Category: Alumni
Alabama Law Hosts Free Online CLE Seminar
Alabama Law will be hosting a free online CLE seminar on Friday, Oct. 1 on the subject of Tax Benefits of Charitable Giving for Non-Specialists. The event will be held over a live Zoom and is valid for 1 MCLE credit hour. Follow this link below to register!
Professor Arbel Co-authors Piece with Recent Alabama Law Graduate
Professor Yonathan Arbel recently co-authored a piece in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies titled ALL-CAPS. His co-author for the piece was Alabama Law graduate Andrew Toler (’20).
Scott Sloss Begins Equal Justice Works Fellowship
Today is the official start of the Veterans Law Project at Alabama Law as Equal Justice Works Fellow, Scott Sloss, begins his two-year fellowship bringing legal services to veterans and their family members in the Tuscaloosa County area. This project is being sponsored by Thomson Reuters and Shearman & Sterling LLP. Read more about the…
Alabama Law Alum Frees Man from Lifelong Prison Sentence
Alabama Law alum (’21) and Alabama Appleseed intern, Allen Slater, recently helped free a man— who was serving a life sentence for a crime that, nowadays, receives a much lesser penalty— after 27 years in Donaldson Correctional Facility in Jefferson County, Alabama. Read more about it on the Alabama Appleseed Webpage.
Alabama Law Graduate Obtains Federal Clerkship & Graduates Without Debt
This Fall, Derrick Loving, a 2021 Alabama Law graduate, will begin a federal clerkship with Judge Janet Baer of Chicago, IL where he’ll be working in the field of bankruptcy law. “I aspire to be a judge someday, so I really look forward to watching her (Judge Baer) closely as I start developing my own…
Through Their Eyes – Jane Dishuck and Louise Turner
This month, 2021 Alabama Law graduates Robert L. Humphrey, III and Ian R. Ross coauthored an article on the Alabama State Bar website titled “FROM THE ALABAMA LAWYER: Through Their Eyes – Jane Dishuck and Louise Turner.” The piece highlights the experience of two female Alabama Law graduates (from 1947 and 1953) who offered a…
May 2021
News Congratulations to Alabama Law 2021 & 2020 Graduates Though masks and social distancing offered a different experience than years before, Alabama Law hosted in-person Commencement at Coleman Coliseum on Sunday, May 2. Because last year’s ceremony was moved to a virtual format, the Law School was delighted to invite members of the class…
April 2021
News Professor Grove Selected for SCOTUS Presidential Commission On Friday, April 9, The White House announced that Alabama Law’s Charles E. Tweedy, Jr., Endowed Chairholder of Law and Director of the Program in Constitutional Studies, Tara Leigh Grove, has been selected as a Commissioner for the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States—which…
March 2021
News University of Alabama Law Student Wins Fulbright Award A Fulbright award is a prestigious accomplishment for any student. Each year more than 11,000 students apply and a mere 1,500 on average are granted this honor. This year, The University of Alabama was the only SEC university named a Top Producing Institution for Fulbright awards…
February 2021
News Don’t Miss the 2021 Virtual Alabama Law Alumni Banquet It isn’t too late to sign up for the 2021 Virtual Alabama Law Alumni Society Banquet happening this Friday, February 26. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. CST, with the award ceremony to follow 7 p.m. CST. Two new awards —the Alabama Law Hall of…