Steven Alan Childress is a senior professor of law at Tulane, who also co-teaches the university's notary law class and a state-wide prep class by Zoom. 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 registered notary educator. Alan is author of the legal treatise 'Federal Standards of Review' (5th ed. 2024), edited three volumes on legal ethics, and published a detailed workbook for the state notary exam and a comprehensive Forms book for Louisiana lawyers and notaries to adapt.