Category: Alumni

• Prof. Vars and Alabama Law Grad Co-Author Article Published in Texas A&M Law Review

  Professor Fred Vars and Jillian M. Purdue (’23) co-authored an article titled Time to Heal: Trauma’s Impact on Rape & Sexual Assault Statutes of Limitations that was published in the Texas A&M Law Review. Click here to read the article.

• Alabama Law Review Announces 2024 Symposium

  Allen v. Milligan: The Intersectionality of Race, Elections, and Democracy Hosted by the Alabama Law Review Featuring Keynote Speaker Evan Milligan, named representative plaintiff in Allen v. Milligan The Alabama Law Review is proud to announce its 2024 Symposium, Allen v. Milligan: The Intersectionality of Race, Elections, and Democracy, to be held at The University of Alabama Law…

• Professor Ryan Publishes Article in American University Law Review

  Professor Clare Ryan has published her article, Are Children’s Rights Enough?, in the American University Law Review. Read the full article here: https://aulawreview.org/blog/are-childrens-rights-enough/.

• 2023 Year-End Charitable Giving

  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 2023. Here’s how to complete your 2023 gift to The University of Alabama School of Law by year-end. IMPORTANT:  Credit card gifts mailed to…

• Professor Vance Co-Authors Op-Ed in Slate

  Professor Joyce Vance, with Dahlia Lithwick, Mimi Roach, Tamara Sepper, Jennifer Taub, and Julie Zebrak, has co-authored an opinion piece in Slate titled The World’s Feminists Need to Show Up for Israeli Victims. Click here to read the full essay.

• Professor Ray Publishes Essay in ACS Supreme Court Review

  Professor Shalini Ray’s essay, Eroding Immigrants’ Rights Through the “New” New Textualism, has been published in the sixth edition of the American Constitution Society Supreme Court Review. The essay focuses on statutory interpretation in three immigration cases from the 2021-22 term, and can be read here: https://www.acslaw.org/journal/acs-supreme-court-review-sixth-edition/

• Happy Thanksgiving from Dean Brewbaker

    Dear Law School alumni and friends, Earlier this fall, I shared some ways you can help support Alabama Law. Your responses have been exemplary. Thank you for believing in us and for supporting our students as we pursue our goal of being one of the nation’s best public law schools—bar none. As we enter…

• Alabama Law Dedicates the Alex W. Newton Fountain & Courtyard

  Last month, the University of Alabama School of Law dedicated the Alex W. Newton Fountain & Courtyard—honoring the late Alex Worthy Newton (’57). Mr. Newton, who received the Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Law School in 1982, was a trial lawyer with Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, LLP for more than 60…

• Photos from Homecoming – October 14, 2023

  On October 14, Alabama Law hosted its annual Alumni Homecoming Tailgate on the front lawn of the Law School. Attendees enjoyed delectable food and drink while connecting with old friends before catching a golf cart to the stadium for the Homecoming game. Photos from the event are available to view and download on the Law…

• A Special Thanks From Our Students Tyger Quarles & Lauren Chambliss

  “I’ll be graduating from [Alabama Law] debt-free thanks to our donors.” – Lauren Chambliss Current law students, Tyger Quarles and Lauren Chambliss share why they chose to attend The University of Alabama School of Law. They emphasize the importance of getting a law school education that provides great career opportunities while limiting student debt. In…