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{{Short description|Law school in New Orleans, Louisiana, US}}
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'''Tulane University Law School''' is the ] of ]. It is located on Tulane's ] campus in ]. Established in 1847, it is the 12th oldest law school in the ]. '''Tulane University Law School''' is the ] of ]. It is located on Tulane's ] campus in ], ]. Established in 1847, it is the 12th oldest law school in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsabout/index.aspx |title=About Tulane Law School |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref>


== Campus ==
The law school curriculum offers a complete selection of common law and federal subjects. In addition, Tulane offers electives in the ], giving students the opportunity to pursue comparative education of the world's two major legal systems. (] is the only ] to have a civil law, rather than common law, system). Students are permitted to survey a broad range of subject areas or to concentrate in one or more.
] Law School's main building.]]


The law school's {{convert|160000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building, John Giffen Weinmann Hall, was completed in 1995. Designed to integrate classrooms, a student lounge, a computer lab, faculty offices, and a ] that contains both national and international collections, the building is centrally located on Tulane's ] campus. The law school has been on the Uptown campus since 1906, and has been housed in several buildings since then, until the completion of Weinmann Hall. The law school was located in Jones Hall from 1969 until 1995, where scenes for '']'' were filmed.
Specifically, Tulane Law School's ] and ] programs are considered among the strongest nationwide, and its ] program is among the best regarded in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsAcademicPrograms/index.aspx?id=1710| title=Tulane Law School Program Academic Description|year=2007|publisher= Tulane}}</ref> For more than 20 years, the school has hosted the ], a preeminent ] (M&A) and ] forum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Life_After_Law_School/CLE/PDFs_for_Events_and_Conferences/CLI-BROCHURE-WEB.pdf | title=20th Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute Brochure|year=2008|publisher= Tulane|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/from-tulane-top-deal-makers-on-ma/| title=From Tulane, Top Deal Makers on M&A|publisher= New York Times | date=2008-04-03 | accessdate=2010-05-26}}</ref>


Next to Weinmann Hall on the 6200 block of Freret Street is the Law Annex, a light gray ] building that houses the Center for Energy Law and the Center for Environmental Law. The Law Annex was a faculty residence before being converted for its current use.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/tulane/about/maps/law-annex.cfm |title=Tulane University – Law Annex |publisher=Tulane.edu |date=2013-04-16 |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> Nearby is the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane's main library; the Lavin-Bernick Center, which houses university dining facilities and the university bookstore; the Reily Student Recreation Center (a gym with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and basketball, squash, and tennis courts); the ]; the Newcomb Art Gallery; and various other buildings.
== Campus ==
] Law School's main building.]]


The Uptown campus is marked by many large ] trees and historically significant buildings. ]s include ], ], ], ], and ]. The front-of-campus buildings use white ] or orange brick for exteriors, while the middle-of-campus buildings are mostly adorned in red St. Joe brick. In all, Tulane's Uptown campus occupies more than 110 acres (0.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), facing ] directly opposite ], which features the ], and a {{convert|1.8|mi|km|adj=on}} pedestrian trail around a public golf course. The campus is also a short bicycle ride from the ] and a 25+ mile bicycling/jogging trail that runs along it. The ] makes the campus accessible via public transit. ] is directly adjacent to Tulane, on the downriver side.
The law school's 160,000 square-foot building, '''John Giffen Weinmann Hall''', was completed in 1995. Designed to integrate classrooms, a student lounge, a computer lab, faculty offices, and a ] that contains both national and international collections, the building is centrally located on Tulane’s ] campus. The law school has been on the Uptown campus since 1906, and has been housed in several buildings since then, until the completion of Weinmann Hall. The law school was located in Jones Hall from 1969 until 1995, where scenes for '']'' were filmed.


==Academic program==
Next to Weinmann Hall on the 6200 block of Freret Street is the '''Law Annex''', a light gray ] building that houses the Career Development Office (CDO). The Law Annex was a faculty residence before being converted for its current use.<ref>http://tulane.edu/tulane/about/maps/law-annex.cfm</ref> Nearby is the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane's main library; the Lavin-Bernick Center, which houses university dining facilities and the university bookstore; the Reily Student Recreation Center (a gym with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and basketball, squash, and tennis courts); the ]; the Newcomb Art Gallery; and various other buildings.
]'' were filmed.]]


To complete the ] (J.D.) ] program, a student must finish six semesters in residence, 88 credit hours, an upper-level writing requirement, and a 50-hour community-service obligation. The first-year curriculum comprises eight required courses. The first-year legal-research-and-writing program is taught by instructors with significant experience as lawyers and writers, each assisted by senior fellows.
The Uptown campus is marked by many large ] trees and historically significant buildings. ]s include ], ], ], ], and ]. The front-of-campus buildings use white ] or orange brick for exteriors, while the middle-of-campus buildings are mostly adorned in red St. Joe brick. In all, Tulane's Uptown campus occupies more than 110 ]s (0.4&nbsp;km²), facing ] directly opposite ], which features the ], and a 1.8-mile pedestrian trail around a public golf course. The campus is also a short bicycle ride from the ] and a 25+ mile bicycling/jogging trail that runs along it. The ] makes the campus accessible via public transit. ] is directly adjacent to Tulane, on the downriver side.


After the first year, all courses are electives, except for a required legal-profession course. All first year and many upper-class courses are taught in multiple sections to allow for smaller classes. The upper-class curriculum includes introductory as well as advanced courses in a broad range of subject areas, including ] and ], ], corporate law, environmental law, maritime law, ], ], ], ], and ], among others.
====Planned improvements====
In late November 2008, the university announced a donor-funded project to eliminate the street (]) between the law school and the cafeteria/bookstore, to transform the center of campus "into a vibrant, pedestrian environment."<ref name="media.www.thehullabaloo.com">{{cite web
|url=http://media.www.thehullabaloo.com/media/storage/paper958/news/2008/11/21/News/Mcallister.Place.To.Be.Car.Free-3557473.shtml
|title=McAllister Place to be Car Free
|publisher=Tulane Hullabaloo
|date=2008-11-25
}}</ref> The street has been replaced with a landscaped pedestrian walkway .<ref name="media.www.thehullabaloo.com"/> The project was completed in January 2010.<ref name="media.www.thehullabaloo.com"/> Coincidentally, in late November 2008 the City of New Orleans announced plans to add bicycle lanes to the St. Charles Avenue corridor that runs in front of ].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/living-2/1227334883282870.xml&coll=1
|title=Repaved Streets Will Have Lanes for Bicycling
|publisher=The Times-Picayune
|date=2008-11-22
}}</ref> That work started in August 2009 and should be completed in 2010.


Tulane Law offers six optional ] for J.D. students who wish to receive one certificate of completion in an area. The six are ], environmental law, international and comparative law, maritime law, sports law, or civil law.
== Academic program==
]'' were filmed.]]
The 2010 '']'' ] place Tulane Law as 45th in the nation overall and 11th in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/law/search/page+2| title=Best Law Schools|year=2010|publisher= usnews.com| accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref> The global ] reportedly led to an increase in student selectivity for the class of 2012, as applications to law schools across the nation were estimated to have risen by 5% between 2008 and 2009, including a 15% increase at Tulane Law alone.<ref>http://thehullabaloo.com/?p=5494&cpage=1</ref>


Tulane's Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlscenters/eason/|title = Tulane Law School &#124;}}</ref> its Maritime Law Center,<ref> tulane.edu {{dead link|date=August 2023}}</ref> and its Institute on Water Policy & Law,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/enlaw/|title = Tulane Law School &#124;}}</ref> promote scholarship in comparative, maritime, and environmental law.
Six semesters in residence, completion of 88 credits with at least a "C" average, and fulfillment of an upper-level writing requirement and a 30-hour community service obligation are required for graduation from the ] (J.D.) ] program. The first-year curriculum comprises eight required courses. The first-year legal research and writing program is taught by instructors with significant experience as lawyers and writers, each assisted by senior fellows.


Tulane conducts an annual summer school in New Orleans and offers summer-study programs abroad. Tulane also offers semester-long exchange programs with select law schools in a number of countries throughout the world.
After the first year, all courses are elective, except for a required legal profession course. All first-year and many upper-class courses are taught in multiple sections to allow for smaller classes. The upper-class curriculum includes introductory as well as advanced courses in a broad range of subject areas, including international and comparative law, business and corporate law, environmental law, maritime law, ], ], ], and ] and procedure, among others.


In addition to the J.D., the school offers two graduate degrees in law: The ] (LL.M.) the ] (S.J.D.) program. The five specialized LL.M. programs are in: maritime law, energy and environmental law, American business law, American law, and international and comparative law.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsadmissions/index.aspx?id=196 |title=Tulane Law School Prospective Students |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> LL.M. students may also pursue a general LL.M., which does not concentrate in any one area.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
Tulane Law offers six optional ] for J.D. students that wish to receive one certificate of completion in an area. The six are ], environmental law, international and comparative law, maritime law, sports law, or civil law.


The law school offers six ], in the areas of: ], ], juvenile litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, ], and ] (the ]). In addition, there is a trial-advocacy program, and third-year students may engage in ]s with federal and state judges, with a local ] project, or with certain administrative agencies. The judicial externships are possible because of Tulane's close proximity to the ], the ], and the ], all of which are in New Orleans. The school was the first in the country to institute a ] program requiring that each student complete legally related community service prior to graduation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsStudentLife/index.aspx?id=728 |title=Tulane University Law School – Student Life |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref>
Tulane’s , its , and its , promote scholarship in comparative, maritime, and environmental law.


Every summer, ], a national ]-preparation company, offers ] and ] preparation courses at the Tulane Law School. Additionally, a ] preparation course is offered when demand warrants it, as it did in 2010.
Tulane conducts an annual summer school in New Orleans and offers summer-study programs abroad. Tulane also offers semester-long exchange programs with select law schools in a number of countries throughout the world.


=== Study abroad programs ===
In addition to the J.D., the school offers two graduate degrees in law: The ] (LL.M.) the ] (S.J.D.) program. The LL.M. programs are in maritime law, energy and environmental law, American business law, American law, and international and comparative law.
Tulane Law School was one of the first five schools in the United States to offer a foreign summer law program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsabroad/index.aspx?id=7636&ekmensel=c580fa7b_258_0_7636_6 |title=Tulane University Law School Summer Abroad |publisher=Tulane University Law School website |date=2008-11-30}}</ref> As of 2008, over 4,000 law students from approximately 140 U.S. law schools attended Tulane Law's summer abroad programs, taught by faculty from Tulane, other U.S. law schools, and universities abroad.<ref name="law.tulane.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/abroad/index.aspx?ekmensel=c580fa7b_168_0_4386_1 |title=Tulane University Law School Summer Abroad
|publisher=Tulane University Law School website|date=April 5, 2008}}</ref> Through the years, prominent scholars and ] have highlighted Tulane's summer faculty, including ] justices ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="law.tulane.edu"/> In the past, the law school's summer programs have taken place in ] in the ]; ] in ]; ] and ] in ]; ] and ] in ]; ] and ] in ]; and ] in ].


===JD/MBA program===
The law school offers six live-client clinical programs: ], ], juvenile litigation, domestic violence ], ] (the ]), and legislative and administrative advocacy. In addition, there is a trial advocacy program, and third-year students may engage in externships with federal and state judges, with a local death penalty project, or with certain administrative agencies. The school was the first in the country to institute a ] program requiring that each student complete community service work prior to graduation. For the next few years, students will engage in community service work related to the rebuilding of New Orleans subsequent to ].<ref name="officialguide.lsac.org">{{cite web|url=http://officialguide.lsac.org//SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/LSAC_LawSchoolDescription/LSAC6832.pdf| title=ABA School Description|year=2007|publisher= LSAC|format=PDF}}</ref>
Tulane benefits from having a top law school and a top business school located immediately next to one another, both of which consistently rank among the top 50 in the nation, according to the '']'' and the ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://media.ft.com/cms/353a8bdc-c804-11dc-94a6-0000779fd2ac.pdf|title=Financial Times 2008 MBA ranking|year=2008|newspaper=Financial Times|access-date=2008-04-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412005207/http://media.ft.com/cms/353a8bdc-c804-11dc-94a6-0000779fd2ac.pdf|archive-date=2013-04-12}}</ref> (the ] department in particular has been ranked among the top 10 in the world on several occasions).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/ranks.htm| title= Freeman School @ Tulane – Rankings|year=2005|publisher= freeman.tulane.edu| access-date=2007-06-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070220043755/http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/ranks.htm |archive-date = 2007-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm| title= Financial Times Names Tulane University Among World's Top 10 Schools for Finance – Rankings|year=2008|publisher= freeman.tulane.edu| access-date=2008-04-19}}</ref> This close proximity has facilitated the growth of Tulane's ] program. In the '06–'07 school year, Tulane boasted of having 25 joint JD/MBA candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointdegree.com/?q=node/51
|title=Tulane to Maximize JD/MBA |publisher=jointdegree.com |date=2007-03-31}}</ref> In March 2007, Tulane announced that it had hired a new business law professor, whose objectives would include "maximiz...the growth of the Law School's JD/MBA joint degree," and strengthening ties between the law school and ].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsNews/newsItem.aspx?id=2132 |title=Prestigious Business Law Scholar Joins Tulane Faculty |publisher=Tulane University Law School website |date=2007-03-23}}</ref> In January 2008, the Tulane JD/MBA Club held a networking event in ] with the creator of jdmba.com, an interschool JD/MBA networking website.


Recent JD/MBA graduates have gone on to work for ], ] firms, ], and ] in New York, Houston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and other cities. The program does not require highly qualified applicants to have significant full-time work experience.
], a ] preparation company, offers summer courses at Tulane to prepare students for the ]. Because many Tulane students plan to practice in ], BarBri also offers a preparation course for the New York Bar Exam every summer on Tulane's campus. Additionally, a California preparation course is offered when demand warrants it, as it did in 2010.


In March 2009, the university announced the designation of a $1.5 million donation to support in perpetuity a JD/MBA professor of national stature at Tulane.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsNews/newsItem.aspx?id=9010 |title=Tulane University Law School – News Item Detail |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |date=2009-03-17 |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref>
====Strategic plan====
In May 2007, Tulane Law announced a to improve its academic mission.<ref name="ReferenceA">http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Strategic%20Plan%20May%202007.pdf</ref> Most notably, the school decided to increase student selectivity by gradually reducing the incoming JD class size from a historical average of 350 students per year to a target of 250 students per year within several years.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>


====Summer study abroad==== ===JD/MHA program===
The joint Juris Doctor/Master of Health Administration program with the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (TUSPH&TM) permits students to earn both degrees in 4 years, whereas normally the JD would take 3 years and the MHA, 2 years. Students take 79 units in the law school (rather than the normally-required 88 units) and 46 units in TUSPH&TM.<ref name="TLS JD/MHA"> Visited 3–19–12.</ref> Students are permitted to skip the course Social and Behavioral Aspects of Global Health which is normally required for the Public Health Core.<ref name="TLS JD/MHA" /> Students take Health Care Law in the law school instead of the TUSPH&TM version of the course, and the course counts for both JD and MHA.
Tulane Law School was one of the first five schools in the United States to offer a foreign summer law program.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsabroad/index.aspx?id=7636&ekmensel=c580fa7b_258_0_7636_6
|title=Tulane University Law School Summer Abroad
|publisher=Tulane University Law School website
|date=2008-11-30
}}</ref> As of 2008, over 4,000 law students from approximately 140 U.S. law schools attended Tulane Law's summer abroad programs, taught by faculty from Tulane, other U.S. law schools, and universities abroad.<ref name="law.tulane.edu">{{cite web
|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/abroad/index.aspx?ekmensel=c580fa7b_168_0_4386_1
|title=Tulane University Law School Summer Abroad
|publisher=Tulane University Law School website
|date=4/5/08
}}</ref> Through the years, prominent scholars and ] have highlighted Tulane's summer faculty, including ] justices ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="law.tulane.edu"/> In the past, the law school's summer programs have taken place in ] in the ]; ] in ]; ] and ] in ]; ] and ] in ]; ] and ] in ]; and ] in ].


In recent years, the program has enrolled 0–2 students per year and graduating students have gone into health care law practice and health care management in approximately equal numbers.
====JD/MBA program====
]
Tulane benefits from having a top law school and a top business school located immediately next to one another, both of which consistently rank among the top 50 in the nation, according to the '']'' and the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.ft.com/cms/353a8bdc-c804-11dc-94a6-0000779fd2ac.pdf| title= Financial Times 2008 MBA ranking|year=2008|publisher= Financial Times| accessdate=2008|format=PDF}}</ref> (the ] department in particular has been ranked among the top 10 in the world on several occasions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/ranks.htm| title= Freeman School @ Tulane - Rankings|year=2005|publisher= freeman.tulane.edu| accessdate=2007-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm| title= Financial Times Names Tulane University Among World's Top 10 Schools for Finance - Rankings|year=2008|publisher= freeman.tulane.edu| accessdate=2008-04-19}}</ref>). This close proximity has facilitated the growth of Tulane's ] program. In the '06-'07 school year, Tulane boasted of having 25 joint JD/MBA candidates.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.jointdegree.com/?q=node/51
|title=Tulane to Maximize JD/MBA
|publisher=jointdegree.com
|date=2007-03-31
}}</ref> In March 2007, Tulane announced that it had hired a new business law professor, whose objectives would include "maximiz...the growth of the Law School's JD/MBA joint degree," and strengthening ties between the law school and ].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsNews/newsItem.aspx?id=2132
|title=Prestigious Business Law Scholar Joins Tulane Faculty
|publisher=Tulane University Law School website
|date=2007-03-23
}}</ref> In January 2008, the Tulane JD/MBA Club held a networking event in ] with the creator of , an interschool JD/MBA networking website.


===JD/MA in Latin American Studies===
Recent JD/MBA graduates have gone on to work for ], ] firms, ], and ] in New York, Houston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and other cities. The program does not require highly qualified applicants to have significant full-time work experience.
Enriched by Tulane's position of hosting one of the top Latin American Studies programs in the United States, the meets the need for "lawyer-statesmen" who know the law and who understand the societies of Latin America. The program employs a multi-disciplinary approach intended to enhance appreciation of the economic, social, political, and other forces in Latin America that influence the development of law and legal institutions. In addition to law school requirements, students pursuing the joint JD/MA in Latin American Studies must complete 24 semester hours of coursework in graduate courses approved by the . Demonstrated competence in either Spanish or Portuguese is required, and competence in both is encouraged.


===Degrees in international development===
In March 2009, the university announced the designation of a $1.5 million donation to support in perpetuity a JD/MBA professor of national stature at Tulane.<ref>http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsNews/newsItem.aspx?id=9010</ref>
The ], which became part of the Law School in 2008, confers Master of Science, Joint Juris Doctor and Master of Science, Master of Laws (LLM) in Development, and Doctoral degrees.<ref> (accessed 21 April 2014)</ref>


== Employment statistics ==
== Student activities==
According to Tulane Law School's 2015 ]-required disclosures, 60% of the Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners, and 4.9% of the class was seeking employment but not employed.<ref name="ABA Employment Reports">{{cite web|title=Section of Legal Education, Employment Summary Report |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Careers/Employment_and_ABA/ClassOf2015ABAReport.pdf |website=American Bar Association|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref> According to Tulane Law School's official 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 63.3% of the Class of 2016 was employed in non-school-funded, full-time, long-term, bar passage required jobs nine months after graduation, and 6.5% of the class was seeking employment but not employed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Careers/Employment_and_ABA/ClassOf2016ABAReport.pdf|title = Tulane Law School &#124;}}</ref>
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== Career development services ==
Tulane Law School's Career Development Office has five career counselors, newly recruited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsCareers/index.aspx|title = Tulane Law School &#124;}}</ref> The School also has an office coordinator.

==Rankings and reputation==
According to the 2023–2024 ] published by '']'', Tulane University Law School is ranked 78th (tied) amongst 196 ] fully accredited by the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/tulane-university-03068 |title=Tulane University Law School|publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 2, 2024 }}</ref> In March 2018, Law.com ranked Tulane Law 36th among its list of The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.com/2018/03/08/the-top-50-go-to-law-schools/|title=The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools|website=Law.com|access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref> Tulane Law is ranked 37th in Law School 100's 2018 ranking, which relies on a qualitative assessment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawschool100.com/ |title=Ranking the Best Law Schools in the United States |publisher=Law School 100 |access-date=2018-03-13}}</ref> The Leiter Law School ranking, conducted in 2010, put Tulane at 38th, based on student quality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leiterrankings.com/new/2010_top40lawschools.shtml |title=Brian Leiter Law School Faculty Moves, 1995–2004 |publisher=Leiterrankings.com |date=2010-06-01 |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> The ], conducted in 2006, put Tulane at 39th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/files/the_us_news_and_world_report_rankings_without_the_clutter.pdf|title=The US News and World Report Rankings Without the Clutter|website=elsblog.org|access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>

== Bar passage ==
Tulane University Law School graduates had the 2nd highest passing rate, after LSU, on the Louisiana State Bar Exam administered in July 2021, according to results released by the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee. In all, 84.3 percent of Tulane students passed the bar on their first attempt, compared to the state average of 78.4 percent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lasc.org/Bar_Exam_Results?p=Stats-07-21 |title=bar results – Press Room – |publisher=] |date=2021 |access-date=2022-03-06}}</ref>

== Ethnic diversity ==
In scoring that runs from .14 (least ethnically diverse) to .73 (most diverse), Tulane's diversity index, according to the latest ] Law School Diversity Index, is .33, with Hispanic students the largest minority at 8% of the student body.<ref> usnews.com {{dead link|date=August 2023}}</ref> By way of comparison, among the top ten of U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Schools, those nearest to Tulane in this category are Duke University, with a score of .42, and University of Virginia, at .37.

More recently, Tulane Law's total student population is 76% White, with Students of Color making up 24% of the student body.<ref name="2022 Tulane 509 Report"> law.tulane.com</ref> Tulane Law Faculty's is composed of only 8 Full-Time Faculty members of Color and 9 more Non-full-Time Faculty of color for a total of 17 or 14% of its total faculty.<ref name="2022 Tulane 509 Report"/>

==Costs==
Tuition and fees for a full-time Tulane Law School student for the 2017–2018 academic year are $54,658 ($50,358 tuition and $4,300 in mandatory fees). The total cost of attendance (tuition, fees, books and living expenses) for the 2017–2018 academic year is estimated at $77,334.<ref name=Financial>{{Cite web|url=https://law.tulane.edu/admissions?id=200|title=Admissions & Financial Aid &#124; Tulane Law School|website=law.tulane.edu|access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>

] estimated total cost of attendance for three years at $284,440 in 2017,<ref name="LST Cost">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/tulane|title=Tulane University|website=Law School Transparency|access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref> noting that for the 2015–16 academic year, 32.3% of students received scholarships of 50% or more of tuition and fees.<ref name=Scholarships>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/tulane/costs|title=Cost of attendance and debt at Tulane University|website=Law School Transparency|access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>

==Student activities==
Student organizations sponsor educational programs and social events throughout the academic year. The law school also periodically hosts social events with the ] and the ]. Student organizations sponsor educational programs and social events throughout the academic year. The law school also periodically hosts social events with the ] and the ].


An active ] program holds trial and appellate competitions within the school and fields teams for a variety of interschool competitions. The Law School has a chapter of the ]. The ] functions as the student government and recommends students for appointment to faculty committees. Over 40 student organizations are active at Tulane, including Tulane Law Women, Black Law Students Association, La Alianza, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Environmental Law Society, and several legal fraternities. The Tulane Public Interest Law Foundation raises funds, matched by the Law School, to support as many as 30 students each summer in ] fellowships with a variety of organizations.<ref name="officialguide.lsac.org"/> An active ] program holds trial and appellate competitions within the school and fields teams for a variety of interschool competitions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsOrgs/mootcourt/index.aspx?id=5046 |title=Tulane University Law School Moot Court |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> The Law School has a chapter of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsstudentlife/index.aspx?id=3550 |title=Tulane University Law School – Student Life |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> The ] functions as the student government and recommends students for appointment to faculty committees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsstudentlife/index.aspx?id=654 |title=Tulane University Law School – Student Life |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> Over 40 student organizations are active at Tulane, including Tulane Criminal Law Society, Federal Bar Association, Maritime Law Society, Sports Law Society, Tulane Women In Law, OUTLaw, Black Law Students Association, Latinx Law Student Association (Formally known as La Alianza), Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Energy & Environmental Law Society, and several legal fraternities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsstudentlife/orgs_index.aspx |title=Tulane University Law School – Student Life |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref> The Tulane Public Interest Law Foundation raises funds, matched by the Law School, to support as many as 30 students each summer in ] fellowships with a variety of organizations.<ref name="officialguide.lsac.org">{{cite web|url=http://officialguide.lsac.org//SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/LSAC_LawSchoolDescription/LSAC6832.pdf| title=ABA School Description |year=2007|publisher= LSAC}}</ref>


Journals published or edited at Tulane Law School include: Journals published or edited at Tulane Law School include:
*'']'' *'']''
*'']'' *'']''
*'']'' *'']''
*'']'' *'']'', the official law journal for the National LGBT Bar Association
*'']'' (faculty run) *'']'' (faculty run)
*'']'' *'']''
*'']'' *'']''
*'']'', edited by Tulane Law students, published and funded by the national Sports Lawyers Association *'''''Sports Lawyers Journal''''', edited by Tulane Law students, published and funded by the national Sports Lawyers Association
*'']'', a publication of the *'']'', a publication of the Eason-Weinman Center for Comparative Law


==Notable professors== ==Notable professors==
{{see also|Category: Tulane University Law School faculty|Category: Deans of Tulane University Law School}}

===Current=== ===Current===
*Ann M. Lipton - Michael M. Fleishman Professor in Business Law and Entrepreneurship <ref>{{cite web|url=https://law.tulane.edu/ann-m-lipton |title=Ann M. Lipton |website=] |access-date=2024-09-20}}</ref>
*] - author of , a leading ] book used by law students and practicing attorneys
*Adam Babich - fellow to American College of Environmental Lawyers <ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.tulane.edu/babich-named-fellow-prestigious-environmental-law-group |title= Babich Named Fellow to Prestigious Environmental Law Group |website=] |access-date=2024-09-16 }}</ref>
* - joined Tulane in 2007 after 29 years at ], where he won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award
*Gabe Feldman – legal analyst for NFL Network<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/onairtalent/gabe-feldman |title=Gabe Feldman - NFL Network: On Air Talent |website=] |access-date=2017-03-20 |archive-date=2017-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320145525/http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/onairtalent/gabe-feldman |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* - leading environmental law expert, previously served as the General Counsel and Vice-President of the ]
*] - served as the 20th dean, from 1996 to 2001; helped ] write its code of ]


===Former=== ===Former===
*] – author of ''Trial Technique and Evidence'', an ] book used by law students and practicing attorneys
*], a founder of ], one of the largest ] investment firms globally
*] – New Orleans lawyer with specialty in environmental issues, ] graduate; member of the ] for ], 2000–2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khh.com/attorney/Loulan-J-Pitre-Jr|title=Loulan J. Pitre Jr. Biography|publisher=khh.com|access-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref>
*], U.S. Senator from 1876–1879
*] – served as the 20th dean, from 1996 to 2001; helped ] write its code of civil procedure
*], a founder of ], one of the largest ] investment firms globally
*], ] reformer and Tulane Law School professor from 1916 to 1941<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site21.php|title=Dunbar, Charles E|publisher=A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org)|access-date=December 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925003659/http://www.lahistory.org/site21.php|archive-date=September 25, 2016}}</ref>
*], U.S. Senator from 1876 to 1879
*], professor-emeritus; authority on tax law<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsfaculty/profiles.aspx?id=420|title=Hoffman Franklin Fuller |publisher=law.Tulane.edu|access-date=February 19, 2015}}</ref>
*], served as the 19th dean, from 1986 to 1996; counsel to U.S. Rep. ] (D- N.Y.) *], served as the 19th dean, from 1986 to 1996; counsel to U.S. Rep. ] (D- N.Y.)
*], New York City executive of ]; served as dean from 1963–1968 *], New York City executive of ]; served as dean from 1963 to 1968
*] - former professor and dean (was 21st dean from 2001 to 2009); appointed by the Chief Justice to the Advisory Committee on ] Rules to the United States *] – former professor and dean (was 21st dean from 2001 to 2009); appointed by the Chief Justice to the Advisory Committee on ] Rules to the United States
*] – former professor of civil law
*], second most-cited law professor in the United States<ref>http://jonathanturley.org/about/</ref>
*], second most-cited law professor in the United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jonathanturley.org/about/ |title=Bio |publisher=Jonathan Turley |date=2010-12-07 |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref>
* U.S. Supreme Court Justices: ], ], ], ], and Chief Justice ] during Tulane Law Summer Study abroad.<ref name="law.tulane.edu"/> * U.S. Supreme Court Justices: ], ], ], ], and Chief Justice ] during Tulane Law Summer Study abroad.<ref name="law.tulane.edu"/>
*], writer, Dean Emeritus of ] and Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico.<ref>{{Cite journal|publisher=Editorial Reus |language=es | journal = Revista general de legislación y jurisprudencia | volume = 91 | page = 26| location = Puerto Rico | year = 1960}}</ref>
* ] – former Felder-Fayard Professor of Law and Vice President of Tulane University, named first female—and first non-Jesuit—President of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2018/05/loyola_president_tania_tetlow.html|title=With Tania Tetlow, Loyola gets 1st female, 1st non-Jesuit president|date=19 May 2018 |publisher=nola.com|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>


==Notable alumni== ==Notable alumni==
{{see also|Category: Tulane University Law School alumni|List of Tulane University people}} {{Main|List of Tulane University Law School alumni}}

====Business====
*John Koerner III, JD/MBA-1970, former President and Co-Owner of ] Inc.<ref>http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/freemanmag/spring97/barqs.pdf</ref>
*Jay Lapeyre, JD/MBA-1977, President of Laitram Corp.<ref name="freemanblog.freeman.tulane.edu">http://freemanblog.freeman.tulane.edu/freemanmag/?p=78</ref>
*Madeleine Johnson, JD-1984, ] of ]<ref>http://www.swamedia.com/swamedia/bios/madeleine_johnson.html</ref>
*Marc Firestone, JD-1985, General Counsel of ]<ref>http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com/about/profile/Marc-Firestone-Bio.aspx</ref>
*], JD-1985, ] of Broadwebasia<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/Peter_Schloss</ref>
*], ]-1985, writer of '']'' (1995), '']'' (1995), and '']'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite journal | title = Jonathan Hensleigh New York Times Filmography | date = 24 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | title = Eleo Kaemmerer Marries a Writer | section = style| publisher = New York Times | location = New York, New York | date = 21 August 1988}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | title = IMDb Mini Biography | date = 24 April 2008}}</ref>
*Wayne Gardner, JD-1986, Tax Counsel, ]<ref>http://www.martindale.com/W-Wayne-Gardner/2612035-lawyer.htm</ref>
*Michael Barton, JD-1992, ] (])-1985, ] partner (San Francisco), former ] clerk
*Rod West, JD-1993, MBA (Freeman School)-2005, President & CEO of ]<ref>http://www.entergy.com/about_entergy/leadership/west.aspx</ref>
*Ford F. Graham, JD/MBA, Vice-Chairman and President, Miller Petroleum, Inc., and Managing Partner of Vulcan Partners<ref>http://www.google.com/finance?q=OTC%3AMILL</ref><ref>http://www.vulcancapital.com/team.html</ref>
*John Misso, JD/MBA, Senior Tax Counsel, ], Houston
*], JD-1995, 37-year-old General Manager of the ], graduated with Tulane's ] certificate
*Paul Friedman, JD/MBA-1996, Senior Vice President at ]<ref name="freemanblog.freeman.tulane.edu"/>

====Government====
], served as Governor of Louisiana from 1876-1880 and elected again from 1888-1892.]]
], was governor of Louisiana from 1904-1908.]]

'''Governors'''
*], 1870, Governor of Louisiana (D)
*], 1871, Governor of Louisiana (D)
*], Governor of Louisiana (D)
*], 1893, Governor of Louisiana (D)
*], 1893, Governor of Louisiana (D)
*], 1915, Governor of Louisiana (D)
*], Governor of Louisiana (D)
*], 1950, Governor of Louisiana (R)
*], 1975, Governor of West Virginia (D)

'''U.S. Senators'''
*], 1901, U.S. Senator (D)
*], 1889, U.S. Senator (D)
*], 1913, U.S. Senator (D)
*], 1897, U.S. Senator (D)
*], 1988, U.S. Senator (R)
<!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: ], a 1960s civil-rights champion, served as a Federal Judge for the ].]] -->
'''U.S. Representatives'''
], former ] ] and ].]]

*], 1937, U.S. Representative, 1941–1943, 1946-1972 (D)
*], 1931, U.S. Representative (D)
*], 1968, U.S. Representative, 1977-1999 (R)
*], 1899, U.S. Representative, 1912-1917 (D)
*], 1934, U.S. Representative, 1943-1967 (D)
*], 1949, U.S. Representative, 1967–1975 (D)
*], 1914, U.S. Representative (D)

'''Mayors'''
*], 1868, Mayor of New Orleans, 1900–1904
*], Mayor of Columbus, Georgia (2003–2007) (R)
*], 1912, Mayor of New Orleans, 1929–1936

'''Judges (Federal Appeals and State Supreme Court level)'''
], judge of the ] and considered one of the "]" who helped advance ] in the 1950's and 60's.]]

*], JD-1972, ] (R)
*], 1957, U.S. 5th Circuit
*], ]-1895, U.S. 5th Circuit; also served as 11th dean of the Tulane Law School
*], 1953, Puerto Rico Supreme Court
*Andrew G.T. Moore, ]; wrote '']'' and '']''; co-founded the ]
*], JD-1987, ] (R); former ] of Alabama
*], 1918, Louisiana Supreme Court
*Elizabeth Weaver, 1965, Michigan Supreme Court
*], 1961, U.S. 5th Circuit
*], 1929, U.S. Fifth Circuit (R)

'''Other political figures'''
*], 1966, former Louisiana Secretary of State
*], 1973, Attorney General of Louisiana (D)
*], 1973, White House Chief of Protocol
*], 1949, New Orleans District Attorney (D), played by ] in the Oliver Stone film ]
*], 2003, Illinois State Treasurer (D)
*], JD-1980, President of the ]
*], 1951, impeached federal judge, subject of '']''
*], president of the ] (NOW)
*], 1939, Louisiana Comptroller, 1960-1973 (D)
*], Maryland State Delegate, current (D)

====Academia====
*Gail Agrawal, JD/MPH, current Dean of the ]<ref>http://www.law.uiowa.edu/dean/search/candidates.php</ref>
*], 1992-1996 former President - ]; former chairman - Soochow University College of Law.
*Ethan Yale, JD 1999, Law Professor - University of Virginia School of Law; former ] associate<ref>http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/Faculty.nsf/FHPbI/1223318</ref>

====Partners at Vault 100 Law Firms====

'''Atlanta''' ]

*Kwame A. Benjamin, JD-2000, ]
*Reagan C. Brown, JD-1997, ]
*Brian G. Corgan, JD-1979, ]
*Eric J. Hanson, JD-1998, ]
*Roth Kehoe, ]-1996, ]
*Catherine D. Little, JD-1991, ]
*Kristen L. Melton, JD-1999, ]
*Susan H. Richardson, JD-1991, ]
* B. Darrell Smelcer, JD-1982, ]

'''Bangkok''' ]

*Araya Akomsoonthorn, LLM, ]
*Chinnavat Chinsangaram, LLM-1986, ]
*Yuthana Sivaraks, LLM-1994, ]
*Chinachart Vatanasuchart, LLM, ]
*Nipaporn Weskosith, LLM, ]

'''Boston''' ]
*Robert B. Lovett, JD, ]

'''Charlotte''' ]
*Peter James Covington, JD-1980, ]
*Kristin P. Manzano, JD-1992, ]

'''Chicago''' ]

*Shannon Skinner Anglin, JD-1998, ]
*Michael L. Coleman, JD-1973, ]
*Linda Hoseman, JD-1989, ]
*Jana D. Jobes, JD-1999, ]
*Mona M. Stone, JD-1997, ]

'''Cleveland''' ]
*Brian A. Bash, JD-1975, ]

'''Dallas''' ]
*Gustav F. Bahn, JD-2000, ]
*Eduardo S. Espinosa, JD/MBA-1995, ]
*Barry Y. Greenberg, JD-1988, ]
*Cheryl L. Mann, JD-1995, ]
*Garry Miles, JD-1982, ]
*Michael D. Pegues, JD-1991, ]
*Sanford E. Warren Jr., JD-1987 ]
*Elizabeth L. Yingling, JD-1991, ]

'''Ft. Lauderdale''' ]
*Caryl L. Boies, JD-1987, ]
*], JD-1981, ]; former U.S. Supreme Court clerk

'''Germany''' ]
*Soenke Becker, Summer Program-1994, ]
*Carsten Flasshoff, LLM-1998, ]
*Nils Rahlf, LLM-1995, ]
*Matthias P. Scholz, LLM-1992, ]
*Dr. Ulrich Scholz, LLM, ]
*Thomas Stohlmeier, LLM-1991, ]
*Dr. Klaus von Gierke, LLM, ]

'''Houston''' ]

*Shauna Clark, JD-1994, ]
*Lucas T. Elliot, JD-1989, ]
*Scott Fletcher, JD-1989, ]
*Stephen M. Gill, JD-2001, ]
*Ann A. Hawkins, JD-1994, ]
*Kevin M. Jordan, JD-1988, ]
*Allyson Hancock Kinzel, JD-1999, ]
*Eric W. Kristiansen, JD-2000, ]
*Melinda R. Phelan, JD-1994, ]
*Tristan E. Propst, ]-1998, ]
*Rick L. Rambo, ]-1994, ]
*James L. Rice III, JD-1983, ]
*Consuella Simmons Taylor, JD-1994, ]
*Gerald M. Spedale, JD-1993, ]
*Laurence E. Stuart, JD-1995, ]
*Neil A. Wasserstrom, JD-1984, ]

'''Hong Kong''' ]

*David T. Zhang, JD-1991, ]

'''Los Angeles''' ]

*Robert S. Crowder, JD-1998, ]
*Michael S. du Quesnay, ]-1995, ]
*David A. Kettel, JD-1985, ]

'''Miami''' ]
*Frances Gail Faigenblat, JD-1995, ]
*Jose M. Ferrer, JD-1999, ]

'''Moscow''' ]
*Christopher A. Rose, JD-1998, ]

'''New Orleans''' ]
*Victoria M. de Lisle, JD-1992, ]
*Robert W. Mouton, ]-1989, ]

'''New York''' ]

*Jacob J. Amato, JD-1997, III, ]
*Kerry E. Berchem, JD-1991, ]
*Lawrence B. Brownridge, JD-1980, ]
*Aydin S. Caginalp, JD-1974, ]
*Jared R. Clark, JD-1995, ]
*Michael A. Cohen, JD-1999, ]
*Robert S. Frenchman, JD-1993, ]
*Robert Goldstein, JD-1995, ]
*Andrew W. Hammond, JD-1997, ]
*Tracy Kimmel, JD-1992, ]
*Perla M. Kuhn, MCL-1961, ]
*Dan A. Kusnetz, JD-1982, ]
*Colleen E. Laduzinski, JD/MBA-2000, ]
*Thomas Lane, JD-1991, ]
*Michael R. Littenberg, JD-1990, ]
*Gregory M. McKenzie, JD-1990, ]
*Stephanie J. Meltzer, JD-1994, ]
*Patrick S. Menasco, JD-1994, ]
*David H. Midvidy, JD-1990, ]
*R. King Milling, JD-1996, ]
*Christopher Moore, JD-2000, ]
*Sean A. O'Neal, JD-2000, ]
*Charles Parsons, JD-1998, ]
*Anthony A. Pastor, JD-1999 ]
*Christopher L. Pennington, JD-1994, ]
*Bernie J. Pistillo, JD-1981, ]
*Richard A. Presutti, JD-1996, ]
*Christopher Price, JD-1985, ]
*Gianni P. Servodidio, JD-1993, ]
*Cynthia R. Shoss, JD-1974, ]
*Waajid Siddiqui, ]-1991, ]
*Raymond Simon, JD-1985, ]
*Alan J. Stone, JD-1987, ]
*Walter B. Stuart, JD-1973, ]
*Marc J. Veilleux, JD-1988, ]
*Jedd H. Wider, JD-1992, ]
*John M. Woods, JD-1980, ]

'''Norfolk''' ]
*James P. Naughton, JD-1980, ]

'''Paris''' ]

*Ann G. Baker, JD-1981, ]
*Christian Belloin, LLM-1980, ]
*Thomas McDonald, JD-1974, ]

'''Philadelphia''' ]
*Andrew P. Schmutz, ]-1996, ]

'''Phoenix''' ]
*J. Alex Grimsley, JD-1991, ]

'''Richmond''' ]
*Eugene E. Mathews III, JD-1993, ]
*Janet P. Peyton, JD-1995, ]

'''San Diego''' ]
*Anthony M. Stiegler, JD-1986, ]

'''San Francisco Bay Area''' ]

*Gary L. Benton, JD-1984, ]
*Alec Y. Chang, JD-1990, ]
*Scott P. Spector, JD-1974, ]

'''Seattle''' ]
* Trilby C. E. Robinson-Dorn, JD-1997, ]

'''Taipei''' <!-- Deleted image removed: ] -->

*William E. Bryson, JD-1984, ]
*H. Henry Chang, JD-1987, ]
*Bobby W. F. Huang, LLM-1991, MCL-1992, JD-1994, ]
*David T. Liou, LLM-1980, ]

'''Tokyo''' ]
*Motonori Araki, LLM-1988, ]
*Kenichi Nakayama, LLM-1990, ]

'''Washington, D.C.''' ]

*Shauna E. Alonge, JD-1979, ]
*M. Miller Baker, JD-1984, ]
*Alan T. Dickey, JD-1996, ]
*Alan M. Fisch, JD-1994, ]
*Bryant E. Gardner, JD-2000, ]
*Darrin L. Glymph, JD-1993, ]
*Pamela S. Kane, JD-1994, ]
*Michael J. McManus, JD-1975, ]
*Vanessa Richelle Wilson, JD-1994, ]
*Josh Romanow, JD, ]
*Lisa K. Rushton, JD-1994, ]
*Jennifer Ancona Semko, JD-1998, ]
*Robert H. Shulman, JD-1979, ]
*Stephen M. Spina, JD-1996, ]
*Jay T. Taylor, JD-2000, ]
*D. Jean Veta, JD-1981, ]
*Matthew K. White, JD-1997, ]


==Popular culture references== ==Popular culture references==
*In the sitcom '']'', Bubba Weisberger (played by ]) is a Tulane Law School graduate.
*] '']'' features TELC's work in the episode "Justice for Sale?" (March 24, 2000)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-for-sale/ | work=CBS News | title=Justice For Sale? | date=2000-03-24}}</ref>
*PBS '']'' features TELC's work in the episode, "Justice for Sale" (November 23, 1999)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/justice/etc/script.html |title=Transcript &#124; Justice For Sale &#124; FRONTLINE |publisher=PBS |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref>
*'']'' features TELC's work in the episode, "Formula for Disaster" (July 15, 2005).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcriptNOW128_full.html |title=NOW. Transcript. July 15, 2005 |publisher=PBS |access-date=2013-11-30}}</ref>


==See also==
{{see also|List of Tulane University in literature and media}}
* ]

*In ], ] plays the role of a precocious 24-year-old Tulane Law student.
*In '']'', an ] film, Tulane Law School graduate ] was played by ].
*In '']'' Bubba Weisberger (played by Robert Harper) was a graduate of Tulane Law School.
*In ''Taking Back Our Town'', Myndy Crist played ] supervising attorney Lisa LaVie (Jordan) in a drama about a TELC case.
*The 2009 documentary “Abode” features footage of Tulane Environmental Law Clinic student attorney Mary Nagle’s November 8, 2007 oral argument before the ] on behalf of a client concerned about ] and the cost to ratepayers of a coal-fired power plant in ].
*Film producer and director Laura Dunn featured the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic’s work in her 2000 documentary “Green.”


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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Tulane University Law School
MottoNon Sibi Sed Suis (Latin)
"Not for oneself, but for one's own"
Established1847; 178 years ago (1847)
School typePrivate law school
DeanMarcilynn Burke
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
USNWR ranking78th (tie) (2024)
Websitelaw.tulane.edu
ABA profileStandard 509 Report

Tulane University Law School is the law school of Tulane University. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans, Louisiana. Established in 1847, it is the 12th oldest law school in the United States.

Campus

John Giffen Weinmann Hall, Tulane University Law School's main building.

The law school's 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m) building, John Giffen Weinmann Hall, was completed in 1995. Designed to integrate classrooms, a student lounge, a computer lab, faculty offices, and a law library that contains both national and international collections, the building is centrally located on Tulane's Uptown campus. The law school has been on the Uptown campus since 1906, and has been housed in several buildings since then, until the completion of Weinmann Hall. The law school was located in Jones Hall from 1969 until 1995, where scenes for The Pelican Brief were filmed.

Next to Weinmann Hall on the 6200 block of Freret Street is the Law Annex, a light gray cobblestone building that houses the Center for Energy Law and the Center for Environmental Law. The Law Annex was a faculty residence before being converted for its current use. Nearby is the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane's main library; the Lavin-Bernick Center, which houses university dining facilities and the university bookstore; the Reily Student Recreation Center (a gym with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and basketball, squash, and tennis courts); the Freeman School of Business; the Newcomb Art Gallery; and various other buildings.

The Uptown campus is marked by many large live oak trees and historically significant buildings. Architectural styles include Richardsonian Romanesque, Elizabethan, Renaissance, Brutalist, and Modern architecture. The front-of-campus buildings use white Indiana Limestone or orange brick for exteriors, while the middle-of-campus buildings are mostly adorned in red St. Joe brick. In all, Tulane's Uptown campus occupies more than 110 acres (0.4 km), facing St. Charles Avenue directly opposite Audubon Park, which features the Audubon Zoo, and a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) pedestrian trail around a public golf course. The campus is also a short bicycle ride from the Mississippi River and a 25+ mile bicycling/jogging trail that runs along it. The St. Charles Avenue Streetcar Line makes the campus accessible via public transit. Loyola University is directly adjacent to Tulane, on the downriver side.

Academic program

Jones Hall, where the law school was located from 1969 until 1995 and where scenes for The Pelican Brief were filmed.

To complete the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program, a student must finish six semesters in residence, 88 credit hours, an upper-level writing requirement, and a 50-hour community-service obligation. The first-year curriculum comprises eight required courses. The first-year legal-research-and-writing program is taught by instructors with significant experience as lawyers and writers, each assisted by senior fellows.

After the first year, all courses are electives, except for a required legal-profession course. All first year and many upper-class courses are taught in multiple sections to allow for smaller classes. The upper-class curriculum includes introductory as well as advanced courses in a broad range of subject areas, including international and comparative law, business law, corporate law, environmental law, maritime law, criminal law, intellectual property, taxation, litigation, and civil procedure, among others.

Tulane Law offers six optional concentration programs for J.D. students who wish to receive one certificate of completion in an area. The six are European legal studies, environmental law, international and comparative law, maritime law, sports law, or civil law.

Tulane's Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law, its Maritime Law Center, and its Institute on Water Policy & Law, promote scholarship in comparative, maritime, and environmental law.

Tulane conducts an annual summer school in New Orleans and offers summer-study programs abroad. Tulane also offers semester-long exchange programs with select law schools in a number of countries throughout the world.

In addition to the J.D., the school offers two graduate degrees in law: The Master of Laws (LL.M.) the Doctor of Laws (S.J.D.) program. The five specialized LL.M. programs are in: maritime law, energy and environmental law, American business law, American law, and international and comparative law. LL.M. students may also pursue a general LL.M., which does not concentrate in any one area.

The law school offers six live-client clinical programs, in the areas of: civil litigation, criminal defense, juvenile litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, domestic violence, and environmental law (the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic). In addition, there is a trial-advocacy program, and third-year students may engage in externships with federal and state judges, with a local death-penalty project, or with certain administrative agencies. The judicial externships are possible because of Tulane's close proximity to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and the Louisiana Supreme Court, all of which are in New Orleans. The school was the first in the country to institute a pro bono program requiring that each student complete legally related community service prior to graduation.

Every summer, BarBri, a national bar exam-preparation company, offers New York Bar Exam and Louisiana Bar Exam preparation courses at the Tulane Law School. Additionally, a California Bar Exam preparation course is offered when demand warrants it, as it did in 2010.

Study abroad programs

Tulane Law School was one of the first five schools in the United States to offer a foreign summer law program. As of 2008, over 4,000 law students from approximately 140 U.S. law schools attended Tulane Law's summer abroad programs, taught by faculty from Tulane, other U.S. law schools, and universities abroad. Through the years, prominent scholars and federal judges have highlighted Tulane's summer faculty, including Supreme Court justices Harry Blackmun, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, and William Rehnquist. In the past, the law school's summer programs have taken place in Amsterdam in the Netherlands; Berlin in Germany; Cambridge and London in England; Paris and Grenoble in France; Rhodes and Spetses in Greece; and Siena in Italy.

JD/MBA program

Tulane benefits from having a top law school and a top business school located immediately next to one another, both of which consistently rank among the top 50 in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report and the Financial Times (the Finance department in particular has been ranked among the top 10 in the world on several occasions). This close proximity has facilitated the growth of Tulane's JD/MBA program. In the '06–'07 school year, Tulane boasted of having 25 joint JD/MBA candidates. In March 2007, Tulane announced that it had hired a new business law professor, whose objectives would include "maximiz...the growth of the Law School's JD/MBA joint degree," and strengthening ties between the law school and Freeman School of Business. In January 2008, the Tulane JD/MBA Club held a networking event in New York City with the creator of jdmba.com, an interschool JD/MBA networking website.

Recent JD/MBA graduates have gone on to work for law firms, management consulting firms, investment banks, and in-house legal departments in New York, Houston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and other cities. The program does not require highly qualified applicants to have significant full-time work experience.

In March 2009, the university announced the designation of a $1.5 million donation to support in perpetuity a JD/MBA professor of national stature at Tulane.

JD/MHA program

The joint Juris Doctor/Master of Health Administration program with the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (TUSPH&TM) permits students to earn both degrees in 4 years, whereas normally the JD would take 3 years and the MHA, 2 years. Students take 79 units in the law school (rather than the normally-required 88 units) and 46 units in TUSPH&TM. Students are permitted to skip the course Social and Behavioral Aspects of Global Health which is normally required for the Public Health Core. Students take Health Care Law in the law school instead of the TUSPH&TM version of the course, and the course counts for both JD and MHA.

In recent years, the program has enrolled 0–2 students per year and graduating students have gone into health care law practice and health care management in approximately equal numbers.

JD/MA in Latin American Studies

Enriched by Tulane's position of hosting one of the top Latin American Studies programs in the United States, the joint degree in law and Latin American Studies meets the need for "lawyer-statesmen" who know the law and who understand the societies of Latin America. The program employs a multi-disciplinary approach intended to enhance appreciation of the economic, social, political, and other forces in Latin America that influence the development of law and legal institutions. In addition to law school requirements, students pursuing the joint JD/MA in Latin American Studies must complete 24 semester hours of coursework in graduate courses approved by the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies. Demonstrated competence in either Spanish or Portuguese is required, and competence in both is encouraged.

Degrees in international development

The Payson Center for International Development, which became part of the Law School in 2008, confers Master of Science, Joint Juris Doctor and Master of Science, Master of Laws (LLM) in Development, and Doctoral degrees.

Employment statistics

According to Tulane Law School's 2015 ABA-required disclosures, 60% of the Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners, and 4.9% of the class was seeking employment but not employed. According to Tulane Law School's official 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 63.3% of the Class of 2016 was employed in non-school-funded, full-time, long-term, bar passage required jobs nine months after graduation, and 6.5% of the class was seeking employment but not employed.

Career development services

Tulane Law School's Career Development Office has five career counselors, newly recruited. The School also has an office coordinator.

Rankings and reputation

According to the 2023–2024 rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, Tulane University Law School is ranked 78th (tied) amongst 196 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association. In March 2018, Law.com ranked Tulane Law 36th among its list of The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools. Tulane Law is ranked 37th in Law School 100's 2018 ranking, which relies on a qualitative assessment. The Leiter Law School ranking, conducted in 2010, put Tulane at 38th, based on student quality. The Hylton law school rankings, conducted in 2006, put Tulane at 39th.

Bar passage

Tulane University Law School graduates had the 2nd highest passing rate, after LSU, on the Louisiana State Bar Exam administered in July 2021, according to results released by the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee. In all, 84.3 percent of Tulane students passed the bar on their first attempt, compared to the state average of 78.4 percent.

Ethnic diversity

In scoring that runs from .14 (least ethnically diverse) to .73 (most diverse), Tulane's diversity index, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report Law School Diversity Index, is .33, with Hispanic students the largest minority at 8% of the student body. By way of comparison, among the top ten of U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Schools, those nearest to Tulane in this category are Duke University, with a score of .42, and University of Virginia, at .37.

More recently, Tulane Law's total student population is 76% White, with Students of Color making up 24% of the student body. Tulane Law Faculty's is composed of only 8 Full-Time Faculty members of Color and 9 more Non-full-Time Faculty of color for a total of 17 or 14% of its total faculty.

Costs

Tuition and fees for a full-time Tulane Law School student for the 2017–2018 academic year are $54,658 ($50,358 tuition and $4,300 in mandatory fees). The total cost of attendance (tuition, fees, books and living expenses) for the 2017–2018 academic year is estimated at $77,334.

Law School Transparency estimated total cost of attendance for three years at $284,440 in 2017, noting that for the 2015–16 academic year, 32.3% of students received scholarships of 50% or more of tuition and fees.

Student activities

Student organizations sponsor educational programs and social events throughout the academic year. The law school also periodically hosts social events with the Tulane University School of Medicine and the Freeman School of Business.

An active moot court program holds trial and appellate competitions within the school and fields teams for a variety of interschool competitions. The Law School has a chapter of the Order of the Coif. The Student Bar Association functions as the student government and recommends students for appointment to faculty committees. Over 40 student organizations are active at Tulane, including Tulane Criminal Law Society, Federal Bar Association, Maritime Law Society, Sports Law Society, Tulane Women In Law, OUTLaw, Black Law Students Association, Latinx Law Student Association (Formally known as La Alianza), Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Energy & Environmental Law Society, and several legal fraternities. The Tulane Public Interest Law Foundation raises funds, matched by the Law School, to support as many as 30 students each summer in public interest fellowships with a variety of organizations.

Journals published or edited at Tulane Law School include:

Notable professors

Current

  • Ann M. Lipton - Michael M. Fleishman Professor in Business Law and Entrepreneurship
  • Adam Babich - fellow to American College of Environmental Lawyers
  • Gabe Feldman – legal analyst for NFL Network

Former

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Tulane University Law School alumni

Popular culture references

  • In the sitcom Frank's Place, Bubba Weisberger (played by Robert Harper) is a Tulane Law School graduate.
  • CBS 60 Minutes II features TELC's work in the episode "Justice for Sale?" (March 24, 2000)
  • PBS Frontline features TELC's work in the episode, "Justice for Sale" (November 23, 1999)
  • NOW on PBS features TELC's work in the episode, "Formula for Disaster" (July 15, 2005).

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