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Justice Harwood to Receive 2020 Pipes Award
Justice Robert Bernard Harwood, Jr., founder of Rosen Harwood in Tuscaloosa, has been selected to receive the 2020 Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award is given by The Law School Foundation to an outstanding alumnus who has distinguished himself or herself through service to the bar, The University of Alabama, and the School of Law….
2019 Year-End Charitable Giving
2019 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 2019. Here’s how to complete your 2019 gift to the University of Alabama School of Law by year-end. IMPORTANT: Credit…
Professor Steinman to Receive 2020 Civil Justice Scholarship Award
The Pound Civil Justice Institute has chosen Professor Adam Steinman as one of two recipients of the 2020 Civil Justice Scholarship Award. Professor Steinman is receiving the award for his article “Access to Justice, Rationality, and Personal Jurisdiction,” 71 Vand. L. Rev. 1401 (2018). He analyzed the United States Supreme Court’s recent decisions on personal…
Alabama Law Remembers Booker T. Forte, Jr.
Booker T. Forte, Jr. has passed away at the age of 71. He grew up in Tuscaloosa, took his bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama in 1969, and earned his law degree from Alabama Law in 1972. He was a member of the very first graduating class of the Law School to include African…
Alabama Law Chooses Alumni for Profiles in Service
Alabama Law is pleased to announce Judge Joseph Colquitt (’70) and Philip Langford (’96) have been selected for the 2019 Profiles in Service. Each year during Pro Bono Celebration Month, which is recognized nationally in October, the Law School honors outstanding alumni who have made significant contributions to public service. Judge Joseph Colquitt Joseph Colquitt received…
Alabama Law Honors William B. Hairston, Jr. (’50) with Classroom That Bears His Name
Alabama Law honored the life and legacy of William B. Hairston, Jr., and named a lecture classroom the Hairston Classroom. A plaque, displayed outside of the classroom, notes that the Law School received a generous gift to enhance the educational experience of law students by utilizing state-of-the-art technology. The Hairston Classroom features LED lights, new…
Dean Brandon Unveils Portraits of Three Professors
Alabama Law celebrated the careers of three professors who taught at the Law School for at least a quarter of a century. One by one, Dean Mark E. Brandon unveiled the portraits of Judge Joseph Colquitt, Professor Bryan Fair, and Professor Jerome Hoffman in the Bounds Law Library. The portraits, which will be displayed around…
UA Law Professors, Students Help Geneva Cooley Receive Parole
As Geneva Cooley took her first, timid steps outside of prison, two of the attorneys who helped her gain her freedom walked closely behind. Courtney Cross, Director of the Law School’s Domestic Violence Clinic, and Terrika Shaw, Staff Attorney for the Law School’s Elder Clinic, watched as Cooley took her first steps of freedom. They…
Alumnus and Law Student to Hunt for House on HGTV
Luke Kiszla, ’18, and Jayme Smith, 3L, will be featured on an episode of HGTV’s “House Hunters” later this year. Kiszla, who is engaged to Smith, sent in an application to be on the HGTV show just for fun. That application quickly became an on-camera house hunt in Montgomery, where Kiszla and Smith plan to…
Women Make Up Majority of First-Year Law Students for First Time
For the first time, women make up a majority of law students in the entering class at The University of Alabama School of Law. Of the 137 first-year law students who enrolled this week, 53% are women. Enrollment at UA’s School of Law mirrors a national trend, as women have outnumbered men in law school…