Year: 2025
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…
Professor Luke Herrine Places Three New Articles
Professor Luke Herrine has recently placed three articles: The Student Debt Reset in California Law Review (with Jonathan Glater, UC Berkeley Law School) (forthcoming 2025), Unfairness, Reconstructed in Vol. 42, Issue 1 of Yale Journal on Regulation, and Regulating Cutthroat Business in North Carolina Law Review (forthcoming 2025). Click the links above to read the…
In Memory of Former Dean Nathaniel “Nat” Hansford
The Alabama Law community mourns the passing of a beloved former dean and professor, V. Nathaniel “Nat” Hansford. Dean Hansford received his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1968. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, where he served for three years, including one year…
February 2025 Alumni News
Announcing Public Interest Institute 25th Anniversary Art Competition Winners To kick off the 25th anniversary of the Public Interest Institute at Alabama Law, the Law School hosted an art competition surrounding the anniversary theme, “Cultivating a Lifelong Commitment to Service.” After reviewing a collection of outstanding submissions, the Public Interest Student Board and members of…