Category: Law News

• Prof. Daiquiri Steele Elected to American Law Institute

  Professor Daiquiri Steele, Associate Professor and Irving & Frances Silver Faculty Scholar at Alabama Law, has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI). ALI is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and improve the law. Prof. Steele joins a distinguished group of lawyers, judges, and academics,…

• Professor Vars Publishes Op-Ed in The Hill

  Professor Fred Vars has co-authored an opinion essay for The Hill titled “Patrons packing heat: Businesses should be required to tell customers whether guns are allowed.” Read the full piece here: https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4368020-patrons-packing-heat-businesses-should-be-required-to-tell-customers-whether-guns-are-allowed/.

• 2023 Year-End Charitable Giving

  As you consider your charitable giving prior to the end of the year, remember that gifts made now could generate income tax deductions that may help reduce your tax bill for 2023. Here’s how to complete your 2023 gift to The University of Alabama School of Law by year-end. IMPORTANT:  Credit card gifts mailed to…

• Professor Gold Publishes Article in Alabama Law Review

  Professor Russell Gold’s co-authored article, The Public Voice of the Defender, has been published in Volume 75 of the Alabama Law Review (co-authored with Kay Levine). Read the full article here. 

• Professor Vance Co-Authors Op-Ed in Slate

  Professor Joyce Vance, with Dahlia Lithwick, Mimi Roach, Tamara Sepper, Jennifer Taub, and Julie Zebrak, has co-authored an opinion piece in Slate titled The World’s Feminists Need to Show Up for Israeli Victims. Click here to read the full essay.

• Professor Ray Publishes Essay in ACS Supreme Court Review

  Professor Shalini Ray’s essay, Eroding Immigrants’ Rights Through the “New” New Textualism, has been published in the sixth edition of the American Constitution Society Supreme Court Review. The essay focuses on statutory interpretation in three immigration cases from the 2021-22 term, and can be read here: https://www.acslaw.org/journal/acs-supreme-court-review-sixth-edition/

• Happy Thanksgiving from Dean Brewbaker

    Dear Law School alumni and friends, Earlier this fall, I shared some ways you can help support Alabama Law. Your responses have been exemplary. Thank you for believing in us and for supporting our students as we pursue our goal of being one of the nation’s best public law schools—bar none. As we enter…

• Professor McMichael publishes Opinion Piece in the DC Journal

  Professor Benjamin McMichael recently published an opinion piece in the DC Journal titled The ‘ICAN’ Act May Help With Healthcare Shortages, but We Need More. You can read the full article here.  His research was also recently credited in a Tradeoffs podcast titled More Hospitals Move to Confront Medical Errors Head On. Listen to the…

• Professor Herrine Discusses Student Debt Relief with Time, MarketWatch, and New York Magazine

  Professor Luke Herrine interviewed with several major news outlets regarding student debt relief. His commentary is highlighted in Time, MarketWatch, and New York Magazine, along with several additional outlets.

• Professor Krotoszynski Publishes Article in the Journal of Constitutional Law

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski recently published an article in the Journal of Constitutional Law titled Common Law Constitutionalism and the Protean First Amendment. The full piece can be read here.