Category: Law News

• Professor Vars Publishes an Op-Ed in the LA Times

  Professor Fred Vars recently coauthored an opinion piece titled How can states limit guns? By protecting the right to peaceably assemble in the Los Angeles Times. Read the full article online.

• Professor Krotoszynski Publishes Op-Ed in Slate Magazine

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski published an opinion piece in Slate titled The Supreme Court’s Elevation of School Prayer Over Other Free Speech Is Untenable. The full article can be read online.

• Professors Acevedo and Kimpel Quoted in AP Fact Check Article

  Professors John Acevedo and Amy Kimpel were quoted in an Associated Press fact-check article titled Post comparing abortion, rape penalties in Alabama lacks context. Read the full piece on the AP News website.

• Alabama Law Summer Scholars Visit the ALMD

  Shared with permission from the United States District Court Middle District of Alabama. Read the original piece on their blog. *** On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the Alabama Middle District welcomed the Alabama Law Summer Scholars Program from The University of Alabama School of Law. The Alabama Law Summer Scholars Program is a cost-free, pre-law student program…

• Professor Vars Publishes Opinion Article in the New Haven Register

  Professor Fredrick Vars published an opinion piece titled Murder on the High Seas: CT’s Slayer Rule on Trial in the New Haven Register. Read the full article online.

• Professor Bhargava Ray Publishes Opinion Analysis on SCOTUSblog

  Professor Shalini Bhargava Ray recently wrote a SCOTUS opinion analysis titled The demise of rights-protective statutory interpretation for detained immigrants and the rise of “piecemeal” textualism. Read the full opinion piece on SCOTUSblog. She also spoke about this topic on a recent SCOTUStalk podcast.  Listen to the conversation on SCOTUSblog as well.

• Professor Vance Publishes an Op-Ed on MSNBC

  Professor Joyce Vance recently coauthored an opinion piece titled The Jan. 6 Hearings Spotlight Congress. But Witnesses are the Real Stars on MSNBC News. Read the full article here.

• Professor Vance Quoted in The New York Times

  Professor Joyce Vance was recently quoted in an article titled Intensifying Inquiry Into Alternate Electors Focuses on Trump Lawyers. The full piece can be read on The New York Times website.

• Alabama Law Ranks Among Top 30 Law Schools for Black Students

  Lawyers of Color, a nonprofit devoted to promoting diversity in the legal profession, recently ranked the University of Alabama School of Law 29th among the nation’s best law schools for Black students. The rankings were based on several factors including bar passage rate, big law associate placement, federal and state clerkships, distinguished Black alumni, tuition…

• Professor Vars Publishes an Op-Ed in The Washington Post

  Professor Fred Vars recently coauthored an opinion piece titled New York’s Red-Flag Law Failed in Buffalo. Here’s How to Fix It in The Washington Post. Read the full article online.