Year: 2025

• Alabama Law Hosts 2L Moot Court Competition Final Round

  Each year, Alabama Law’s 3L Moot Court Board, led by Professor Kimberly Boone, hosts the 2L Moot Court Competition Final Round. This year’s competition began in January with 48 2L students, eager to enhance their appellate advocacy skills. Each team wrote a brief and presented oral arguments in competition with fellow classmates, receiving valuable feedback…

• Professor Travis Ramey Publishes Research on Wrongful Birth

  Professor Travis Ramey’s article, Wrongful Birth After Dobbs and the Limits of Tort Law in Areas of Dissensus, has been published in Volume 103 of Nebraska Law Review. The Article examines wrongful birth and its criticisms before examining the effect Dobbs is likely to have on wrongful birth jurisprudence.

• Alabama Law Ranks Among Best Public Law Schools in the U.S.

  In the most recent US News rankings, the University of Alabama School of Law has ranked #12 among all ABA accredited public law schools and #5 (public) for federal clerkship placements. These metrics reflect the high quality opportunities afforded to students at Alabama Law. This past year, the National Jurist ranked Alabama Law the #3…

• March 2025 Alumni News

  Professor Bryan Fair Named Fred Gray Institute Fellow At its inaugural symposium in Montgomery on March 14-15, the Fred D. Gray Institute for Human and Civil Rights named Professor Bryan Fair to its second cohort of Gray Institute Fellows. The Fellows are named to two-year terms where they provide leadership, foster external relationships to benefit…

• Eight Appellate Advocacy Clinic Students Argue Before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

  This academic year, four pairs of students have been invited to travel to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to present oral arguments as part of their service to The University of Alabama School of Law’s Appellate Advocacy Clinic. Since November, three pairs have already presented their arguments, and the fourth set…

• Professor Bryan Fair Named a Fred Gray Institute Fellow

  At its inaugural symposium in Montgomery on March 14-15, the Fred D. Gray Institute for Human and Civil Rights appointed Professor Bryan Fair to its second cohort of Gray Institute Fellows. The Fellows are named to two-year terms where they provide leadership, foster external relationships to benefit the Institute, and work on projects focused on…

• Alabama Law Team Wins First Place at Nelson Mandela International Negotiations Competition

  At the 57th Annual National Black Law Students Association Convention in Atlanta, 3Ls Claudia Bonney Amamoo and Tionna Taite represented Alabama Law in the Nelson Mandela International Negotiations Competition, where they competed against 16 other teams from around the country. The team was seeded first after each round, and finished in first place. The team…

• Professor Susan Pace Hamill Featured in WalletHub’s Tax Survey

  Professor Susan Pace Hamill was a featured expert in WalletHub’s recent survey on Americans’ attitudes toward taxes. Click here to learn more.

• Belle Granholm (’24) Receives Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award

  Belle Granholm (Class of 2024) has been selected as one of fifteen recipients of the Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Awards, presented by the Burton Awards, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit program run in association with the Library of Congress, presented by lead sponsor Law360, and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP….

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

  Professor Fred Vars published an op-ed in The Washington Post titled Mel Gibson should have a way to get his guns back. Here’s why. (with Ian Ayres, Yale Law School). Professors Vars and Ayres are also the authors of Weapon of Choice: Fighting Gun Violence While Respecting Gun Rights (2020). The article is centered around…