Year: 2025
September 2025 Alumni News
Chief Judge Pryor Speaks at Alabama Law for Constitution Day In honor of Constitution Day, Alabama Law welcomed Chief Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to speak on the importance of the rule of law and the foundational significance of the U.S. Constitution. Click here to view…
August 2025 Alumni News
Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2028 Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2028 into the Law School community. Drawn from a competitive pool of approximately 1,750 applicants, this incoming class consists of 140 students who represent 21 states and have studied at 49 different colleges and universities. Classes officially began on August…
Alabama Law Welcomes Six New Faculty Members
This semester, The University of Alabama School of Law welcomed six new faculty members. Learn more about each of them below. S. Sean Tu Professor of Law Sean Tu is a nationally recognized expert on patent law and drug law. A prolific scholar with over fifty publications, his work has appeared in top medical and…
Professor Sean Tu Publishes Eight New Articles
This summer, Professor Sean Tu co-authored eight new articles: Professor Tu’s scholarship largely focuses on pharmaceutical patents. You can find more of his articles here.
Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2028
Alabama Law is proud to welcome the Class of 2028 into the Law School community. Drawn from a competitive pool of approximately 1,750 applicants, this incoming class consists of 140 students who represent 21 states and have studied at 49 different colleges and universities. In total, members of the 1L class speak 10 different languages and…
The Princeton Review: Alabama Law #8 for Federal Clerkships
The Princeton Review ranked the University of Alabama School of Law #8 in the nation for Federal Clerkship placements in its 2025 rankings. Among public law schools, Alabama ranked #3. The list is based on the percentage of 2024 J.D. graduates who secured a federal judicial clerkship. This list was announced after Above The Law recently placed Alabama…
Vice Dean Joel Nichols Presents at National Legal Conferences
This summer, Vice Dean Joel Nichols presented at the NCBE (National Conference of Bar Examiners) Annual Bar Admissions Conference in Seattle and at the ABA Associate Deans Conference in Salt Lake City. These conferences offer attendees – attorneys on state licensing boards, state Supreme Court Justices, directors of licensing agencies, and leaders of law schools…
Four Alabama Law Students Awarded Stevens Foundation Public Interest Fellowships
Four Alabama Law students were awarded Justice John Paul Stevens Foundation Public Interest Fellowships for their public interest work this summer. According to their website, “The John Paul Stevens Foundation is dedicated to promoting public interest and social justice values in the next generation of American lawyers. Through the Public Interest Fellowship Program, the Foundation supports…
Professor Ron Krotoszynski Cited in SCOTUS Opinion
Professor Ron Krotoszynski’s article, Reconsidering the Nondelegation Doctrine: Universal Service, the Power to Tax, and the Ratification Doctrine (80 Ind. L. J. 239, 282 (2005)) was cited in Justice Neil Gorsuch’s dissent in FCC v. Consumers’ Research. The case stems from questions about the universal service fund established in the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Congress instructed…
Professor Yonathan Arbel Comments on AI Use in Court
Professor Yonathan Arbel, Director of the AI Legal Studies Initiative at Alabama Law, was interviewed for a FOX 10 News Mobile article about a defense attorney who cited cases that had been hallucinated by AI in court. The defendant in the case requested new representation, telling the judge that he “no longer has confidence in…