Year: 2016

• Professor Krotoszynski Comments on Solomonic Resolution That Effectively Removed Moore from Office

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski is quoted in The Los Angeles Times about the Solomonic resolution that effectively removed Chief Justice Roy Moore from office. “The practical effect is, I think, indistinguishable in that he will no longer to be able to hear and decide cases as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the state of…

• Professor Krotoszynski Weighs in on Ethics Charges Filed Against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski is quoted in The Christian Science Monitor about ethics charges filed against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. “I think the big picture here is that law isn’t politics and politics isn’t the law,”  Krotoszynski said. “As a political matter, the chief justice can oppose Obergefell, argue it’s wrongly decided, and propose an amendment…

• Law School Offers 13 Online CLE Programs on Economics, Emotional Intelligence and Financial Planning

  The University of Alabama School of Law is offering 13 online CLE programs on how to thrive in the new legal marketplace. The CLE program are part of The Business of Being a Lawyer series, and they focus on economics, emotional intelligence, and finances. The Business of Being a Lawyer course was created by Professor Pam Bucy…

• Law School Hosts Symposium on Human Rights and Legal Judgments

  Scholars visited The University of Alabama School of Law for Human Rights and Legal Judgments: The American Story Symposium. The conference brought together scholars to track the various ways that American law recognizes and responds to claims made in the name of human rights as well as the way they are treated in political and…

• Attica Locke Receives 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

  The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal awarded Attica Locke, author of “Pleasantville,” the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The ceremony was held at the Library of Congress. Locke is the sixth winner of the prize. The prize, authorized by Lee, is given annually to a book-length work of…

• Law School Hosts Meador Lectures

  Renowned legal scholars visited the University of Alabama School of Law today for the Meador Lectures. The 2016 lecture series focused on the topic of Identity and included lectures by Professors Richard Delgado, The University of Alabama School of Law; Janet Halley, Harvard Law School; Saul Levmore, The University of Chicago Law School; and Elyn Saks,…

• Professor Carroll Comments on Court’s Decision to Toss Bias-Crime Conviction in Rutgers Roommate Webcam Case

  Professor Jenny Carroll is quoted in NorthJersey.com about a state appeals court’s decision to overturn a series of hate crime convictions for Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to record his roommate. In State v. Pomianek, the New Jersey Supreme Court invalidated a key section of the state’s bias intimidation law…

• Professor Krotoszynski Comments on Free Speech on College Campuses

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski is quoted in the Omaha World-Herald about free speech on college campuses. Krotoszynski, who tracks free speech conflicts, said there isn’t just a “line in the sand” in the United States when it comes to free speech. There’s “a line in steel,” he said, that forbids punishing a person for expressing unpopular…

• Professor Pierson Conducts Study of Law School Offerings in Economics, Emotional Intelligence and Financial Management

  Research authored by Professor Pamela Bucy Pierson recently published in the Journal of Legal Education shows that almost three-fourths of law schools teach or plan to teach students about economic trends in the legal profession, almost half of the schools teach or plan to teach emotional intelligence and less than half of the nation’s law schools report they…

• September 2016

  News UA Law Hosts Conference on Bank Director and Officer Responsibilities Legal scholars and members of the banking community discussed banking issues during a conference on Bank Director and Officer Responsibilities. The program was organized by Professor Julie Andersen Hill. Participants explored the roles and responsibilities of bank directors and officers in the wake of…