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Assistant Dean Of Admissions Wins Patriot Award
Becca Brady, Assistant Dean for Admissions, was recently awarded the Patriot Award by Bret Hedrick, the Alabama Area Chair for Employer Support of the Guard, on behalf of the Department of Defense. She was honored for fully recognizing and honoring the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) as well as showing support for our…
Law Student Receives Trailblazer of the Year Award
Second year student Shalyn Smith was selected by the Southern Region of the Black Law Students Association as the recipient of the 2015 Trailblazer of the Year Award. The award recognizes students for their hard work and dedication to excellence through exemplification of the SRBLSA theme: Onward and Upward: Blazing the Trail. The theme is a reflection…
Law School Hosts Visiting Professor, Students
The Law School welcomes Professor Anne Macduff and nine students from the Australian National University College of Law. Macduff is a faculty member and teaches Legal Theory, Family Law, Evidence, and Foundations of Australian Law. While in Tuscaloosa, Macduff will team-teach a course on Comparative Race Law with Professor Bryan Fair, while the students will…
2014 End of Year Giving Information
Planning to make a gift before the end of the year? Click here to ensure your gift is received by December 31, 2014 for maximum tax credit. As you consider your charitable gifts between now and the end of the year, remember that gifts made now could generate income tax deductions that may help reduce…
Clinic Interns Win Jury Trial
Civil Law Clinic Certified Legal Interns Scott MacLatchie and Austin Whitten recently won a two-day jury trial in the Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court. The Civil Law Clinic’s client alleged that the contractor who made repairs to her roof and home after the April 2011 tornado did not complete the work properly. After hours of deliberation,…
Harper Lee, Other Alabama Writers To Be Inducted in Alabama Writers Hall of Fame
Harper Lee is one of 12 Alabama writers who will be inducted into the first Alabama Writers Hall of Fame in June 2015. The Alabama Center for the Book and the Alabama Writers’ Forum have partnered and created the state’s first comprehensive Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. In addition to Lee, the members of the class are: …
ABA Journal Lists Professor Joyner’s Blog Among Top 100
Professor Daniel Joyner’s blog, Arms Control Law, has been chosen for the ABA Journal’s 2014 Blawg 100 list, as one of the top 100 best blogs for a legal audience. For more read, “8th Annual Blawg 100.”
Leadership Forum Selects Assistant Dean McLaughlin And Alumni As Members
Glory McLaughlin, Assistant Dean for Public Interest, and several Law School alumni were among the 30 attorneys selected as members of the 2015 Leadership Forum Class 11, the Alabama State Bar recently announced. Participants will be trained in leadership, ethics, and career development and they are required to attend five sessions, including a three-day orientation…
Professor Carodine Discusses George Zimmerman Case with Mark O’Mara
Professor Montre D. Carodine and Defense Attorney Mark O’Mara recently discussed race and what role it played in the George Zimmerman trial at a program sponsored by the Duquesne University School of Law. Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin in 2012, and his acquittal of second-degree murder and manslaughter sparked a national conversation on racial profiling…
Obama Nominates Alumna Leigh Bradley As General Counsel for Veterans Affairs
President Barack Obama has nominated Leigh A. Bradley, director of the Standards of Conduct Office within the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Defense, as general counsel for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Since July, Bradley, ’81, has served as Special Counsel to the Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to…