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Tulane University Law School is the
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of
Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...
. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in
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. Established in 1847, it is the 12th oldest law school in the United States. In addition to the usual
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and federal subjects, Tulane offers electives in the civil law, giving students the opportunity to pursue comparative education of the world's two major legal systems (Louisiana is the only
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to have a civil law system, rather than common law). Students are permitted to survey a broad range of subject areas or to concentrate in one or more. Tulane Law School's environmental law and
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programs are considered among the strongest nationwide, and its
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program is among the most well-regarded in the world. For more than 20 years, the school has hosted the
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, a preeminent
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(M&A) and corporate law forum.


Campus

The law school's building, John Giffen Weinmann Hall, was completed in 1995. Designed to integrate classrooms, a student lounge, a computer lab, faculty offices, and a
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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 ''
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'' 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
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; the Newcomb Art Gallery; and various other buildings. The Uptown campus is marked by many large
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trees and historically significant buildings.
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s include Richardsonian Romanesque, Elizabethan,
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, Brutalist, and
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. The front-of-campus buildings use white
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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 km²), facing
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directly opposite Audubon Park, which features the Audubon Zoo, and a pedestrian trail around a public golf course. The campus is also a short bicycle ride from the
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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

To complete the
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(J.D.)
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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
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, business law, corporate law, environmental law, maritime law,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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, 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
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(LL.M.) the
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(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:
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, criminal defense, juvenile litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy,
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, and environmental law (the
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). In addition, there is a trial-advocacy program, and third-year students may engage in
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s with federal and state judges, with a local
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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
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, all of which are in New Orleans. The school was the first in the country to institute a
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program requiring that each student complete legally related community service prior to graduation. Every summer, BarBri, a national
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-preparation company, offers New York Bar Exam and
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preparation courses at the Tulane Law School. Additionally, a
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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
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have highlighted Tulane's summer faculty, including
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justices
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,
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,
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, Antonin Scalia, and
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. In the past, the law school's summer programs have taken place in
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in
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.


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
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(the
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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 ng..the growth of the Law School's JD/MBA joint degree," and strengthening ties between the law school and
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. In January 2008, the Tulane JD/MBA Club held a networking event in
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with the creator of jdmba.com, an interschool JD/MBA networking website. Recent JD/MBA graduates have gone on to work for
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,
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firms,
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, 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.Tulane Law School JD/Master of Health Administration (MHA)
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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, th
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 th
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
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, 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

*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 U.S. News & World Report's rankings for 2015 placed Tulane Law at 46th. Its most recent ranking, released in 2022, puts Tulane Law School at 55th. *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.


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.
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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
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and the
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. An active
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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
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. 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
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,
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, Maritime Law Society, Sports Law Society, 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
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fellowships with a variety of organizations. Journals published or edited at Tulane Law School include: *''
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'' *'' Tulane Environmental Law Journal'' *'' Tulane Maritime Law Journal'' *'' Tulane Journal of Law and Sexuality'', the official law journal for the National LGBT Bar Association *'' Tulane European and Civil Law Forum'' (faculty run) *'' Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law'' *''
Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property The ''Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property'' (JTIP) is a student-edited journal of the Tulane University Law School. JTIP examines legal issues relating to technology, including topics such as antitrust, computer law, contracts ...
'' *''Sports Lawyers Journal'', edited by Tulane Law students, published and funded by the national Sports Lawyers Association *''
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'', a publication of the Eason-Weinman Center for Comparative Law


Notable professors


Current

* Michael R. Fontham – author of ''Trial Technique and Evidence'', an
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book used by law students and practicing attorneys * Loulan Pitre Jr. – New Orleans lawyer with specialty in environmental issues,
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graduate; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for
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, 2000–2008 * Edward F. Sherman – served as the 20th dean, from 1996 to 2001; helped
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write its code of civil procedure *Gabe Feldman – legal analyst for NFL Network


Former

* David Bonderman, a founder of
TPG Capital TPG Inc., previously known as Texas Pacific Group and TPG Capital, is an American investment company based in Fort Worth, Texas. The private equity firm is focused on leveraged buyouts and growth capital. TPG manages investment funds in growth c ...
, one of the largest
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investment firms globally * Charles E. Dunbar,
civil service The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...
reformer and Tulane Law School professor from 1916–1941 * James B. Eustis, U.S. Senator from 1876–1879 * Hoffman Franklin Fuller, professor-emeritus; authority on tax law *
John R. Kramer John R. Kramer (August 17, 1937 – March 7, 2006) served as the 19th dean of the Tulane University Law School from 1986 to 1996, and previous to that was an associate dean at Georgetown University. At Tulane he started a law clinic to serve ...
, served as the 19th dean, from 1986 to 1996; counsel to U.S. Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was t ...
(D- N.Y.) *
Cecil Morgan Cecil Morgan Sr. (August 20, 1898 – June 14, 1999) was an American politician in the state of Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the Unite ...
, New York City executive of
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; served as dean from 1963–1968 * Lawrence Ponoroff – former professor and dean (was 21st dean from 2001 to 2009); appointed by the Chief Justice to the Advisory Committee on
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor ...
Rules to the United States * Ferdinand Stone – former professor of civil law *
Jonathan Turley Jonathan Turley is an American attorney, legal scholar, writer, commentator, and legal analyst in broadcast and print journalism. A professor at George Washington University Law School, he has testified in United States Congressional proceedi ...
, second most-cited law professor in the United States * U.S. Supreme Court Justices:
Harry Blackmun Harry Andrew Blackmun (November 12, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1994. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, Blac ...
,
Stephen Breyer Stephen Gerald Breyer ( ; born August 15, 1938) is a retired American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and repl ...
, Ruth Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, and Chief Justice
William Rehnquist William Hubbs Rehnquist ( ; October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney and jurist who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years, first as an associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and then as the 16th chief justice from ...
during Tulane Law Summer Study abroad. *
Manuel Rodríguez Ramos Manuel Rodríguez Ramos (born January 1, 1908, date of death unknown) was a Puerto Rican writer and law professor. Early life and education He born on January 1, 1908, in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. His father died when he was barely a year old. I ...
, writer, Dean Emeritus of
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and Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico. *
Tania Tetlow Tania Christina Tetlow is an American lawyer and law professor who has served as president of Fordham University since July 1, 2022. Previously, she was president of Loyola University New Orleans. She is the first woman and the first layperson to ...
– former Felder-Fayard Professor of Law and Vice President of Tulane University, named first female—and first non-Jesuit—President of
Loyola University of New Orleans Loyola University New Orleans is a private Jesuit university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912. It bears the name of the Jesuit founder, Saint Ignat ...


Notable alumni


Business

* Richard Brennan Jr. (1931–2015), Law school graduate but entered family restaurant business; owned
Commander's Palace Commander's Palace is a Louisiana Creole restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. History Commander's Palace was established in 1893 in the Garden District of Uptown New Orleans at 1403 Washington Ave. Emile Commander established a small sal ...
and other establishments in New Orleans *
Dean Lombardi Dean Lombardi (born March 5, 1958) is an American ice hockey executive with the Philadelphia Flyers. He most recently served as the president, general manager and alternate governor of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He ...
, JD, President and General Manager of the
Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent ...
, specialized in labor law * Peter Schloss, JD-1985, CEO of Broadwebasia *
Mike Tannenbaum Mike Tannenbaum (born February 14, 1969) is an American football reporter. He served as the executive vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as the general manager for the New Yor ...
, JD-1995, 47-year-old General Manager of the
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, graduated with Tulane's Sports Law certificate


Government


Governors

*
Newton C. Blanchard Newton Crain Blanchard (January 29, 1849 – June 22, 1922) was a United States representative, U.S. senator, and the 33rd governor of Louisiana. Personal life Born in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, he completed academic studies, ...
, 1870, Governor of Louisiana (D) * Murphy J. Foster, 1871, Governor of Louisiana (D) *
Alvin Olin King Alvin Olin King (June 21, 1890 – February 21, 1958) was an American politician allied with the Democratic faction of Governor Huey Pierce Long Jr. A state senator, he was President Pro Tempore in 1931, after Long had been elected in 1930 ...
, Governor of Louisiana (D) *
Huey Long Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
, 1915, Governor of Louisiana (D) *
Francis T. Nicholls Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (August 20, 1834January 4, 1912) was an American attorney, politician, judge, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served two terms as the 28th Governor of L ...
, Governor of Louisiana (D) *
Jared Y. Sanders Sr. Jared Young Sanders Sr. (January 29, 1869 – March 23, 1944) was an American journalist and attorney from Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, who served as his state's House Speaker (1900–1904), lieutenant gover ...
, 1893, Governor of Louisiana (D) *
Oramel H. Simpson Oramel Hinckley Simpson (March 20, 1870 – November 17, 1932) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. He became the 39th Governor of Louisiana in 1926, upon the death of his predecessor, Henry L. Fuqua. He was defeatedhe r ...
, 1893, Governor of Louisiana (D) *
David C. Treen David Conner Treen Sr. (July 16, 1928 – October 29, 2009) was an American politician and attorney at law (United States), attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Treen served as United State ...
, 1950, Governor of Louisiana (R) *
Bob Wise Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (born January 6, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Wise also served in the United States House of Representatives fro ...
, 1975, Governor of West Virginia (D)


U.S. Senators

* Edwin S. Broussard, 1901, U.S. Senator (D) *
Robert F. Broussard Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a United States Representative, U.S. representative and a United States Senate, U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, Lo ...
, 1889, U.S. Senator (D) *
Allen J. Ellender Allen Joseph Ellender (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was an American politician and lawyer who was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1937 until his death. He was a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat who was originally allied ...
, 1913, U.S. Senator (D) *
Randall Lee Gibson Randall Lee Gibson (September 10, 1832 – December 15, 1892) was an attorney and politician, elected as a member of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senator from Louisiana. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Ar ...
, U.S. Senator (D), whom Gibson Hall is named after *
John H. Overton John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
, 1897, U.S. Senator (D) *
Luther Strange Luther Johnson Strange III (born March 1, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Alabama from 2017 to 2018. He was appointed to fill that position after it was vacated by Sen. Jeff Sessions upon Ses ...
, 1979, U.S. Senator (R) *
David Vitter David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and politician who served as United States Senator for Louisiana from 2005 to 2017. A Republican, Vitter served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1999. ...
, 1988, U.S. Senator (R)


U.S. Representatives

*
Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House ma ...
, 1937, U.S. Representative, 1941–1943, 1946–1972 (D) * James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, 1931, U.S. Representative (D) *
Bob Livingston Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. (born April 30, 1943) is an American lobbyist and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1977 to 1999. A Republican, he was chosen as Newt Gingrich's successor as Speaker of the U.S. ...
, 1968, U.S. Representative, 1977–1999 (R) * Enos McClendon, Law, Judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court from 1960 to 1978Advertisement to elect Enos McClendon as Judge of the 26th Judicial District, ''Minden Press'', July 18, 1960, p. 8 * Lewis L. Morgan, 1899, U.S. Representative, 1912–1917 (D) *
James H. Morrison James Hobson Morrison (December 8, 1908 - July 20, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served twelve terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana from 1943 to 1967. Early life and caree ...
, 1934, U.S. Representative, 1943–1967 (D) *
John Rarick John Richard Rarick (January 29, 1924 - September 14, 2009) was an American lawyer, jurist, and World War II veteran who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Louisiana's 6th congressional district from 1967 to 1975. ...
, 1949, U.S. Representative, 1967–1975 (D) * Cedric Richmond, JD-1998, U.S. Representative, 2011– (D) * Jared Y. Sanders Jr., 1914, U.S. Representative, 1934–1937, 1941–1943 (D)


Mayors

*
Ravinder Bhalla Ravinder Singh Bhalla (born January 13, 1974), often simply called Ravi Bhalla, is an American civil rights lawyer, politician, the 39th and current mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. Prior to becoming mayor, he served in the city council of Hoboken, N ...
, Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey (2017–) *
Paul Capdevielle Paul Capdevielle (January 15, 1842 – August 14, 1922) was mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 9, 1900, to December 5, 1904. Biography Of French descent, he was educated at the Jesuit College of New Orleans, graduating in&n ...
, 1868, Mayor of New Orleans, 1900–1904 * Robert Poydasheff, Mayor of
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,
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
(2003–2007) (R) *Ralph T. Troy, Mayor of Monroe, Louisiana (1972–1976) (D) *
T. Semmes Walmsley Thomas Semmes Walmsley (June 10, 1889 – June 19, 1942) was the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from July 1929 to June 1936. He is best known for his intense rivalry, reconciliation, and then resumption of hostilities with Governor Huey Pierc ...
, 1912, Mayor of New Orleans, 1929–1936 (D)


Judges

* Peter Beer, 1952, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana * Nannette Jolivette Brown, 1963, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana *
Patricia E. Campbell-Smith Patricia Elaine Campbell-Smith (born 1966) is a Federal tribunals in the United States#Article I tribunals, judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims and former Chief Special Master of that court. She served as Chief Judge from October 21 ...
, 1992, United States Court of Federal Claims *
Edith Brown Clement Edith "Joy" Brown Clement (born April 29, 1948) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Background Clement was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daug ...
, JD-1972, U.S. 5th Circuit (R) * W. Eugene Davis, 1936, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit * Jimmy Dimos, JD-1963, Judge of 4th Judicial District of Louisiana, 1999–2006, former member and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (D) * John Allen Dixon Jr. (LL.B., 1947), Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court * Dee D. Drell, 1947, United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana * John M. Duhé Jr., 1957, U.S. 5th Circuit (R) * Eldon E. Fallon, 1939, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana * Martin Feldman, 1957, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana * Rufus Edward Foster,
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-1895, U.S. 5th Circuit; also served as 11th dean of the Tulane Law School * Madeline Hughes Haikala, 1964, United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama *
Yvette Kane Yvette Kane (born October 11, 1953) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Early life and education Kane was born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. After graduating hi ...
, 1953, United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania *
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, 1953, former Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court * Tucker L. Melancon, 1946, United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana * Patricia Head Minaldi, 1959, United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana * Harold A. Moise, 1902, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1948–1958 * Andrew G. T. Moore II, Delaware Supreme Ct; wrote '' Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co.'' and ''
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''; founded the
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* Bill Pryor, JD-1987,
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; former
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of Alabama *
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, 1959, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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* Wynne Grey Rogers, Louisiana Supreme Court * Eleni M. Roumel, 2000, United States Court of Federal Claims * Percy Saint, 23rd District Court Judge (1920–1924) and Louisiana Attorney General (1924–1932) (D) * James D. Simon, 1918, Louisiana Supreme Court (D) * Sarah S. Vance, 1950, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana * Jeffrey P. Victory, 1971, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court * Elizabeth Weaver, 1965, Michigan Supreme Court *
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, 1961, U.S. 5th Circuit *
Edward Douglass White Edward Douglass White Jr. (November 3, 1844 – May 19, 1921) was an American politician and jurist from Louisiana. White was a U.S. Supreme Court justice for 27 years, first as an associate justice from 1894 to 1910, then as the ninth chief ...
, 1868, Chief Justice of the United States *
John Minor Wisdom John Minor Wisdom (May 17, 1905 – May 15, 1999), one of the "Fifth Circuit Four", and a United States Republican Party, Republican from Louisiana, was a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appe ...
, 1929, U.S. 5th Circuit (R) *
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, JD-1998, 193rd District Court, Dallas County, Texas * Stephen D. Wheelis, JD-1985, United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Louisiana at Alexandria/Monroe


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, 2018, member-elect of the
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* Jansen Tosh Owen, 2019, member of the
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*Thornton F. Bell, 1901, judge of the 1st Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish 1912–1919 and 1921–1938 (D) * James H. "Jim" Brown, 1966, former
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(D) *
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, 1973, Attorney General of Louisiana (R) *
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, 1993, assessor of Jefferson Parish; former state representative and Jefferson Parish Council member; lawyer in his native New Orleans * Harvey Locke Carey, 1939, Attorney and politician (D) *
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, Master of Civil Law 1940, chairman of the
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, Law, judge of the 11th Judicial District in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1908 to 1912 *
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, 1973, former
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* Albert Estopinal Jr., 1890, St. Bernard Parish politician (D) * Grey Ferris, Mississippi state senator (D) * Harvey Fields – state senator for Union and Morehouse parishes from 1916 to 1920, member of the
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from 1927 to 1936; former law partner and political ally of
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(D) *George M. Foote, 1947, city judge in
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, 1955 to 1985 *
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in the Oliver Stone film ''JFK'' *
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(D) * Philip H. Gilbert, district attorney, state district court judge, state senator, lieutenant governor from Assumption Parish (D) *Howard B. Gist Jr., former city attorney in Alexandria, Louisiana (D) *
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, 1953,
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figure (R) * William Pike Hall Sr., attended c. 1920,
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for Caddo and DeSoto parishes, 1924 to 1932, Shreveport attorney (D) * Lloyd Hendrick, state senator for Caddo and Desoto parishes from 1940 to 1948 * George W. Jack, 1898; Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from 1917 to 1924, based in Shreveport (D) * Whitfield Jack, attended 1930; Shreveport lawyer and officer of the
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whistle blower *
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, J.D., 1966; Justice, Alabama Supreme Court * Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr., 1897, Louisiana state attorney general 1948 to 1952 * Samuel Lawrason, LL.D., 1874, state senator from St. Francisville who authored
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, 1949–1954 (D) *
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, current Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor of Puerto Rico *
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, J.D. former
United States Attorney United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal c ...
for the district of western Louisiana * Jean-Paul Morrell, 2004, New Orleans lawyer and Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature *
Walter Nixon Walter Louis Nixon Jr. (born December 16, 1928) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi who in 1989 was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from offi ...
, 1951, impeached federal judge, subject of '' Nixon v. United States'' * Terry O'Neill, president of the
National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. It ...
(NOW) * William Wiley Norris, III (1936–2016), city, district, and circuit court judge from West Monroe * George T. Oubre, member of the Louisiana State Senate from St. James Parish, 1968 to 1972; lost runoff election to William J. Guste in 1971 for
state attorney general The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states, of the federal district, or of any of the territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer. In some states, the attorney gener ...
*
John H. Overton John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
, 1897, U.S. Senator * Charles B. Peatross, 1964, judge of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal in Shreveport (D) * Keith M. Pyburn, 1936, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Caddo Parish from 1948 to 1952; attorney in Shreveport and Washington, D.C. (D) * George W. Reese Jr., Louisiana Republican political figure (R) *
Todd Schuler Todd L. Schuler (born January 20, 1977) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. Background Schuler was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Leonard G. Schuler, is a business agent for Plumbers and Steamf ...
, Maryland State Delegate (D) * Jasper K. Smith, Louisiana state representative from Caddo Parish 1944–1948 and 1952–1964, former city attorney of Vivian; dropped out of Tulane after passing the bar exam before he completed his studies (D) *
Jefferson B. Snyder Jefferson B. Snyder (January 19, 1859 – October 18, 1951), was a lawyer and politician from the Mississippi River River delta, delta country of northeastern Louisiana. Snyder became a virtual political boss of Madison Parish, Louisiana, Mad ...
, district attorney in Madison Parish (D) * E. L. Stewart, 1897, lawyer and Minden and state representative for Webster Parish 1904 to 1908 *
James Sutterfield James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...
, 1981, New Orleans attorney and state legislator, 1970–1972 (R) * Roy R. Theriot, 1939, Louisiana Comptroller, 1960–1973 (D) * Jeff R. Thompson, 1995, member of the Louisiana House from Bossier Parish and incoming 9th Judicial District Court judge (R) * Frank Voelker Jr., chairman of the former
Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission The Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission was a government agency of the Louisiana state government established to combat desegregation, which operated from June 1960 to 1967 in the capitol city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The group warned of "cre ...
, lawyer in Lake Providence and later New Orleans (D) *Frank Voelker Sr., state district court judge based in Lake Providence, 1936–1963 (D) *
Arthur C. Watson Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more ...
, 1933, State representative from
Natchitoches Parish Natchitoches Parish (french: Paroisse des Natchitoches or ) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,566. The parish seat is Natchitoches. The parish was formed in 1805. The Natchito ...
; chairman of
Louisiana Democratic Party The Louisiana Democratic Party (french: Parti démocrate de Louisiane) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Louisiana. Dominated by the conservative planter elite through much of the 19th century, the party was historically p ...
from 1968 to 1976 (D) *
Clint Williamson John Clint Williamson (born August 8, 1961) is an American diplomat, lawyer, and educator who has served in a variety of senior-level roles with the United States Government, the United Nations, and the European Union. Biography Ambassador Willi ...
, 1986, US Ambassador, White House policy official, United Nations envoy, and international war crimes prosecutor


Academia

*
Winston Chang Winston Hsiao-tzu Chang (; 1 March 1942 - 24 February 1996) was a president of Soochow University in Taipei. Biography He and his identical twin brother, John Chang, were born the sons of Chiang Ching-kuo and Chang Ya-juo maybe at what is now ...
, 1992–1996 former President –
Soochow University (Taiwan) Soochow University () is a private university in Taipei, Taiwan. Soochow University maintains a church and a Methodist minister in residence, though it may be considered a secular institution. Soochow University is one of the most prestigious ...
; former chairman – Soochow University College of Law.


Arts

* Jan Crull Jr., J.D., 1990, filmmaker, Native American Rights Advocate, attorney, and investment banker *
Whitney Gaskell Whitney Gaskell (born 1972) is an American author of eight comedic novels published by Bantam Books. Biography Whitney Gaskell was born on February 8, 1972 in Syracuse, New York. She attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School, and earned her Bac ...
née Kelly, 1997, novelist * Robert Harling, movie screenwriter, producer and director. *
Jonathan Hensleigh Jonathan Blair Hensleigh (born February 13, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, working primarily in the action-adventure genre, best known for writing films such as ''Jumanji'', '' Die Hard with a Vengeance'', and ''Armageddon' ...
, JD-1985, writer of ''
Die Hard with a Vengeance ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by John McTiernan (who directed the first installment). It was written by Jonathan Hensleigh, based on the screenplay ''Simon Says'' by Hensleigh and on the chara ...
'' (1995), ''
Jumanji ''Jumanji'' is a 1995 American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston from a screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor, and Jim Strain. Loosely based on Chris Van Allsburg's picture book of the same name, the film is the first ...
'' (1995), and ''
Armageddon According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, Armageddon (, from grc, Ἁρμαγεδών ''Harmagedōn'', Late Latin: , from Hebrew: ''Har Məgīddō'') is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies ...
'' (1998)


Popular culture references

*In the sitcom ''
Frank's Place ''Frank's Place'' is an American comedy-drama series that aired on CBS for 22 episodes during the 1987-1988 television season. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and executive produced by Wilson and series star and fellow ''WKRP in Cincinn ...
'', Bubba Weisberger (played by
Robert Harper Robert or Bob Harper may refer to: * Robert Almer Harper (1862–1946), American botanist * Robert Goodloe Harper (1765–1825), US senator from Maryland * Robert Harper (fl. 1734–1761), founder of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia * Robert Harper (a ...
) is a Tulane Law School graduate. *
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
'' 60 Minutes II'' features TELC's work in the episode "Justice for Sale?" (March 24, 2000) *PBS ''
Frontline Front line refers to the forward-most forces on a battlefield. Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to: Books and publications * ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant * ''Frontlines ...
'' 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).


See also

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H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, or Newcomb College, was the coordinate women's college of Tulane University located in New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It was founded by Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1886 in memory of her daughter ...


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