Year: 2017

• Professor Rushin Weighs in on Justice Department’s Report on Chicago Police

  Professor Stephen Rushin and Locke Bowman, executive director of the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University, discuss a Department of Justice Department report about the flaws in the Chicago Police Department’s methods and practices. They speak with June Grasso and Michael Best on Bloomberg Radio’s “Bloomberg Law.” For more, listen to “DOJ Report Finds Flaws…

• Professor Rushin Comments on Justice Department’s Consent Decree with Baltimore Police Department

  Professor Stephen Rushin is quoted in The Wall Street Journal about the U.S. Department of Justice’s consent decree with the Baltimore Police Department. For more, read “Justice Department and Baltimore Agree on Plan to Reform Policing.” “Emanuel Agrees to Negotiate Consent Decree That May Never Happen.” “Policing the Police.”   

• Law School Welcomes Students from the Australian National University College of Law

  Nine wonderfully gifted law students from the Australian National University College of Law arrived in Tuscaloosa on January 7 for a five-week visit at the Law School. The ANU students are taking a class on Comparative Approaches to Counter-Terrorism Law and a Survey on U.S. Law, said Professor William Andreen, Director of the UA-ANU Exchange…

• Professor Krotoszynski Weighs in on Privacy and Technology

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski is quoted in the ABA Journal about privacy and technology. For more, read “For Sale: Your Personal Data.”

• January 2017

  News The Thomas L. Jones Reception Area Nears Completion The Thomas L. Jones Reception Area of the Alabama Law Institute is nearing completion. Alumni, friends and family donated nearly $165,000 to the project, and a portion of the funds was used to create the Thomas L. Jones Endowed Scholarship. Professor Jones was appointed Assistant Professor…

• Nic Carlisle: Serving the State

  Nic Carlisle (’06) is using his appointment to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS to tell the story about how the disease is affecting Alabama and the South. Carlisle was honored to receive the three-year appointment in 2016 and wants to make sure Alabama and other southern states are well represented on the council. While the majority of the…

• Professor Rushin Comments on U.S. Department of Justice’s Use of the Rodney King Law

  Professor Stephen Rushin is quoted in Voice of OC about the U.S. Department of Justice’s use of the Rodney King Law to investigate Orange County’s district attorney and sheriff. For more, read “Feds Test Rodney King Law With Jail Informants Investigation.”

• Law School Announces Call for Entries for 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

  The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal are now accepting submissions for the 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The Prize, authorized by Ms. Lee, is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.  Past…

• Office of Diversity & Inclusion Announces Online Giving Page

  The Law School announces a new program to support the work of The Office of Diversity & Inclusion. The Office of Diversity & Inclusion hosts numerous academic, cultural, and celebratory events throughout the academic year aimed at broadening participants’ understanding and appreciation of diversity. The ODI works closely with students and student organizations on programs…