Educational Background

B.A. (English Literature) 1970, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana.

University College, Dublin, The National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland (Master's Degree program, Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama) (Woodrow Wilson Fellow) 1970-71.

McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana (Master's Degree program, Environmental Science) 1975-77.

J.D. (cum laude) 1980, Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Board of Student Editors, The Tulane Law Review, 1978-79; Articles Editor, The Tulane Law Review, 1979-80.

Order of the Coif, Tulane University School of Law, 1980.