Year: 2016

• Tim Lewis: Serving the State

  Tim Lewis (’84) knew from the moment he arrived at law school that he wanted to be a law librarian. “I’m attracted to legal research,” he said. “It’s very structured and logical. I never wanted to practice. I had no intention of it.” After he graduated, he was hired as a reference librarian for the…

• Professor Rushin Comments on Whether Federal Oversight of Police Departments Will Continue During Next Presidential Administration

  Professor Stephen Rushin is quoted in Pacific Standard about the continuation of federal oversight of police departments in the next presidential administration. “Historically, conservatives have been less supportive of expansive federal oversight of local police departments than liberals,” Rushin said. For more, read “Who Do You Call When Your Rapist Is a Cop?”

• UA Law School to Host Conference on Bank Director and Officer Responsibilities

  Legal scholars and members of the banking community will visit The University of Alabama School of Law Aug. 26 to discuss bank director and officer responsibilities. The conference on Bank Director & Officer Responsibilities will be held in the Bedsole Moot Courtroom, room 140. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and is free and open…

• Professor Fair Moderates Community Forum on Policing

  Professor Bryan Fair moderated a public forum about law enforcement and community relations Tuesday as residents said they are concerned about police training, body cameras and recording police interactions. “It’s not the community against the police, it’s not the police against the community,” Fair said. “We are all Tuscaloosans.” About 175 people attended the forum…

• Professor Vars Publishes Op-Ed on Terror and Guns

  Professor Fredrick Vars published an op-ed in Jurist proposing a compromise federal approach to the problem of guns and terrorism. “No one wants terrorists to have guns, but the two parties moved on before building on this common ground,” he wrote. “While nothing passed Congress, the seeds of a compromise are buried in the failed Senate…

• August 2016

  Law School Welcomes Class of 2019 Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the Class of 2019 during First-Year Orientation. The class has 133 students and was drawn from a pool of more than 1,600 applicants. Members of the class come from 20 states and two countries outside of the U.S., and they have studied at 64…

• Professor Rushin Comments on How the Voting Rights Act Could Be Used for Police Reform

  Professor Stephen Rushin is quoted in City Lab about how the Voting Rights Act could be used for police reform.  “We think that model of waiting until something so terrible that it results in mass protests, and then responding after the fact, is basically the wrong way to go about this,” Rushin said. Rushin and Jason…

• Heather Fann: Serving the State

  Heather Fann (’06) has served clients who might not otherwise find legal representation. In 2013, Fann filed a lawsuit on behalf of V. L., a woman who sought visitation rights after separating from her lesbian partner, E. L., who had given birth to their three children through donor insemination. V. L. adopted the children in…

• Law Student Wins Pro Bono Award

  Carly Calhoun won the Alabama State Bar’s Pro Bono Law Student Award. She has been an active volunteer since her very first day of law school, working with the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, Veterans’ Legal Assistance Clinic, Prison Reentry Clinic, Habitat for Humanity Wills Clinic, Project Homeless Connect and Wills for Heroes. “Calhoun has contributed…

• Law School Welcomes Director of Diversity & Inclusion

  The Law School welcomes Daiquiri Steele. She will serve as the new Director of Diversity & Inclusion and Assistant Professor of Law in Residence. Professor Steele formerly practiced in Atlanta as a Civil Rights Attorney with the U.S. Department of Education, where she provided legal counsel relating to federal investigations of discrimination involving the nation’s…