Martha Thibaut

Professor Thibaut joined the law faculty in 2023 after serving as a long-term judicial law clerk to Associate Justice Scott J. Crichton and previously practicing at the law firm of Fishman Haygood LLP, where her work focused on mergers and acquisitions and tax-subsidized corporate finance. Prior to law school, she taught English in France as an Assistant de Langue for the French Embassy.

While at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Professor Thibaut served as the Articles Editor to the Louisiana Law Review, was named the National Association of Women Lawyers' Outstanding Law Student, and aided in research of developmental trends in the Delaware Court of Chancery related to mergers and acquisitions for Professor Christina Sautter.

Professor Thibaut teaches in the areas of Obligations (Contracts), Property, and Security Rights. She studies how property and commercial laws can be adapted to address environmental demands. Her studies are often comparative in nature, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of both American Common Law and the modern European civilian traditions, particularly that of France and, by its influence, Louisiana. Professor Thibaut’s research is enhanced by her knowledge of both the civilian and common legal traditions.

In professional and academic circles, Professor Thibaut is a member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial and Consumer Laws Section of the American Association of Law Schools and of the council of the Louisiana State Law Institute.