Michael Allen, a 2000 graduate of the Law School, recently authored Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence After 9/11. Allen formerly worked as majority staff director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, director for the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Preparedness Group (the successor to the 9/11 Commission) and filled various national security policy and legislative roles within the White House. Read more about Blinking Red.
Click here to ensure your gift is received by December 31, 2013 for maximum tax credit.
As you consider your charitable gifts between now and the end of the year, remember that gifts made now could generate income tax deductions that may help reduce your tax bill for 2013.
The most convenient, secure and expedient way to ensure that your year-end gift to Law School is received on time is to make it online via the UA giving web-site, www.law.ua.edu/membership. You may make an online gift any time before 11:59 p.m. (Central Standard Time) on December 31, 2013.
Contributions mailed via U.S. Postal Service with postmark and check date on or before December 31, 2013 will be credited for 2013. Gifts may be mailed to the following address:
The University of Alabama School of Law
Office of Advancement
Box 870382
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Giving stocks that are worth more than you paid for them may result in additional tax savings. Stock transfers initiated and received on or before the close of the market on December 31, 2013, will be credited for 2013.
To ensure proper gift credit to you, please notify us in advance when you are ready to make a transfer. For more information regarding stock transfers, please visit UA’s Gifts of Securities page.
Domestic transfer instructions:
Bank: BBVA Compass
Address: P.O. Box 10566
Birmingham, AL 35296
Routing number: 062001186
University of Alabama disbursing account number: 0002703246
Wire transfers must be received at UA’s bank on or before December 31, 2013, in order to be considered a 2013 contribution. Please contact UA at (205) 348-6718 and provide the name of who is making the wire transfer and for what purpose. You may also email Mary Beth Seibert or Angie Gann.
Please call the Law School Office of Advancement at (205) 348-5752 or UA Central Advancement toll-free at (888) 875-4438 or visit Giving to UA for additional information.
This information should not be construed as investment, tax or legal advice. Before making your charitable gift, please consult with your financial, legal and other advisors
On October 4, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan presented the Fall 2013 Albritton Lecture. Click here to view footage from the lecture.
Thank you to C-SPAN for providing wonderful coverage of the Fall 2013 Albritton Lecture given by Justice Elena Kagan.
Professor Morriss’ most recent op-ed has gone viral, being picked up by over 54 news papers internationally. In this opinion piece he addresses the call for Congress to pass comprehensive climate change legislation. Professor Morriss opines, “Congress should not waste time debating a comprehensive climate change legislation in the coming year.” Read the entire article “Rapidly growing economies in China, India will swamp any US efforts” in the Gazette Xtra.
Associate Dean Montre Carodine was recently interviewed by NPR’s Morning Edition regarding the ongoing BP Oil Spill Trial. Listen to the full interview. 
To listen to Professor Carodine’s previous NPR interview, click here.
The editors of the American Bar Association Journal announced the selection of The University of Alabama Law School Professor Dan Joyner’s online blog, Arms Control Law, as one of the top 100 best blogs for a legal audience. The official announcement can be found at ABAJournal.com.
Professor Joyner’s blog, www.armscontrollaw.com, provides analysis and discussion of international law issues relevant to arms control. The blog has covered the Syrian chemical weapons crisis and the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program in the past year.
Professor Michael Pardo’s book, Minds, Brains, and Law: The Conceptual Foundations of Law and Neuroscience
, co-authored by Dennis Patterson, was recently published by Oxford University Press. The book explores several philosophical issues at the intersection of law and neuroscience. It examines and critically assesses arguments for an increased role for neuroscience at the levels of legal theory, legal doctrine, and legal proof. To download the table of contents and introductory chapter click here. You may also purchase Professor Pardo’s book on Amazon.com.
Hannah Hicks, a 1L at the Law School and a finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship, found a passion for social justice as an undergraduate and has plans to turn her passion into a career. Read more about Hannah here.
Professor Fred Vars recently participated in a symposium on the Second Amendment at UConn School of Law. Watch the video of the symposium here. Professor Vars presents his paper, “Symptom-Based Gun Control”, at the 2 hour 31 minute mark.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
SCHOOL OF LAW
DEAN SEARCH STATEMENT
For 140 years, Alabama Law has produced attorneys
who become leaders locally, nationally, and globally.
Our graduates do more than practice law – they shape
the future.
CANDIDATE CHARACTERISTICS
The University of Alabama School of Law seeks a dean with excellent academic credentials, extensive administrative leadership experience, and strong communication and fundraising skills.
Leaders from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines may be considered. Candidates from the academy should possess a JD or equivalent degree and have a distinguished record of (or outstanding potential for) chairholder-level scholarship and teaching. Candidates holding advanced degrees with scholarly interests related to the law and involving interdisciplinary, jurisprudential, empirical, or social science work, or exceptional jurists or practitioners may also receive consideration.
The position requires a candidate who can:
THE SCHOOL OF LAW
The University of Alabama School of Law is a top-ten public law school that offers its students an exciting, challenging educational environment coupled with a high quality of life. An intimate, student-centered institution, the School’s 45 full-time faculty teach approximately 500 students, offering a JD and seven JD joint/dual programs of study, as well as an international LLM, an LLM in taxation, and an LLM concentration in business transactions. The curriculum is traditional but includes a variety of elective classes in business law, criminal law, environmental law, intellectual property, international law, and tax law. The curriculum is also rich in clinical, advocacy, skills, and perspective offerings.
The Law School attracts a racially diverse group of students drawn from both Alabama and the larger nation. For the JD Class of 2015, the School received almost 1,700 applications and admitted 423 candidates; the median LSAT of the 2015 class is 165. The School is widely recognized for the value of its education, with current in-state tuition of $20,770 (out-of-state $34,840). In a challenging environment, the School’s graduates have succeeded in the job market: in 2012, within nine months of graduation, 92 percent of graduates were employed in JD-required or preferred positions or were attending graduate school.
The Law School is part of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, a public research university and the flagship of the University of Alabama System. Tuscaloosa is a thriving, affordable city of 100,000 that lies 50 miles southwest of Birmingham.
More information about the School and University may be found at http://www.law.ua.edu/and http://www.ua.edu/.
THE SEARCH PROCESS
The University of Alabama is being assisted in this effort by the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. The search committee welcomes comments, questions, and nominations or expressions of interest. To contact the committee, please email alabamalawdean@spencerstuart.com. All submissions will be held in strict confidence.
The University of Alabama School of Law is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and of nondiscrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, handicap or disability, or sexual orientation. It does not discriminate on these factors in administering its educational policies; admission policies; employment, promotion, and compensation policies; financial aid and scholarship programs; and other school-related activities.
