Year: 2024
Professor Herrine Quoted in Business Insider
Professor Luke Herrine recently commented on the status of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan in Business Insider. Click here to read the full article.
Professor Steele Awarded Volunteer of the Year
Professor Daiquiri Steele was awarded of Volunteer of the Year by the Birmingham Business Journal at their 2024 Nonprofit Awards for her service to Girls Inc. of Central Alabama. Girls Inc. “inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold” through programming designed to benefit every aspect of their life. To learn more about…
Professor Render’s Article Accepted for Publication in Harvard Law Review
Professor Meredith Render’s article, Waste, Property, and Useless Things, has been accepted for publication in Volume 138 of the Harvard Law Review. The article applies the concept of “waste” in property law to the problem of planned obsolescence. The article is set to be published February 2025.
Dean Brewbaker and the ‘Uses of Law’
Dean Bill Brewbaker and Professor Patrick McKinley Brennan’s coauthored chapter, Can Laws and Rights Teach? John Witte and the Uses of the Law, was recently published in the book Faith in Law, Law in Faith. The book examines the impact of the late Professor John Witte Jr. on the study of law and religion. You can…
March 2024
News Alabama Law Honors 2024 Alumni Award Recipients On March 1, the School of Law hosted the annual Alabama Law Alumni Society Banquet at The Haven in Birmingham where seven distinguished alumni were honored this year for their significant contributions to the legal community and the Law School. Click here to read more about this…
Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team Advances to Internationals
Last month, the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team—coached by Professors Cameron Fogle and Dan Joyner—placed fifth among 48 schools in the east regional competition in New Orleans. This qualified the team of 3Ls Max Bryant, Rachel Dees, Hunter Drake, and Sydney Noordsy to move on to the international rounds hosted in Washington, DC…
Alabama Law Honors 2024 Alumni Award Recipients
On March 1, the Law School hosted the annual Alabama Law Alumni Society Banquet at The Haven in Birmingham, where seven distinguished alumni were honored for their significant contributions to the legal community and the Law School. Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumni Award W. Mike House (Class of ’71) was named this year’s recipient of…
Alabama Law Federalist Society Named Chapter of the Year
The Federalist Society student organization at Alabama Law was recently named Chapter of the Year—the highest honor a Federalist Society chapter can attain—at the 2024 National Student Symposium. The event was hosted by the Federalist Society at Harvard Law School, where the Alabama Law chapter was also recognized as a finalist for the George Washington…
Professor Hamill featured as Expert in WalletHub Article
Professor Susan Pace Hamill was featured as an expert in WalletHub’s recent article, States with the Best & Worst Taxpayer ROI. Read the article at this link.
Alabama Law BLSA Mock Trial Team Places Second at Nationals
This month, 3L students Aleah Brown, Hannah King, Carmen Paige, and Simone Hampton took second place—out of sixty teams—at the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition during the National Black Law Students Association Conference hosted in Houston, Texas. In addition, both Brown and King received near-perfect scores during the preliminary rounds and were named best…