Year: 2024
Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2027
Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2027 into the Alabama Law community. Drawn from a competitive pool of over 1,400 applicants, this incoming class consists of 117 students who represent 23 states and have studied at 48 different colleges and universities. In total, members of the 1L class speak nine different languages…
Professor Vance Publishes Article for the Brennan Center for Justice
Professor Joyce Vance recently published an article for the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law entitled What’s Ahead for Jack Smith. The article breaks down how the recent Supreme Court decision regarding presidential immunity will affect Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s Washington, D.C. and Florida cases against former president Donald Trump. Click here…
Alabama and Notre Dame Law Schools Partner Host 14th Annual Law & Religion Roundtable
On June 21-22, Alabama Law hosted the 14th Annual Law & Religion Roundtable, in partnership with Notre Dame Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society Institute. Each year, the Roundtable hosts both leading and emerging scholars from law schools across North America—including Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Northwestern, New York University, Notre Dame, and Alabama. The…
In Memory of Tommy Wells (Class of 1975)
With heavy hearts, the Alabama Law community mourns the passing of a dear alumnus, colleague, and friend-H. Thomas Wells, Jr (Class of 1975). Wells was a founding member of Maynard Cooper & Gale in Birmingham and was on the Leadership Council for the Alabama Law Alumni Society. From 2008-2009, he also served as the President…
Professor Krotoszynski Publishes Two New Books
Professor Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. has two new books forthcoming: Free Speech as Civic Structure: A Comparative Analysis of How Courts and Culture Shape the Freedom of Speech and Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy: Legal Approaches in Comparative Context. Free Speech as Civic Structure has been published through Oxford University Press, and Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy is being published through…
Bradley Makes Leadership Gift to Commemorate the First Black Graduates of Alabama Law
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, a national law firm founded in Alabama, has pledged $150,000 to support construction of the Path Makers Legacy Plaza at The University of Alabama School of Law. Plans for the plaza were first introduced in 2023 as a part of a 50th anniversary commemoration celebrating the first…
Alabama Law Grad Receives EJW Fellowship
Earlier this summer, Cecilia Ballinger (’24) was named to the Class of 2024 Equal Justice Works fellows. Ballinger, a 2024 graduate of Alabama Law, clerked with Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) during the school year and throughout the summer while she was a student. The Equal Justice Works fellowship, which allows lawyers to continue to…
Professor Rosen Publishes Article on Security and Exchange Commission’s Climate Rule
Professor Ken Rosen’s article, ESG, the SEC Climate Rule, and the Limits of Securities Regulation, was published in The Alabama Lawyer. The article addresses the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newly-adopted controversial climate rule and raises broader questions about the agency’s actions to facilitate environmental, social, and corporate governance goals. Click here for the full…
Federal Agency Adopts Recommendations Based on Professor Ray’s Research
Professor Shalini Bhargava Ray served as a consultant this year to the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), an independent agency that works to improve federal agency processes. Prof. Ray’s final report on “individualized guidance” served as the basis for a set of recommendations that the ACUS Assembly adopted at the 81st Plenary Session in Washington, D.C. on…
Professor Ryan Published in Chicago Law Review Online
Professor Clare Ryan’s essay Children’s Autonomy Rights Online was recently published in the Chicago Law Review Online. Ryan wrote the essay for the Chicago Law Review’s 2023 symposium on Children and the Law. Click here to read the essay.