“The practice of law was his gift to humanity,” said his son Maury (L ’68).

To honor such a legal great and prepare Tulane University Law School students to follow in his footsteps, Harry Herman’s family, the law firm of Herman, Herman & Katz, and the Fred L. Herman Law Firm have established the Harry Herman Endowed Moot Court Excellence Fund. The fund will support Moot Court and the teaching and practice of trial and appellate advocacy at Tulane Law School.

Herman received scholarships and worked his way through college and Tulane Law School.

In 1942, Herman and his older brother David founded the law firm Herman & Herman in New Orleans. Herman’s three sons — Russ, Maury and Fred — all followed him into the legal profession. 

“(My father) was very charming. His warmth preceded him in any room he walked into. He never sought recognition or the spotlight and yet he was not meek,” said son Fred (A&S ’72).

Training future lawyers in trial advocacy is a cause that Herman would have believed in, said his sons.

“It was important to us that my dad’s memory and his significance to us be memorialized and remembered in a practical way to try to help the school and help the students,” said Russ (A&S ’63, L ’66). “To be able to do this means a great deal to us.”