Dane S. Ciolino serves as the Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Professor Ciolino graduated cum laude from Rhodes College in 1985, and magna cum laude from Tulane Law School in 1988, where he was inducted into Order of the Coif and selected as Editor in Chief of the Tulane Law Review. After graduation, he clerked for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, and practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City, and Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC, in New Orleans. Professor Ciolino can be reached by mail at Loyola Law School, 526 Pine St., New Orleans, LA 70118; by telephone at (504) 861-5652 or (504) 834-8519; or by email at dciolino@gmail.com.
On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, Professor Dane S. Ciolino and New Orleans lawyer Ernie Svenson presented a one-hour webinar entitled “Competency in a Time of COVID.” During the program, they …
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