Category: Alumni News
September 2021
News Join Us for Homecoming on October 23 Visit with old friends and enjoy game-day fare on the front lawn before kickoff against the Tennessee Vols. Saturday, October 23* Law Center Front Lawn 3 hours prior to kick-off Transportation will be provided to the stadium before the game. Kindly RSVP by October 17 If you…
August 2021
News Welcome, Alabama Law Class of 2024 Alabama Law’s 1L incoming class consists of 152 students-drawn from a pool of over 1,500 applicants. More than 50 percent of the 1Ls are women and just under 20 percent identify as members of a racial or ethnic minority. Members of this class have studied, lived, or worked…
January 2021
News The Gig Economy: Prof. Das Acevedo Looks Beyond the Algorithm Over the past few years, gig workers-individuals who provide services to customers of companies such as Uber, Door Dash and Instacart-have been making headlines as law makers, corporations and workers have tried to navigate the complexities that the gig economy has presented. In 2019,…
December 2020
News Justice Sotomayor Delivers 2020 Albritton Lecture The University of Alabama School of Law hosted Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, for the Albritton Lecture on Nov. 10. The Lecture, held virtually, was moderated by W. Harold Albritton, Senior District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle…
November 2020
News Professor Elliott Wins Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award Brilliant. Approachable. Great. Dedicated. Caring. When you ask Alabama Law students about Professor Heather Elliott, these are words you hear repeated often. When she received The University of Alabama’s Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award at the 2020 Virtual Campus Assembly on October 12, students as well…
October 2020
News Alabama Law Enrolls Three PLUS Participants in Class of 2023 When the University of Alabama School of Law welcomed the Class of 2023, three of the students had already walked the halls of the building as members of the inaugural class of the Alabama Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program (PLUS). In 2018, Layne Lightfoot, Roxana…
September 2020
News Student Organizations Host Town Hall on Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice For more than an hour recently, faculty and students discussed mass incarceration and criminal justice during a town hall meeting. The online program attracted 100 participants. Sponsored by the Student Bar Association, Black Law Students Association, and the Criminal Law Society, it featured…
August 2020
News Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2023 Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the Class of 2023 on Monday, August 10, for First-Year Orientation. More than 50 percent of the 129 class members are women, and 21 percent identify as members of a racial or ethnic minority. The members of the Class of 2023 have…
April 2020
News A Message from Dean Mark E. Brandon As you may know, The University of Alabama commenced limited operations on campus in March to mitigate the risk and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This decision benefits each member of our community and our loved ones, but continues operations in a way that promotes safety requires…
March 2020
News Alabama Law Launches Strategic Planning Initiative As you know, the Law School is engaged in a strategic planning process to define priorities and goals and guide decision making for the coming three to five years. We want to gather ideas, reflections, and suggestions from all members of our community to support that process. Accordingly,…