Year: 2022

• Professor Bhargava Ray Publishes Opinion Analysis on SCOTUSblog

  Professor Shalini Bhargava Ray recently wrote a SCOTUS opinion analysis titled The demise of rights-protective statutory interpretation for detained immigrants and the rise of “piecemeal” textualism. Read the full opinion piece on SCOTUSblog. She also spoke about this topic on a recent SCOTUStalk podcast.  Listen to the conversation on SCOTUSblog as well.

• Professor Vance Publishes an Op-Ed on MSNBC

  Professor Joyce Vance recently coauthored an opinion piece titled The Jan. 6 Hearings Spotlight Congress. But Witnesses are the Real Stars on MSNBC News. Read the full article here.

• Professor Vance Quoted in The New York Times

  Professor Joyce Vance was recently quoted in an article titled Intensifying Inquiry Into Alternate Electors Focuses on Trump Lawyers. The full piece can be read on The New York Times website.

• Alabama Law Ranks Among Top 30 Law Schools for Black Students

  Lawyers of Color, a nonprofit devoted to promoting diversity in the legal profession, recently ranked the University of Alabama School of Law 29th among the nation’s best law schools for Black students. The rankings were based on several factors including bar passage rate, big law associate placement, federal and state clerkships, distinguished Black alumni, tuition…

• Professor Vars Publishes an Op-Ed in The Washington Post

  Professor Fred Vars recently coauthored an opinion piece titled New York’s Red-Flag Law Failed in Buffalo. Here’s How to Fix It in The Washington Post. Read the full article online.

• Professor Faucon Publishes with Washington and Lee Law Review

  Professor Casey E. Faucon published an article titled Assessing Amateurism in College Sports in Volume 79, Issue 1 of the Washington and Lee Law Review. Read the full journal article here.

• Professor Kimpel Publishes Article with Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

  Professor Amy F. Kimpel published an article titled Paying For a Clean Record in Volume 112, Issue 3 of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Read the full article here.

• Professor Vars Publishes Article with Duke Center for Firearms Law

  Professor Fred Vars coauthored a piece titled Time To Live: Safer Gun Safes and Smarter Smart Guns on the Duke Center for Firearms Law site.  Read the full article online.

• Professor Vance Publishes Op-Ed in The Washington Post

  Professor Joyce Vance coauthored an op-ed titled Ant-trans Laws Make Everyone Less Safe in The Washington Post. Read the full article online. 

• April – May 2022

  News Alabama Law Presents Civil Rights Pioneer Fred David Gray with Honorary Degree The University of Alabama presented civil rights pioneer and attorney Fred David Gray with an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree during the School of Law’s Commencement Ceremony. As one of the most prolific civil rights lawyers in the history of Alabama and…