Year: 2021

• Professor Carroll Quoted on NBC

  Professor Jenny Carroll was quoted in a recently published article titled “What’s a judge’s moral standard? Allegations of racism, sexism spotlight judicial misconduct” on NBCNews.com

• Professor Vance Joins Just Security Editorial Board

  This week, Professor Joyce Vance joined the editorial board of Just Security, a leading online forum for the rigorous analysis of national and international security. She is joined by law professors Monica C. Bell of Yale Law and Rebecca Hamilton of American University Washington College of Law.   Read more about the new additions to the Just Security…

• Professor Grove Featured on Bloomberg Radio

  Professor Tara Leigh Grove discussed the Supreme Court’s agreement to take up a Mississippi abortion case with David Westin on Bloomberg Radio. The full interview can be found here.

• Professor Krotoszynski Publishes Opinion Piece in The Atlantic

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski recently published an opinion piece in The Atlantic titled “The War on Trans Kids Is Totally Unconstitutional.” The full article can be read here.

• Professor Das Acevedo’s Article Reviewed on JOTWELL

  Professor Rebecca Zietlow of The University of Toledo College of Law recently wrote a review on JOTWELL of Professor Deepa Das Acevedo’s article titled Essentializing Labor Before, During, and After the Coronavirus Epidemic, 52 Ariz. St. L.J.1091 (2020). The full review can be found on the JOTWELL site.

• Professor Vance Publishes Opinion Piece on MSNBC

  Professor Joyce Vance published her most recent opinion article titled “Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s Barr rebuke opens the door to DOJ accountability” on MSNBC.com.

• Professor Steinman and Colleagues Cited in 5th Circuit Decision 

  Alabama Law professor, Adam Steinman, joined professors Helen Hershkoff, Arthur R. Miller, Alan B. Morrison, and John E. Sexton in writing an amicus brief that was recently cited by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Douglass v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha decision. To learn more about the 5th Circuit’s decision in this case, read Professor Steinman’s recent…

• 2021 Alabama Law Moot Court Teams Excel at a Regional and National Level 

  Each year, students from Alabama Law compete in several moot court competitions covering a variety of topics from environmental to bankruptcy law. Throughout the past semester, these teams have performed impressively—including a first-place finish at the National Health Law Transactional Moot Court Competition, an “Elite Eight Finish” at the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, and…

• Congratulations to Alabama Law 2021 & 2020 Graduates 

  Though masks and social distancing offered a different experience than years before, Alabama Law hosted in-person Commencement at Coleman Coliseum on Sunday, May 2. Because last year’s event was moved to a virtual format, the Law School was delighted to invite members of the Class of 2020 to come back and celebrate their achievements with…

• April 2021

  News Professor Grove Selected for SCOTUS Presidential Commission On Friday, April 9, The White House announced that Alabama Law’s Charles E. Tweedy, Jr., Endowed Chairholder of Law and Director of the Program in Constitutional Studies, Tara Leigh Grove, has been selected as a Commissioner for the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States—which…