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BLSA Moot Court Team to Compete in Cincinnati
Karmen Gaines, 3L, and Stephanie Avant, 3L, recently competed at BLSA’s Southern Regional Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition. Gaines and Avant wrote and won an award for the Best Petitioner Brief, and they advanced to the knockout rounds of the competition, ultimately coming in Second Place and advancing to the National Competition rounds. Anil Mujumdar,…
BLSA Mock Trial Team Advances to National Tournament
Maya Hoyt, 3L, Alex Williams, 3L, Chenelle Jones, 2L, and Gavin Baum-Blake, 2L, recently competed against eight other teams from across the southern region in the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Southern Regional Competition during the Southern Regional Black Law Students’ Association’s Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina. The students finished 2nd in the region after a hard-fought championship round….
Yusef Salaam, Member of Exonerated Five, Speaks at Alabama Law
Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, formerly known as the Central Park Five, discussed his legal case on Monday with Judge John H. England, Jr. (’74) in the Bedsole Moot Court Room. On April 19, 1989, a young woman was raped and left for dead in New York City’s Central Park. Five boys —…
Yusef Salaam to Visit Alabama Law
Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, formerly known as the Central Park Five, will participate in a lunch discussion at noon on Monday, January 27 in the Bedsole Moot Court Room. Judge John H. England, Jr. (’74) will moderate the discussion. On April 19, 1989, a young woman was raped and left for…
Alabama Law Review to Host Symposium on Civil Asset Forfeiture
The Alabama Law Review has scheduled a one-day symposium, Timbs v. Indiana One Year Later: The Future of Civil Asset Forfeiture, on March 6 at the Law School. The symposium will explore the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court case. In its landmark 2019 opinion, Timbs v. Indiana, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the…
Alabama Law Announces Call for Entries for 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
The University of Alabama School of Law is now accepting submissions for the 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The Prize, authorized by Ms. Lee, is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change. Recent winners include “Gone Again“…
Australian Students Visit Alabama Law for Exchange Program
The Law School’s Summer Exchange Program with the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law has entered its 20th year with the arrival of 10 law students from the ANU. They arrived in Tuscaloosa on January 4 for a five-week visit at the Law School. The ANU students are taking a class on Comparative Approaches…
ALI Elects Professor Vance as Member
The American Law Institute has elected Professor Joyce White Vance as one of its 45 new members, who will bring their expertise to the Institute’s work of clarifying the law through Restatements, Principles, and Model Codes. “I am deeply honored to have been selected for membership with ALI and I am looking forward to being…
Professor Boone Wins 2020 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition
The Association of American Law Schools has chosen Assistant Professor Meghan M. Boone as one of two recipients of the 2020 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition for law school faculty members in the field for five years or fewer. In her article, “Reproductive Due Process,” Professor Boone explores whether additional procedural due process protections might be…
Alabama Law to Host Symposium on Risk-Based Gun Regulation
The Law & Psychology Review has scheduled a one-day symposium on February 21 at the Law School that will examine the recent trend of state-enacted “red flag” laws. The symposium, Seeing Red: Risk-based Gun Regulation, will address many of the most prominent issues and concerns with red-flag legislation, including constitutional and due process concerns, the importance of…