Steven Alan Childress is a professor of law at Tulane, since 1988, and also co-teaches the university's notary law class. 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, edited three volumes on legal ethics, and published the best-selling 'Louisiana Notary Exam Sidepiece 2026, ' as well as a detailed workbook for the state notary exam.