Year: 2017

• Thirty-First Commandant of Marines Visits Alabama Law

  General Charles Krulak, former commandant of the United States Marine Corps, visited Alabama Law Sept. 13. Krulak discussed his military experience, which includes time as a platoon commander in Vietnam and the Gulf War, and his four years as the 31st Commandant of the Marines. Krulak also served as CEO of MBNA Europe and as non-executive director…

• Professor Horwitz Weighs in on Whether U.S. Senators May Apply a Religious Test to Nominations

  Professor Paul Horwitz is quoted in The Washington Post about whether U.S. senators are free to vote against a nominee for religious reasons. For more, read “Did Dianne Feinstein Accuse a Judicial Nominee of Being too Christian?”

• Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s Visit Has Been Cancelled; Alabama Law Hopes to Reschedule

  Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be unable to visit Alabama Law this week for the Albritton Lecture and related events.  Weather caused by Hurricane Irma made her scheduled flights impossible.  The Justice’s staff said that she is disappointed about the cancellation and hopes to reschedule for a future date.

• President Trump Nominates Three Alabama Law Alumni as Federal Judges

  President Donald Trump has nominated Jeffrey Beaverstock (’98) and Terry F. Moorer (’86) for positions as District Judges on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Emily Coody Marks (’98) has been nominated to serve as District Judge in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.  All…

• September 2017

  News Alabama Law Hosts Symposium on Water Resources Law Some of the nation’s leading experts on water law visited Alabama Law August 25 for a symposium on Water Resources Law. Participants discussed the laws governing ownership of surface water, groundwater, and other water resources in Alabama and throughout the Southeast. They addressed interstate conflicts over…

• Medal of Honor Recipient Visits Alabama Law

  Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins, a Medal of Honor recipient, spoke to Alabama Law students and faculty this week about his military training and experience. Adkins of Opelika, Alabama, was honored in 2014 for his actions in Vietnam’s A Shau Valley. As a 32-year-old sergeant first class, Adkins was among a handful of Americans working…

• Professor Brophy: ‘Removing These Statues Facilitates People Forgetting about the Bad Old Days.’

  Professor Alfred Brophy is quoted in FoxNews.com about the removal of Confederate statues. For more, read “Amid Charlottesville Backlash, Some Are Asking If Statue Removal Push Has Gone Too Far.”

• Professor Vance Weighs in on Seeking Federal Prosecution in North Dakota Kidnapping and Death Case

  Professor Joyce Vance is quoted in the West Fargo Pioneer about whether federal prosecution should be sought in the kidnapping and death of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind in Fargo, North Dakota.  For more, read “McFeely: String ’em up? Not So fast, Former Federal Prosecutor Says.”  

• Alabama Law Remembers Professor Tom Jones

    Dear Alabama Law Alumni: With a heavy heart, I write to let you know that Tom Jones passed away last night. Tom came to the School of Law in 1962.  Since then, he served in virtually every position available to a member of the faculty – from professor (rising through the ranks), to Acting…

• Alabama Law Hosts Symposium on Water Resources Law

  Some of the nation’s leading experts on water law visited Alabama Law today for the symposium on Water Resources Law. Participants discussed the laws governing ownership of surface water, groundwater, and other water resources in Alabama and throughout the Southeast. They addressed interstate water law conflicts, the types of water policies that have worked in…