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Heather Fann: Serving the State
Heather Fann (’06) has served clients who might not otherwise find legal representation. In 2013, Fann filed a lawsuit on behalf of V. L., a woman who sought visitation rights after separating from her lesbian partner, E. L., who had given birth to their three children through donor insemination. V. L. adopted the children in…
Law Student Wins Pro Bono Award
Carly Calhoun won the Alabama State Bar’s Pro Bono Law Student Award. She has been an active volunteer since her very first day of law school, working with the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, Veterans’ Legal Assistance Clinic, Prison Reentry Clinic, Habitat for Humanity Wills Clinic, Project Homeless Connect and Wills for Heroes. “Calhoun has contributed…
Law School Welcomes Director of Diversity & Inclusion
The Law School welcomes Daiquiri Steele. She will serve as the new Director of Diversity & Inclusion and Assistant Professor of Law in Residence. Professor Steele formerly practiced in Atlanta as a Civil Rights Attorney with the U.S. Department of Education, where she provided legal counsel relating to federal investigations of discrimination involving the nation’s…
Law School Welcomes Class of 2019
Dean Mark E. Brandon welcomed the Class of 2019 during First-Year Orientation. The class has 133 students and was drawn from a pool of more than 1,600 applicants. Members of the class come from 20 states and two countries outside of the U.S., and they have studied at 64 colleges and universities. Forty-one percent of…
Law School Ranks 12th Among Law Schools for Securing Federal Clerkships
The University of Alabama School of Law is ranked 12th among the nation’s law schools for the percentage of graduates who land coveted federal clerkships, according to Business Insider. The Law School sent 8 percent of its graduates into federal clerkships. The position requires excellent legal research and writing skills, and it can provide the…
Business Insider Ranks Alabama School of Law Among Top 15 Law Schools
The University of Alabama School of Law is ranked 13th among the nation’s top law schools and third among public schools, according to Business Insider‘s The 50 Best Law Schools in America for 2016. Alabama Law has been consistently ranked as one of the best law schools in the country by several law and business…
Attica Locke Wins 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal are pleased to announce Attica Locke, author of “Pleasantville,” will receive the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. Locke is the sixth winner of the prize. The prize, authorized by Lee, is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates…
Alabama State Bar Installs J. Cole Portis as President
The Alabama State Bar recently installed Montgomery attorney J. Cole Portis (’90) as its 141st president. “I am blessed to have the opportunity to lead our state bar, which has been entrusted with the obligation to serve our profession, seek improvements in our judicial system and serve the public,” said Portis of the Beasley Allen Law…
Professor Vars Writes Poem to Explain Why There Is No Tort Recovery for Injuries
Professor Fredrick Vars offers this poem as a novel explanation for why there is no tort recovery for very unlikely injuries. ODE TO ADAMS v. BULLOCK CARDOZO WAS A BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIST* Fredrick E. Vars† Tort law asks juries to ignore what they know And give plaintiffs relief only if they show That the defendant should…
UA Law Student, Veteran Receives Tillman Scholarship
Dan Walters, a graduate student pursuing JD/MBA degrees at The University of Alabama, is one of 60 students nationwide selected as a 2016 Tillman Scholar. Walters (’18) joined the U.S. Army when he was 18. While serving on active duty, his assignments included serving as an infantry platoon leader and a company commander to a unit of more than…