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ABA’s Law Student Division Elects Alabama Law Student as Vice Chair
Taurus Myhand, 3L, was recently elected as the 2018-2019 national Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division. Myhand will lead the ABA’s efforts to reach, recruit, and engage law students across the country through meaningful events, programming, and content. He will serve on the greater ABA’s Standing Committee on Membership and will…
Alabama Law Welcomes the Class of 2021
Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the Class of 2021 during First-Year Orientation. Brandon said the class is joining a long list of former law students who have made a positive mark on the community, the nation, and the world, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., Nelle Harper Lee, Millard…
Proof Wins 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal announced that C. E. Tobisman, author of Proof, will receive the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Tobisman is the eighth winner of the Prize. The award, authorized by Lee, is given to a book-length work of…
Alabama Law Alumni, Students Win Alabama State Bar Awards
Alabama Alumni and students recently were presented with awards for their service to the legal profession during the 2018 Alabama State Bar Annual Meeting in Sandestin, Florida Alabama Law recipients were: Billy C. Bedsole (’61) received the J. Anthony “Tony” McLain Professionalism Award. The award recognizes members for distinguished service in the advancement of professionalism….
Alabama Law Alumna Confirmed as Federal District Judge
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Annemarie Carney Axon (’99) to serve as a district court judge for the Northern District of Alabama. Axon, an attorney for Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC, was nominated in 2017 by President Donald Trump.
Alabama Law Welcomes PLUS Participants
The University of Alabama School of Law welcomed the inaugural class of the Alabama LSAC Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars Program to the rigors of legal education this week. The program, funded by a $300,000 grant from the Law School Admission Council, aims to help prepare students for the law school admission process, success in law school,…
Two Alabama Law Review Articles Attract National Media Attention
The lead article for the next edition of The Alabama Law Review (Volume 70) has garnered national media attention due to the article’s connection to current events involving renewed tensions between the White House and the Department of Justice. The article, authored by Rebecca Roiphe, a law professor at New York Law School, and Bruce A. Green,…
Alabama Law, ABA Journal Announce Finalists for Harper Lee Prize
The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal have named the finalists for the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The three books chosen to compete for the prize are: “Exposed” by Lisa Scottoline, “Proof” by C.E. Tobisman and “Testimony” by Scott Turow. “The winnowing committee has chosen three great novels that you…
Civil Law Clinic Wins Visitation Rights for Grandmother
After almost three years of litigation in Alabama trial and appellate courts, The University of Alabama School of Law Civil Law Clinic secured and defended a grandmother’s right to visitation with her grandchild. Under Alabama law, when a child is adopted by a close relative, a grandparent is entitled to visitation when maintaining the familial…
Alabama Law Clinic, Alumni Win Case That Expands Access to Justice for Tenants in Alabama
The University of Alabama School of Law’s Civil Law Clinic, along with Alabama Law alumni at Winston & Strawn, LLP, scored a critical win for a Tuscaloosa single mother. In the process, they changed the law to better protect vulnerable tenants statewide. Bridgette Morrow leased a home for her family in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. But the…