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Associate Dean for Clinical Programs Remembers Shelly Darling and Liz Whipple
By now, many of you know that the Law Clinics at Alabama lost our colleagues, Liz Whipple and Shelly Darling, in a tragic electricity-related accident at Lake Tuscaloosa. We are stunned and heartbroken, as are their families. The two were great friends, and shared a love for their work, rescue dogs, stylish boots, and a…
ABA Moot Court Team Competes at National Competition
After winning the regional competition, Alabama Law again performed at the highest levels in the finals of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Chicago. Allison Garnett, Sarah Jackson and Park Wynn, all third-year law students, went undefeated into the quarterfinals. They were in the “elite eight” of almost 200 teams who entered this prestigious national…
Link Loegler: Serving the State
Link Loegler (’96) is helping the Poarch Band of Creek Indians diversify its investment portfolio and launch OWA, a new entertainment and amusement park in Foley, Alabama. The first phase of the project is scheduled to open in May, and the tribe, which has more than 3,000 members, expects it to attract families in Alabama…
Law School Hosts Symposium on Law and the Imagining of Difference
Legal scholars visited The University of Alabama School of Law April 7, 2017, to discuss how the law responds to difference and identity concerns. The symposium on Law and the Imagining of Difference explored how law responds to the claims of difference, how and when it recognizes difference and accommodates it, as well as when…
Law Students Compete in Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court Competition
UA Law students Kimberly Jones (‘17) and Francisco Canales (‘17) represented the Law School at the Hispanic National Bar Association Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition March 30-April 1 in Miami. This year’s problem was based upon Beckles v. United States, a recently decided Supreme Court case. The problem raised complicated issues concerning the constitutionality of…
Debbie Long (’80) to Deliver Commencement Address
Debbie Long (‘80), Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer for Protective Life Corporation, will deliver the University of Alabama School of Law commencement address at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at Coleman Coliseum. Long joined Protective Life as General Counsel in 1992. Prior to joining the company, she was a member of the…
Law School Commemorates 45th Anniversary of the First African-American Law Graduates
Professor Bryan Fair and Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray had “A Conversation about Jim Crow Policy” on March 31 at the symposium on Bending the Arc of History: African-Americans and The University of Alabama School of Law. Gray said his mother gave him three goals as a child: Keep Christ first in his life, stay…
UA Law Students Advance to Final Four in National Trial Competition
UA Law students Kristen Campbell (’17) and Bridget Harris (’17) advanced to the final four in the National Trial Competition. As the Southeast regional champion, the University of Alabama School of Law team advanced to the national finals in Fort Worth, Texas, with the top 28 teams. After four elimination rounds, the final four teams…
Ceremony to Celebrate Research by Alabama Law Faculty
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Two members of The University of Alabama School of Law faculty will be honored for their research contributions at the upcoming Faculty Research Day. Sixteen faculty members from across the University were chosen as finalists for President’s Faculty Research Award, and six winners will be announced at a ceremony at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday,…
Law School Hosts John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition
UA Law students Amber Hall (’18), Tori McCarthy ‘(18), Sloane M. Bell (’18) and Jessica M. Pagano (’18) competed in the final round of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition on March 22. The distinguished panel for the round included the Honorable M. Casey Rodgers, United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida;…