Category: Latest News

• 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…

• Professor McMichael publishes Opinion Piece in the DC Journal

  Professor Benjamin McMichael recently published an opinion piece in the DC Journal titled The ‘ICAN’ Act May Help With Healthcare Shortages, but We Need More. You can read the full article here.  His research was also recently credited in a Tradeoffs podcast titled More Hospitals Move to Confront Medical Errors Head On. Listen to the…

• Professor Herrine Discusses Student Debt Relief with Time, MarketWatch, and New York Magazine

  Professor Luke Herrine interviewed with several major news outlets regarding student debt relief. His commentary is highlighted in Time, MarketWatch, and New York Magazine, along with several additional outlets.

• Professor Krotoszynski Publishes Article in the Journal of Constitutional Law

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski recently published an article in the Journal of Constitutional Law titled Common Law Constitutionalism and the Protean First Amendment. The full piece can be read here.

• Professor Vars featured in BBC

  Professor Fred Vars was mentioned in a recent BBC program titled People Fixing The World: Stopping Suicide. The segment discusses Donna’s Law—bipartisan gun safety legislation that allows vulnerable individuals to take precautions to protect themselves from gun-related suicide. The segment about Donna’s Law begins at 15:00. Click here to view the full segment.

• Alabama Law Ranked #3 for Best Value Law School

  This month, National Jurist ranked the University of Alabama School of Law as the #3 Best Value Law School in the U.S. This annual list identifies the top law schools across the nation that provide a first-rate education while keeping student costs down. See the full rankings by visiting the link here.

• 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…