Year: 2010
Announcing Alabama’s Fall 2010 Visiting Professors of Law
The Law School welcomes a distinguished slate of visiting professors who will teach at Alabama during the fall 2010 semester. These include: the former president of Israel’s Supreme Court, the former vice president of Israel’s National Labor Court, a leading legal advocate of fair labor standards for migrant farmworkers, the current vice dean of the…
Johnson Elected Chair of ABA’s Law Student Division
Kevin Johnson, a member of the Class of 2011, was recently elected chairman of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Law Student Division. Johnson, who took part in the ABA’s 2010 Business Law Section Spring Meeting last month, is also a 2010 CLEO Fellow Scholar. The scholarship is awarded by the Council on Legal Education Opportunity…
Noel Appointed as USGA’s Chief Legal Officer
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has appointed Alabama Law alumni Jim Noel ’79 as its chief legal officer. Noel joins the USGA from ESPN, where he served as associate general counsel and as a vice president in the network’s programming and digital media departments. His work included negotiations of media rights and distribution agreements,…
Morriss Named as Alabama’s Jones Chair of Law
The University of Alabama School of Law has named Andrew P. Morriss, the prolific legal scholar, author, and media contributor, as its new Jones Chair of Law. Morriss is the author or coauthor of more than 50 book chapters, scholarly articles, and books. He serves as a Research Fellow at the New York University Center…
NLJ Features Alabama’s Online Tax LL.M. Program
The recent National Law Journal article, “Get That Master of Laws Degree Online,” features Assistant Dean Dan Powell discussing Alabama’s online Tax LL.M. program. Alabama Law launched the nation’s first fully online and interactive Tax LL.M. program in 2008. The story is also posted on the TaxProf Blog.
Five Years of Subtle Shifts on Supreme Court
NPR’s Neal Conan and Nina Totenberg’s recent “Talk of the Nation” segment, “Five Years Of Subtle Shifts On Supreme Court,” included references to Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr.’s March 9th remarks at Alabama Law.
Professor Bucy on NPR’s “All Things Considered”
Professor Pam Bucy recently spoke with NPR regarding the Justice Department investigating allegations of misconduct within the Alabama Legislature.
Wall Street Journal Quotes Stein
Alabama Law professor Norman Stein discusses the precarious state of some private pension plans in the April 1, 2010 Wall Street Journal article, “Private-Firm Pensions Face Deadline for Funding Level.”
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. Delivers Lecture at Alabama Law
On Tuesday, March 9, the Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts, Jr., delivered the University of Alabama School of Law’s spring 2010 Albritton Lecture. He is the ninth U.S. Supreme Court Justice since 1996 to lecture at the School of Law. Following his remarks, Chief Justice Roberts fielded questions from Alabama’s law…
Law’s Impact on College Athletics
Gene Marsh, Alabama law professor and former NCAA Committee on Infractions chair, is interviewed in Sports Illustrated’s recent article, “An inside look at the NCAA’s secretive Committee on Infractions.”