Steven Alan Childress is a professor of law at Tulane, since 1988, and teaches its undergraduate course in notary law. He earned a JD from Harvard and a PhD from Berkeley. He clerked in Shreveport for the federal court and practiced law in California. He is a practicing Louisiana notary public and a member of the Louisiana Notary Association and the bars of California and D.C. He is the co-author of the legal treatise Federal Standards of Review, edited three volumes on legal ethics, and recently published a detailed quiz book for the state notary exam, Louisiana Notary Exam Sample Questions and Answers, as well as an introductory guide, Become a Notary Public in Louisiana.