Earlier this week, a bill that would prohibit all university law school clinics in Louisiana that receive state funding from suing private defendants for damages, challenging the state constitution, and filing suits against government organizations was rejected by a state Senate committee.  Not a single vote was cast in favor of the bill, which was presented by Senator Robert Adley and heavily supported by lobbyists from the oil and chemical industries.  If passed, the bill would have limited access to free legal services for many low-income Louisiana residents and would have made it more difficult for law schools to provide a well-rounded legal education.

Tulane University Law School was a specific target of the bill as a result of numerous . . . → Continue Reading

Last week Tulane University Law School announced that David Meyer will become the program’s 22nd dean, beginning July 1.

A constitutional and family law scholar, Meyer is currently associate dean for academic affairs and a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law.  As a student at the University of Michigan Law School, Meyer was the editor-in-chief of the program’s Law Review.  Following graduation, he clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals and for Justice Byron T. White on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Stephen Griffin, another constitutional law professor, has served as Tulane Law’s interim dean since July 2009 and said the appointment marks “a major step forward” for the law school.  Tulane . . . → Continue Reading