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Alabama Law Alumni Receive Alabama State Bar Awards
Several Alabama Law alumni received awards at the 2019 Alabama State Bar Annual Meeting at the Grand Hotel Golf Resort and Spa in Point Clear. Walker Percy Badham, III (‘82) and J. Douglas McElvy (‘71) received the J. Anthony “Tony” McLain Professionalism Award. This award is given to recognize members for distinguished service in the…
Law School Alumni among New Alabama Law Foundation Officers and Board Members
The Alabama Law Foundation recently announced several Alabama Law alumni as new officers and board members. The Alabama Law Foundation is a charitable, tax-exempt organization affiliated with the Alabama State Bar. Its mission is helping people in need through improving access to justice by providing opportunities, funding, resources, education, and awareness. Since it’s establishment in…
Sharon Bala Wins Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal announced that Sharon Bala, author of “The Boat People,” will receive the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction at a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Bala is the ninth winner of the Prize. The award, authorized by Lee, is given…
Law Student Co-Writes George Washington Law Review Article on Interrogating Police Officers
Atticus DeProspo, a rising third-year law student, co-wrote an article in the George Washington Law Review that analyzes protections given to police officers facing disciplinary investigations. The article is co-written by Stephen Rushin, an assistant professor of law at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Professor Rushin specializes in police reform, criminal sentencing, and…
Professor Rosen Appointed as Uniform Law Commissioner
Governor Kay Ivey has appointed Professor Kenneth M. Rosen of The University of Alabama School of Law to represent the state of Alabama on the Uniform Law Commission (ULC). The ULC maintains a critical role in the evolution of state law around the nation. The ULC, also called the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform…
Law School Welcomes PLUS Participants
Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the second class of the Alabama LSAC Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program to the Law School on Monday, June 3. Brandon encouraged the participants to educate themselves broadly. It’s not enough, he said, for students to discover that they love criminal law, or contracts, or constitutional law. “You’ll be better as…
ABA Honors Alumna with Champion of Diversity and Inclusion Award
The American Bar Association honored Montrece M. Ransom (‘01) with its Champion of Diversity and Inclusion Award during the Health Law Section’s Emerging Issues in Health Law Conference in Orlando. The award honors an ABA Health Law Section member, who has made exceptional efforts to promote diversity and inclusion within the section or the legal…
Kyle Campbell, 2L, Receives Peggy Browning Fellowship
The Peggy Browning Fund has awarded a 10-week summer fellowship to Kyle Campbell, a second-year student at The Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law. During his fellowship, Campbell will work at Bush Gottlieb in Los Angeles. “I came to law school to be a labor lawyer, and Peggy Browning Fund fellowships are the preeminent…
Law School Professor, Staff Attorney, and Students Help Grandmother Get a Chance at Freedom
Courtney Cross, Director of the Domestic Violence Law Clinic, and Terrika Shaw, a Staff Attorney in the Elder Law Clinic, are quoted in a WBRC story about a grandmother sentenced to life without parole for drug trafficking. Cross, Shaw, Tuscaloosa Criminal Defense Attorney Joel Sogol, and six law students strategized on legal options for Geneva…
Paula Hinton (’79) to Deliver Commencement Address
Paula Hinton (’79), Trial Partner and Member of the Executive Committee of the international law firm of Winston & Strawn, will deliver School of Law commencement address at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5 at Coleman Coliseum. Ms. Hinton serves as Global Chair of the Winston Women’s Leadership Initiative, which won the Chambers Award for…