Biography:
Professor Samuel practiced law with a leading New Orleans law firm before returning to Tulane to teach. Her interests include civil law subjects related to family wealth (community property, successions, donations, and trusts) and intellectual property. From July 1984 through June 1987 she was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She has served as an adviser to the Louisiana legislature on community property reform. A lecturer at various seminars on divorce and estate planning, a member of the American Law Institute and the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute, and an academic fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, she is co-author of Community Property in the United States.

Courses:
Spring 2010 - Community Property; Succesions, Donations & Trusts
Other courses - Elder Law Seminar; Trusts & Estates