Year: 2018

• Labor and Employment Moot Court Team Writes Best Petitioner’s Brief

  Robert Dyar, Morgan Epperson, and J.T. Lewis, all 3Ls, performed well in the Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court competition at New York Law School in Manhattan during the first weekend of Spring Break. They competed in six rounds of oral argument over two days against teams from across the country,…

• Professor Vars Writes Op-Ed About Reducing Gun Suicides

  Professor Fred Vars writes an op-ed with Ian Ayres in The Los Angeles Times about how to reduce gun suicides. For more, read “A New Way to Reduce Gun Suicides, and Maybe Mass Shootings too.”

• Professor Vance Comments on Role of White House Legal Counsel

  Professor Joyce White Vance, former U.S. Attorney and Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Law, talks with MSNBC’s Ari Melber about the role of the White House legal counsel. For more, read “McGahn is White House lawyer, not Trump lawyer, Trump should know.“

• Professor Gold Explains How to Handle Power of Attorney for a Parent with Cognitive Impairment

  Professor Allyson E. Gold, director of The University of Alabama School of Law’s Elder Law Clinic, is quoted in Caring.com about how to handle power of attorney for someone who has severe memory loss or severe cognitive impairment.  For more, read “How to Handle Power of Attorney for a Parent with Dementia.”

• Alabama Law Wins Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition

  Caroline Page, Robert Pendley, and Margaret Reiney, all 3Ls, won the 26th Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition.  The Duberstein Competition is the preeminent national bankruptcy moot court competition and one of the largest single-site appellate moot court competitions in the country.  Teams from forty seven schools competed in this year’s event at St. John’s…

• Alabama Law Hosts Public Interest Career Fair

  The Law School hosted 30 nonprofit and government employers at its fifth annual Public Interest Career Fair on Tuesday, March 6. About half of the attending organizations also conducted interviews with law students seeking summer internships. “This is a great opportunity for our students to meet practicing public interest lawyers and learn more about this…

• March 2018

  News Alabama Law Hosts Symposium on the Role of Lawyers in Government Sitting and former U.S. Attorneys visited The University of Alabama School of Law March 2 and discussed the role lawyers play in government. The symposium, “The Role of Lawyers in Good Government,” was held in the McMillan Lecture Hall in Room 287 and…

• Alabama Law Hosts Symposium on The Role of Lawyers in Good Government

  Sitting and former U.S. Attorneys visited The University of Alabama School of Law March 2 and discussed the role lawyers play in government. The symposium, “The Role of Lawyers in Good Government,” was held in the McMillan Lecture Hall in Room 287 and consisted of three panels. It gave participants an opportunity to hear the views…

• Professor Vars Comments on Gun Access and Mental Health

  Professor Fred Vars is quoted in The Wall Street Journal about gun access and mental health. For more, read “Florida School Shooting Renews Debate Over Gun Access and Mental Health.“

• Jessup Team Competes in New Orleans

  Alabama Law’s Jessup International Law Moot Court team traveled to New Orleans and competed in the the regional competition. The team, comprised of Emily Van Haneghan, Tori McCarthy, Betsy Nicholson, and Hannah Darby, all 3Ls, won four out of four matches in the preliminary rounds, advancing to the quarterfinals, and then to the semifinals before…