Year: 2015
Professor Steve Emens: Serving the State
Professor Steve Emens (’76) has been shaping prosecutors and public defenders for more than 25 years as the Faculty Advisor and a Coach for the Law School’s Intercollegiate Trial Advocacy Team. Each semester, he and Robert Prince (’74), a Trial Attorney for Prince Glover & Hayes in Tuscaloosa, coach trial advocacy teams and accompany them…
2L Moot Court Fellows Win Regional Moot Court Competition
Eunji Jo (’17), Briana Knox (’17) and Mary Lauren Kulovitz (’17) will proceed to the National Moot Court Competition in New York City after Alabama Law defeated Belmont University and was named Regional Champion in Oxford, Mississippi. Within a field of 11 teams, the 2L Moot Court Fellows compiled a perfect record, defeating law school teams…
Professor Joyner to Discuss Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Law in the United Kingdom
Professor Daniel H. Joyner will deliver three presentations in the United Kingdom to help support his forthcoming book, Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Law. Professor Joyner’s first presentation is on a panel at the University of Westminster, in London, along with two former British diplomats: Sir Richard Dalton and Peter Jenkins. The panel discussion will…
Know Your Rights, Says Professor Gross in AL.com Op-Ed
Professor John Gross recently wrote an op-ed for AL.com that Americans should know their constitutional rights when dealing with police officers. Earlier this week, in response to a noise complaint, members of the Tuscaloosa Police Department forced their way into an apartment, dragged three University of Alabama students out and then proceeded to use a Taser and…
Professor Carroll Comments on Case of 8-Year-Old Boy Charged with Murder of Infant
Professor Jenny Carroll told the Associated Press the case of the 8-year-old boy who was charged with murder in juvenile court may be challenging because of the boy’s age. Birmingham police say Katerra Marsha Lewis, 26, and a friend left the 8-year-old boy to watch over five younger children while the women went to a…
Professor Elliott Weighs in on Spokeo v. Robins
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 2 in Spokeo v. Robins, a Fair Credit Reporting Act case that will address whether a person may bring a lawsuit when a company violates a federal privacy law. A ruling that Congress can’t create a statutory right to sue without evidence of a concrete harm raises…
Law School to Host E-Discovery and Technology Law Symposium
The University of Alabama School of Law will host a symposium on Legal Ethics Surrounding E-Discovery and Technology Law at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13 at the Law School. The symposium is co-sponsored by The Journal of the Legal Profession and will be held in the Judge Seybourn H. Lynne Lecture Hall in Room A255….
Birmingham Police Chief and Major General A.C. Roper Guest Lectures in Professor Carodine’s Race Trials Class
On November 3, Birmingham Chief of Police A.C. Roper guest lectured in Professor Montré Carodine’s Major Race Trials class. Chief Roper discussed the challenges facing law enforcement today and outlined strategies for more effective policing of all communities, including communities of color. He also engaged the students in a roundtable style discussion and took their…
Law School Launches Business of Being a Lawyer Video Library
The University of Alabama School of Law announces today the launch of The Business of Being a Lawyer video library which integrates the “real world” practice of law with legal education. Two years in the making, the BBL video library is the first of its kind in legal education. The BBL library provides more than…
November 2015
Law School Ranks in Top 10 for “Best Value” for Fifth Consecutive Year The University of Alabama School of Law is ranked 5th among the nation’s “Best Value Law Schools,” according to The National Jurist magazine’s rankings for 2015. This is the ninth time since 2004 The National Jurist magazine has published the list, and…