginalized Communities, Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, American University Washington College of Law, 2019.
Laila Hlass, Adultification of Immigrant Children, UCLA Emerging Immigration Scholars conference, UCLA Center for Migration Studies, 2019.
Laila Hlass, Encouraging and Empowering the Next Generation of Public Interest and Pro Bono Leaders, 2019 Annual AALS Meeting, 2019.
Laila Hlass, Present Refugee Definition, International Refugee Conference: Refugees Endure: WWII Displaced Persons Versus Today and the Lessons Learned, Eason Weinmann Center of Tulane Law School, 2018.
Laila Hlass, Webinar Instructor, Medical-Forensic Examinations for Asylum Seekers, International Association of Forensic Nurses, 2018.
Laila Hlass, U.S. homeland security chief faces questions about illegal immigration from southeastern congressmen, Fox8, March 6 , 2019.
Laila Hlass, Local immigration courts impacted by government shutdown, Fox8, Jan. 17, 2019.
Laila Hlass, Trump alimente lui-même la crise, Libération (French publication), Jan. 11, 2019.
Laila Hlass, Our immigration system must treat children as children, The Hill, Dec. 28, 2018.
Becki Kondkar, Battered Justice – The Challenges of Women Who Kill Their Abusers, panelist, New Orleans Bar Association and the Family Justice Center, New Orleans, LA, August 2019.
Becki Kondkar, Overspecialized and Underprepared: A Critique of Clinical Legal Education and a Model for Change, Association of American Law Schools, Conference on Clinical Legal Education, San Francisco, California, May 2019.
Becki Kondkar, Protecting Women and Children in the U.S. Judicial System, United States Department of State, International Visitor Leadership Program (12 nations represented), May 2019.
Becki Kondkar, Expert Witness Development Training, Tulane Law School Domestic Violence Clinic and the New Orleans Family Justice Center, May 2019.
Becki Kondkar, Identifying & Addressing Domestic Violence in the Context of Federal Litigation, U.S. District Court - EDLA & New Orleans Federal Bar Association CLE, April 2019.
Becki Kondkar, Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice, National Book Foundation, Literature for Justice panelist, New Orleans, LA, March 2019.
Becki Kondkar, Tulane Law School Clinics: Teaching a New Generation of Problem Solving Lawyers, Tulane Inn of Court, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, February, 2019.
Becki Kondkar, Representing Domestic Violence Survivors, Louisiana State Bar Association’s Family Law Section, November, 2018.
Becki Kondkar, Litigating a Protective Order Case, Loyola Law School Annual Family Law CLE, November, 2018.
Becki Kondkar, The Role of Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Trauma in Women’s Incarceration, Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole, Baton Rouge, LA, November 2018.
Becki Kondkar, Appellate Litigation in Domestic Violence Cases, Louisiana State Bar Association’s Access to Justice Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, Fall 2018.
Becki Kondkar, Lead trial skills trainer, National Training Institute on Protective Order Practice for Attorneys, Battered Women’s Justice Project, Washington, D.C., Fall 2018.
Becki Kondkar, Understanding Trauma, Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole, Victim Outreach Program, September 2019.
Katherine Mattes, Literature for Justice: The Gravity of Bearing Witness, National Book Foundation and Tulane Law School, 2019.
Katherine Mattes, 40 Years of Clinical Education at Tulane Law School, Tulane Inns of Court, New Orleans, LA, 2019.
Katherine Mattes, Clinical pedagogy and the Louisiana Criminal Justice System, Saudi Arabian Delegation of judges through the U.S. State Department, New Orleans, LA, 2019.
Katherine Mattes, Mass Incarceration and the Law, Per(sister) Incarcerated Women of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, 2019.
Katherine Mattes, Clinical Education/Pedagogy and the Impact on Criminal Justice Reform, LSU Law School, Criminal Justice Reform Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA, 2019.
Katherine Mattes, Tulane Law Clinics: Teaching a new generation of problem-solving lawyers, Tulane Inns of Court, New Orleans, LA, 2019.
Katherine Mattes, Louisiana Board of Parole and Pardons, Training on the unique issues and pathways to incarceration for domestic violence victims and victims of sex trafficking, Baton Rouge, LA, 2018.
Lucia Blacksher Ranier, Civil Rights Issues of Today: Using Your Career to Inspire Change, Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LA, February 13, 2019.
Lucia Blacksher Ranier, 40 Years of Clinical Education at Tulane Law School, Tulane Inn of Court, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, February 2, 2019.
Lucia Blacksher Ranier, Reasonable Accommodations and Program Access under the ADA: Exploring Inclusiveness, Louisiana State Bar Association’s Government and Public Law Section CLE, Baton Rouge, LA, November 1-2, 2018.
Stacy Seicshnaydre, The State of Things, “North Carolina Fights Against Housing Discrimination Rule Change,” WUNC Radio, October 22, 2019.
Stacy Seicshnaydre, Key Issues in Disparate Impact Fair Housing Litigation after Inclusive Communities, National Meeting of the Housing Justice Network (National Housing Law Project), New Orleans, LA, March 19, 2019.
Stacy Seicshnaydre, Convening on Disparate Impact, Columbia Law School, Invited Discussant, February 8, 2019.
Stacy Seicshnaydre, Implementing Fair Housing and Community Development (Where Do We Go from Here? Fair Housing and Community Development at a Crossroads), Texas A&M University School of Law, Real Property Law Roundtable, February 1, 2019.
Stacy Seicshnaydre, Undesign the Redline, Racial Equity Institute luncheon, New Orleans, LA,(Small Center), Guest Speaker, December 6, 2018.
Stacy Seicshnaydre, Melding Scholarship and Advocacy under the Fair Housing Act, John Marshall Law School Conference, An Appreciation of Robert G. Schwemm & His Contribution to Fair Housing Law: Theory and How Do We Ensure an Adequate Supply of Affordable Accessible Housing? Chicago, IL, Fall 2018.
