Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; National and International Moot Court Teams. Member, Board of Editors, 1969-1971 and Assistant Editor, 1970-1971, Tulane Law Review. Author: " Housing Redevelopment Strategies in the Wake of Katrina and Anti-Kelo Constitutional Amendments: Mapping a Path Through the Landscape of Disaster," 53 Loyola L Rev. 763 (2007); "Community Benefit Agreements: New Vehicle for Investment in America's Neighborhoods," 39 Urban Lawyer 657 (2007) (Included in Thomson/West 2008 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, reprinting important scholarly contributions); "Legislative Learning in the United States and Europe: How Jurisdictions Differ in Training Drafters and Enacting Laws," European Academy for Legislation: The Hague, The Netherlands (2006); "Direct Democracy in the United States," Sixth Congress of European Association of Legislation: Participation of Civil Society in the Legislative Process (2005); "Administrative Practice Under the 1974 Constitution: A 'Silver Anniversary' Review," 62 Louisiana Law Review 185 (2002); "A New Day Dawning in Bulgaria," 72 Tulanian 38 (Fall, 2001); "Public Law Center Diary: Back in the USSR," Loyola Today (Spring, 2000); "A Moldovan Journal," 18 Tulane Lawyer 6 (Winter, 1999); "The Ethics and Politics of Legislative Drafting," 70 Tulane Law Review 2437 (1996); "Democracy on the Danube," 13 Tulane Lawyer 12 (Spring, 1993); "The Law School in Fiction and Fact: Alternatives in Legal Education," 35 Loyola Law Review 565 (1989); Book Review, The Lawyer, The Public and The Professional Responsibility, 47 Tulane Law Review 929 (1973). Co-Author: "Local Government: How it Works, How to Make it Work for You," (September, 1994). Adjunct Faculty: Law and Social Work, Tulane University School of Social Work, 1971-1974; Legislative/Administrative Advocacy, Tulane Law School and Loyola Law School, 1988—. Executive Director, Louisiana Center for the Public Interest, 1974-1978. Executive Counsel to the Mayor, City of New Orleans, 1978-1980. General Counsel, Regional Transit Authority, 1980-1988. Executive Director, The Public Law Center, 1987—. Chair, Mayor's Charter Revision Advisory Committee, 1994-1995. Co-Chair, Transition for Mayor-Elect Ray Nagin, 2002.