Category: Law News

• Professor Vance Quoted in The Economist

    Professor Joyce Vance was quoted last week in an article for The Economist titled The Trump Organisation and its CFO face criminal charges.

• Professor Vars Coauthors Article for The Salt Lake Tribune on New Gun Control Law

  Professor Fredrick Vars coauthored an article for The Salt Lake Tribune titled Utah’s voluntary do-not-sell firearms law can save lives. In the piece, he discusses how a new law in Utah helps individuals, who may be a risk of suicide, protect themselves without infringing on the right to bear arms.

• Professor Krotoszynski Quoted in Bloomberg Law Article

  Professor Ronald Krotoszynski was recently quoted in an article featured on Bloomberg Law titled Laws Aimed at Critical Race Theory May Face Legal Challenges. The featured insights stem from an article he wrote for The Washington Post last month.

• Professor Carroll Quoted in Mother Jones article

  Professor Jenny Carroll was recently quoted in an article on Mother Jones.com titled The Pandemic Proved We Don’t Need Bail.

• Professor Vance Featured in The Washington Post & MSNBC

  Professor Joyce Vance recently authored a piece titled “The Justice Department is suing Georgia. Don’t expect Garland to end there.” for The Washington Post. She also recently interviewed on MSNBC discussing the same lawsuit.

• Rising Alabama Law 2L Completes Rural Law Internship

  Rising 2L Caroline Mathews has just completed a six-week internship with Circuit Judge Ben Bowden at the Covington County Courthouse in Andalusia, AL as part of the Finch Initiative. This initiative allocates funds for our law students to intern in law offices located in rural communities across Alabama. Read more about Matthews’ experience in The…

• Professor Carroll Quoted in Washington Post & Chron.

  Professor Jenny Carroll was recently quoted in a Washington Post article by Rachel Weiner titled Jury trials are starting again. But the pandemic put some behind bars past their sentences. The article was also published on Chron.com.  

• Professor Vance Featured on MSNBC

  Professor Joyce Vance was recently interviewed on MSNBC in a discussion about Britney Spears’ fight to end her conservatorship. Professor Vance also published an opinion article on the MSNBC website titled Britney Spears’ IUD testimony was disturbing — and connects to a larger societal pattern.

• Alabama Law Graduate Obtains Federal Clerkship & Graduates Without Debt

  This Fall, Derrick Loving, a 2021 Alabama Law graduate, will begin a federal clerkship with Judge Janet Baer of Chicago, IL where he’ll be working in the field of bankruptcy law. “I aspire to be a judge someday, so I really look forward to watching her (Judge Baer) closely as I start developing my own…

• Alabama Law 1L Earns Rural Summer Fellowship with Equal Justice Works

  This summer, University of Alabama School of Law student Cole Adams will be living in Jackson, Tennessee and working with West Tennessee Legal Services as part of the organization’s Rural Consumer Debt Relief Project which provides education, outreach, advice, and counsel to low-income individuals struggling with consumer debt. This opportunity was made available through Equal…