Category: Law News
Top Three Finalists Named for the 2013 Harper Lee Prize
The three finalists have been announced by the University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal, co-sponsors of the Harper Lee Prize. They are: David Ellis for The Wrong Man; Paul Goldstein author of Havana Requiem and William Landay for Defending Jacob. You can help choose the 2013 winner by voting on the ABAJournal.com . The winner…
Montré Carodine Named in Top 50 Under 50
The online Journal, Lawyers of Color, named Associate Dean for Special Programs & Professor of Law, MontréCarodine as one of the most influential minority law professors underage 50.
Visiting Professor Caryl Yzenbaard to Teach Decedents’ Estates Summer 2013
Professor Yzenbaard received her J.D. degree from the University of Michigan College of Law and her B.A. from Hope College (Holland, Michigan) with majors in Political Science and Latin. She was an associate with the Cincinnati firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister (Cincinnati, Ohio) and with Dykema & Gossett (Detroit, Michigan). Currently, she teaches at…
LL.M. Concentrations in Taxation and Business Transactions Offered Online
The Law School’s Graduate Department offers two exceptional LL.M. programs through live, interactive Internet technologies. Students receive skills-based instruction taught by respected professors and practitioners throughout the country without having to leave their offices. The tax program permits students to focus on courses in estate planning or business tax. The course of study for the…
Letters From Birmingham Jail: the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter
Professor Bryan Fair, Assistant Dean Glory McLaughlin, and students Laura Chism, Jerome Dees, Erin Johnson, and Noah Jones participated in a reading of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on April 16. Hosted by the Law School’s Public Interest Institute, the event was one of more than 200 readings conducted around the globe. Dr….
2013 Vienna Study Abroad CLE
Vienna is located in the eastern part of Austria, near the borders of Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Austrian Law Firm BINDER GRÖSSWANG will be providing the speakers. We are going to try to put together a trip UNCITRAL which is the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Friday, July 5th. Classes…
Delgado and Stefancic to Join Law School
The University of Alabama is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Richard Delgado as the John J. Sparkman Chair of Law and Professor Jean Stefancic as Professor and Clement Research Affiliate, effective Fall 2013. Professor Delgado earned his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and previously has taught at law schools such…
Former Senior Executive at the U.S. Department of State, David P. Stewart, Visits the Law School
Professor David P. Stewart served as a scholar-in-residence at the Law School during February, 2013. Prof. Stewart served as a senior executive at the U.S. Department of State for over 30 years before retiring from public service and joining the faculty of Georgetown University Law Center in 2008. Among the many positions he held and…
Professor Horwitz featured on Federalist Society podcast
Paul Horwitz, Gordon Rosen Professor of Law, recently participated in a podcast for the Federalist Society regarding his book, First Amendment Institutions. Professor Horwitz suggests institutions that exercise their 1st amendment freedoms should have a certain level of autonomy from the state. Horwitz believes that such an approach would enhance these institutions’ role in social…
UA Law Shines at Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Competition
The trial team of Elizabeth Blair, Shellie Street, Alex Masterson, Brandy Grondin and Ben Ford gave a successful showing in the recently held Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Competition, sponsored by the Federal Bar Association of Puerto Rico and the Inter American University School of Law. UA Law’s team advanced to the semi final round, along…