Year: 2018

• Alabama Law Alumnus Confirmed as Federal District Judge

  The U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. Magistrate Judge Terry F. Moorer (’86) to serve  as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile. Moorer was nominated in 2017 by President Donald Trump. For more, read “Senate Confirms Black Alabama Judge to Federal Bench.”

• Professor Vars: Without a Will, Aretha Franklin’s Assets Will Become Public

  Professor Fred Vars is quoted in Forbes about Aretha Franklin dying without a will. For more, read “Aretha Franklin Died Without a Will, So What’s Next?”  

• Professor Vance Comments on Credibility of Rick Gates in Paul Manafort Trial

  Professor Joyce White Vance is quoted in The New York Times about Rick Gates’s credibility in the Paul Manafort Trial. For more, read “The Paul Manafort Trial: What the Jurors Will Consider.” 

• ABA’s Law Student Division Elects Alabama Law Student as Vice Chair

  Taurus Myhand, 3L, was recently elected as the 2018-2019 national Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division. Myhand will lead the ABA’s efforts to reach, recruit, and engage law students across the country through meaningful events, programming, and content. He will serve on the greater ABA’s Standing Committee on Membership and will…

• Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2021

  Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the Class of 2021 during First-Year Orientation. Brandon said the class is joining a long list of former law students who have made a positive mark on the community, the nation, and the world, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., Nelle Harper Lee, Millard…

• Proof Wins 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

  The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal announced that C. E. Tobisman, author of Proof, will receive the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Tobisman is the eighth winner of the Prize. The award, authorized by Lee, is given to a book-length work of…

• Professor Krotoszynski: Policies that Appear Neutral Can Be Unlawful if Created for a Discriminatory Reason

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski is quoted in the ABA Journal about proposed Alabama legislation that would require couples who wish to marry to file an affidavit with their counties. For more, read “States May Scrap Marriage Licenses as Counties Resist Same-sex Ruling.” 

• Professor Vars Participates in UA Town Hall on Guns in Alabama

  Professor Fred Vars recently participated in a UA Town Hall on Guns in Alabama.      

• Professor Vance Writes Op-Ed About Ending Attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller

  Professor Joyce White Vance, along with Barbara McQuade, writes an op-ed for The Hill. The essay argues that attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller should end in order to protect our democracy. For more, read “Baseless Attacks on Robert Mueller Must End to Protect Our Democracy.”  

• Alabama Law Alumni, Students Win Alabama State Bar Awards

  Alabama Alumni and students recently were presented with awards for their service to the legal profession during the 2018 Alabama State Bar Annual Meeting in Sandestin, Florida Alabama Law recipients were: Billy C. Bedsole (’61) received the J. Anthony “Tony” McLain Professionalism Award. The award recognizes members for distinguished service in the advancement of professionalism….