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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 A.B. Freeman School of Business. The Tulane University Law School, established in 1847, is the 12th oldest law school in the United States. In 1990, it became the first law school in the United States to mandate pro bono work as a graduation requirement. [59]
A legal clinic (also law clinic or law-school clinic) is a legal aid or law-school program providing services to various clients and often hands-on legal experience to law students. Clinics are usually directed by clinical professors. [1] Legal clinics typically conduct pro bono work, providing free legal services to clients.
The ABA, is also encouraging private attorneys to spend time on pro bono work. Based on its model rule 6.1, “A lawyer should aspire to render at least (50) hours of pro bono publico legal services per year.” [20] Currently, 10 states mandate attorneys to report their pro bono hours. While these rules emphasize the importance of pro bono ...
Public interest law refers to legal practices undertaken to help poor, marginalized, or under-represented people, or to effect change in social policies in the public interest, on 'not for profit' terms (pro bono publico), often in the fields of civil rights, civil liberties, religious liberty, human rights, women's rights, consumer rights, environmental protection, and so on.
The Tulane Environmental Law Clinic (TELC) is a legal clinic that Tulane Law School has operated since 1989 to offer law students the practical experience of representing real clients in actual legal proceedings under state and federal environmental laws.
Ferdinand Fairfax Stone (December 12, 1908 – June 10, 1989) was an American law professor at Tulane University Law School.. A native of Urbana, Ohio, he graduated from Ohio State University, where he obtained both a bachelor's and master's degree before attending Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar.
Marcilynn Burke is an American legal scholar. She was formerly Dean of the University of Oregon Law School from 2017 to 2024, and has been appointed Dean of the Tulane University Law School, effective August 5, 2024. [1]