Professor Joyce Vance authored a perspective piece this week for Time Magazine titled Merrick Garland Must Follow Through With His Commitment to Hold All January 6 Perpetrators Accountable. She also co-authored an Opinion piece for USA Today titled Disgraced Andrew Cuomo dodges charges for his conduct against women. It’s the right call.
Additionally, Vance was quoted in a national security article this week for Washington Post titled Attorney General Garland plans speech on Jan. 6 investigation for Wednesday.
Join us February 11th at Haven in Birmingham for the Alabama Law Alumni Society Banquet to celebrate our 2022 Alumni Award Winners! Follow this link to RSVP.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Cindy Rice at events@law.ua.edu or 205.348.5752.
Professor Susan Hamill was recently interviewed about LLC’s for the Business Divorce Roundtable podcast which was then published on FarrellFritz Attorney’s website.
As you consider your charitable giving prior to the end of the year, remember that gifts made now could generate income tax deductions that may help reduce your tax bill for 2021. Here’s how to complete your 2021 gift to the University of Alabama School of Law by year-end.
IMPORTANT: Credit card gifts mailed to The University of Alabama must be received by Friday, December 31, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. CST in order to be processed. If you wish to make your credit card gift over the phone, the Office of Advancement Services will be open from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CST on Friday, December 31. You may also make your gift online anytime at give.ua.edu If you have any questions, please call (205) 348-5370.
Gifts by Check
Mailed via USPS:
The University of Alabama
School of Law
Office of Advancement
Box 870382
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Gifts by Credit Card
Online gifts via credit card:
The most convenient and expedient way to ensure that your year-end gift to The University of Alabama School of Law is received on time is to make it online via the UA giving website. Please consider time zone differences when making your online contribution by December 31. You may give using any major credit card and your receipt is automatically generated and delivered via email.
Credit Card gifts by telephone:
Gifts of Securities
Giving stock that is worth more than you paid for it may result in additional tax savings. Stock transfers received on or before the close of the market on December 31, 2021, will be credited for 2021. 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.
Gifts via Wire Transfer
Wire transfer instructions are as follows:
Bank: Cadence Bank
Birmingham, AL
Routing number: 062206295
Account Name: The University of Alabama
Account Number: 5500308191
Wire transfers must be received at UA’s bank on or before December 31, 2021, in order to be considered a 2021 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 Hannah Blanchard.
Gifts via IRA Charitable Rollovers
The charitable IRA rollover, also called a qualified charitable distribution, was made permanent in 2015. Since 2006, many UA donors age 70 ½ or older have used this option to make qualifying charitable gifts that were excluded from taxable income and counted toward their required minimum distribution (RMD). To qualify, gifts must be transferred directly from the IRA provider to The University of Alabama and meet certain other requirements. This provision applies to people age 70 ½ or older at the time the transfer is completed. Please note that an individual taxpayer’s total charitable IRA rollover gifts cannot exceed $100,000 per tax year. We encourage you to check with your financial advisors about the best ways for you to take advantage of this opportunity as you consider gifts to the University and other charitable interests that are important to you.
It is simple to make a transfer. Contact your account administrator to request a check to be delivered to the address below. Envelopes must be postmarked no later than December 31, 2021.
The University of Alabama
Attn: Office of Planned Giving
Box 870123
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
For more information, contact the Office of Planned Giving at (205) 348-0999 or toll-free at (888) 875-4438.
Questions about year-end giving or supporting UA
Please call the Office of Advancement at (205) 348-5370 or 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.
Professor Tara Grove was recently interviewed on GBH news (Boston) in regards to criticisms on President Biden’s Supreme Court commission’s final report that was recently released.
Click below to watch the interview!
Alabama Law 3Ls Angelica Mamani, Katrina Smith, and Ryne Smith each donated a kidney to save the lives of three people they previously didn’t know. Each year across the nation only 200 of all kidney donations come from people who do not know the recipient. We are honored to have three of those 200 walking our halls. To read more about these students’ journeys, visit the links below:
CBS 42- 3 University of Alabama law students donate kidneys to save lives
https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/3-university-of-alabama-law-students-donate-kidneys-to-save-lives/
News 19 Huntsville- 3 University of Alabama law students donate kidneys to save lives
https://whnt.com/news/3-university-of-alabama-law-students-donate-their-kidneys/
WBRC Fox6- University of Alabama law students donate kidneys
https://www.wbrc.com/2021/12/09/university-alabama-law-students-donate-kidneys/
ABC 33/40- Three UA Law Students Donate Kidneys to Strangers
https://abc3340.com/news/local/three-ua-law-students-donate-kidneys-to-strangers
Tuscaloosa News- University Of Alabama law students donate kidneys
UA News-A Chain Reaction: Three UA Law Students Donate Kidneys
https://news.ua.edu/2021/12/a-chain-reaction-three-ua-law-students-donate-kidneys/
WSFA 12 News Montgomery– University Of Alabama law students donate kidneys
https://www.wsfa.com/2021/12/10/university-alabama-law-students-donate-kidneys/
Professor Julie Hill was recently quoted in a Bloomberg Law article titled Bank Exams Will Regain Human Touch When Pandemic Recedes.
Professors Jean Stefancic and Richard Delgado’s response to an essay by Alabama Law 3L, Spencer Bowley, was recently published on the B.U. Law Review website.
Professor Richard Delgado, Alabama Law
Professor Jean Stefancic, Alabama Law
Alabama Law 3L, Spener Bowley
Professor Shalini Bhargava Ray recently published her article, Immigration Law’s Arbitrariness Problem, in Columbia Law Review.
It was also reviewed in JOTWELL by Prof. Mila Sohoni of the University of San Diego Law School. The review is available here: https://adlaw.jotwell.com/immigration-laws-shadow-dockets/.
Professor Susan Pace Hamill‘s article, Moral Reflections on 21st Century Tax Policy Trends, was recently published on the Canopy Forum website.
